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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-19
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Cheap residence prop
erty, at 919 Beltrami Ave. and
$40 Beltrami Ave. Inquire Mrs.
Wilmot at 321 America Ave.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06

cusc, N. Y; secretary-Treasurer,
John w. Hays, Minneapolis; Vice
President, Thomas NtcCaffery, Col
.orado Springs; w. j. White, San
francisco; L. c. Shepard, Grand
Rapids; Thomas f. Crowley, Cincin-
natl, and T. ID. Fcnncssy, Los An
geIes. Since June 1, 1898, Chas. NJ.
Deacon has been superintendent of
the home, in which position he has
been highly efficient. George Mich
OILS of Baltimore, Md, is the agent.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06
BOSS RIDDEN
CHARLES T ON
Political Ambition Considered Before Public
Welfare-Ring Rule Controls
Every Department.
the People Rule-Shovvs up
the System

could have ever been in favor of it
but the great issue of human
slavery was settled by the abritra
ment of the sword, which is said
to be the last argument to which
kings resort, and the question of
whether or not tho bosses will
rule the people will be settled if
it ever is by the people at the
polls. The theory of popular
government as it exists in this
country is as nearly perfect as
human wisdom and ingenuity
could make it. And if the voters
would do their duty the theory of
our government would not be a
force but an accomplished fact.
Every man who refuses to, vote
whilst we face such conditions
deserves to be disfranchised, for he
is unworthy of the privilege Of a
freeman. Every man who hopes
to see bossism put down should at.
tend the conventions for is it here
that the ballot is made.
We pay too little attention to
nominations and complain too
much after the bosses make their
nominations through our default.
A boss could not exist a day nor
an hour if the people would turn
out and vote in the primaries, the
people are responsible for the in.
solcmce of bosses and the loose en-
forcemcnt of law under their
regime. The question is can
government be any better than the
people who compose it or more
properly the electorate which
elects the administration. For the
past several years the fioaters have
been actually in the majority, not
of all the qualified voters but of
those who cast their votes on
election day. This proves that
the SO called better element,do not
vote at all. There never has and
there never will be a time when
the decent people Of this city
could not prevail both in the
primary and at the polls. Such
lcthargy can only result in a very
unsatisfactory administration of
the city government, and who is to
blame for it allf No man car be
rated as good citizen who re-
fuses to participate in the affairs
of government, and no man is
worthy of vote who does not ex-
ercise the privilege. The late ap-
pointment reveals the uudisguised
efforts of the machine to log roll
and pay off political debts. The
two parties got together and. elect
ed a slated ticket and they after
ward got together and made the
appointments. How easy this is
aud how vain in the people to
hope for anything else. In the
language of Israel Durham the
big city boss of Philadelphia.
"Lct the people be damned" for
they should continue as they have
been to mind their own affairs,
while tho coalition between the
Democratic and Republican
parties are held together Not as
David B. Hill said of Tammauy
Hall "by tho cohesive power of
public plunder," but by the love
and fellowship of one another.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06
WAGES OF
THE MINERS
Of West Virginia Lower Today
Than Thirty-Eight Years Ago
Average $1.37 per Day.

Senator Nathan, Bay Scottt, in
his speech in the Senate last week
while praising industry and con-
ditions in the Domain of Elkins,
Dixon, ct ais, proved too much,
as usual the Senator was un-
conscious of the fact. He attempt.
ed to draw favorable comparison
between conditions in 1870 and
the present time. An analysis of
his own figures, however, discloses
several disagreeable facts. While
there is fairly good reason to
question the accuracy of Mr..
Scott's figures from the viewpoint
of the toiler, still, taking him at
his own word, he proves Il poor
case for the prosperity of tho West
Virginia producer CT wealth
A close inspection of the West
Virginia producer of wealth.
A close inspection of the
Senator's figures reveals the fact
that in the thirty-nine years he
refers the average wage of the
West Virginia miner in 1870 was
1923. 81, still i'll the year of Our
Lord 1909 the same average had
fallen to an even 5000. Later in
his speech the Senator said: In
making this amount of coal over
90, 600 miners are employed, and
on their laborers depend directly
over 100000 people," that is a
total of 100000 people, which
means that six people on an aver.
age must live on daily income of
S137, or 23 cents n day apiece.
Out of this pitiful sum the mining
inhabitants OF the Little Mountain
State must feed clothe and shelter
themselves. In the light of these
facts it sounds like irony to hear
Scott say, "the hundreds OF
thousands of men, women and
children whose livelihood, happi,
ness and prosperity depend on this
great industry are as dear to me as
are the interests of other people ir
other sections to the Senators who
represent them" And again, "l
believe in charity that begins al
home"
Refcrenre to the census statistics
of 1905 shows that the cmploye:
in the manufacturing industries o
West ViIginia, which we're report
cd upon, received an average o
S4S3.4 This is more than $l(
less a year than the Senator quoted
as the average wage for the Yves
Virginia coal digger.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06
(BY SAMUEL E. BOWEN ]

In the State of West Virginia
we have no primary election law,
and no one can properly value the
importance of such a law who
does not study political conditions.
We are as thoroughly boss ridden
in West Virginia as in any state in
the Union, and in no other
city in the State do we find such an
exuberant expression of boss rule as
we find in Charleston. We have the
precinct boss, the ward boss, and
the CITY boss, who usually hap
pen to be the mayor. The mayor
under the old charter as well as
the new has the majority of patron
age at his command and he
seldom makes an appointment that
does not further his political
ambition. Perhaps the average
man in politics would do the same
thing, for our political training in
West Virginia has been along
this line for many years, and the
people at large have become so
accustomed to it that they arc
sulIenly Indifferent and meekly
submissive. Like Mr.. Cleveland
said concernining great national
issue s'it is not a theory but a
condition.. And this condition
is degrading the morals and de-
stroying wholesome respect for
law and order. Public office is a
trust and should be used for the
benefit of the people not for the
benefit and exploitation of Office
holders aud ward heelers.
Government has a higher signi-
ficance than in the sense in which
bosses understand it. In it's best
form it is a necessary evil and in
it's worst form an intoIerable one.
1t is enough that we pay our
taxes and support the burdens of
government but it is too much to
elect men to Office that usurp unto
themselves the power of debating
their SUCCESSORS in Office. This
clearly invades the right of the
people to choose for themselves
and select their own nominees. 1t
destroys and nu!lifies the possi-
bility of self government and in
it's stead supplants government
of the ring for the ring and by the
ring.
How long, oh how long will a
patient and long suffering people
endure such a condition. 1t OBJ
tains in both the political parties,
worse perhaps in the Democratic
than in the Republican party.
For under such leadership the
| Democratic party is no longer an
organization to be feared. Like
the Republicans in the south the
Democrats recognize the futility oI
voting at. We know before hand
that Republican triumph is &
certainty and it will continue
certainty as long as the Demo
cratic party continues boss riddeI
as it is. AS young man 1 be
ilieve in the principles of de
mocracy and some Of my ancestors
died in fighting for the confed
eracy SO my views have likely beer
the result of birth, enviromen
and tradition. Had l lived dur
ing slavery 1 cannot see how
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06
Union PRINTERS, HOME, coroR,ADo SPRINGS. COL

of age, who has held 90 years con
tinuous membership. in the Union,
is entitled to receive ST a week.
There are about 1000 members on
.his list.
Although the first proposition to
establish home was made in May.
1857, nothing definite came of the
plan until 1856, when Messrs. Childs
and DrexeI made their $4,000 gift.
To swell the fund the printers, OH the
birthday of these two gentlemen,
each contributed the amount received
from setting 1000 ems" of type.
Louis r. Enrich of Colorado Springs
offered an so acre site, and this city
was selected as the permanent loca-
ton for the home at the Denver con
vention in 1889, after a spirited con-
test with many other cities. In 1891
contracts were let for the main build
ing, which was dedicated with appro-
pirate ceremonies on the birthday Of
Mr.. Childs, May II, 1899.
The location is ideal. The build,
fngs face the west and the view of
the mountains extends from Castle
Rock, 80 miles to the north. to the
Spanish Peaks, so miles to the south,
with Pixies Peak, 1l,1O9 feet high,
directly in front as the central fea-
ture of this grand panorama. To the
west, the land slopes to the city and
to the southwest to Prospect Lake.
To the cast arc the limitlcss prairics.
The soil is dry and loose, but pro
duces abundantly when properly irri-
gated. The grounds are bcautified
by lawns, flowers, shrubs and trees.
A comprehensive schcme of land
scape gardening has converted them
into a wonderland.
The main building is four stories
in height and is of white lavastonc
with red sandstone trimmings. 1t
contains 75 rooms with the offices.
kitchens, dining room and library.
The building originally cost 5000.
The two story addition will adjoin
the main building on the north and
will increase the library, kitchen and
living facilities. The tuberculosis
sanitarium is to the south of the
main building and near it are the 20
tents of the salarium. This build
ing is three stories in height, the to-
tai cost being $4,000. The super
intendent's cottage is three stories in
height, while the laundry, heating
plant and barns arc in the rear. a
magnificent stone gateway spans the
entrance to the grounds.
The trustees have within the last
few years devoted special attention
to the treatment of tuberculosis, {
disease to which printers are particu
larly subject because Of the nature oi
their work. The methods employed
by the Union Printers Home in it,
successful battles against the "whit'
plague" are attracting attention al
over the country. AT the Interna
tionnl Congress on tuberculosis, hell
in Washington last fall, the Printer
Home was represented by a priz
winning exhibit and the model ten
was presented, upon request, to tn
National Association Tor the Prevcn
ton of Tuberculosis, for display dur
ing the winter tour of the principo
cities of the United States.
During the last few years, a speel0
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06
Union Printers Home at COLORADO Springs
Built and Maintained by International
~ Typographical Union.
The Finest Institution of it's Kind in the World
Valued at t$1,OoO;Ooo--A Boon
to Humanity.

the beginning of which has just been
authorized by the trustees. 1t is not
enough to know how these 80 acres
have been reclaimed from barren
wastes until they form one of the
garden spots of the continent; nor
to be told that in all, more than
1000 have been admitted to residence
since 1892, that the average number
at any one time is $50 and that the
average cost, per resident, is $50 a
month.
1t is far more significant to learn
how this homo has been so managed
that it has become indeed sani-
tarium where the sick may soiourn
for a time to build up, in Colorado's
health-giving climate, their broken
constitutions and restore lost
strength and vitality, a haven where
the aged and infirm may retreat to a
peaceful closing of life that has
been spent in toll and battle in a
world of labor and strife. Really to
understand the work that is being
done requires an inspection oe the
buildings and grounds, a few hours
random chat with the residents and
an investigation of the methods and
regulations enforced by the Efficient
management. Many Of the printers
themselves scarcely comprehend the
scope and Importance of the home
and the annual convention has twice
hcen held in Colorado Springs in Dr.
der to give the membership az large
a broader understanding of thn great
institution they are supporting.
OF the residents, 'ume there are
who are crippIes; some are blind !;
many are old; ana numbers have
been cxiIcd with a death sentence
from tuberculosis, but are slowly
building up their bodies that have
been wasted by disease. And The
hearts of all beat true to that thought
of brotherhood which is placed in
arching letters above the gateway to
tl,c home in this legend: ''The Un-
ion Printers Home; lis Bounty
Unpurchasablc."
The printer, when he is admitted
to the home, is supposed to bring
with him a certain amount of clothes
After that, everything, even 10 t.
weekly pension, is furnished hint
Every care is taken in securing, a
food supply that is of the best, Milk
and eggs are procured from tho
homes own dairy and poultry farm
An excellent library provides reading
matter. There are facilities for al
kinds of sports, while there are mA1,
festive occasions such us the FourtI
81 July barbecue, the annual picnic
in North Cheyenne canon, the Christ
mas tree and the monthly winter
night entertainments.
In the tuberculosis sanitarlun
every prccaution is taken to safe
guard the patient and to assure hin
of the best treatment. Regular hab
its and hours are required and tn
drinking of intoXicants is strict.
prohibited. All sanitary regulation
arc vigorously observed and tn
buildings are exceptionally well ven
tilated.
In addition to the home, the In
tcrnational Typographical Union ha
recently inaugurntcd an old age pen
sion, by which any printer, GO year
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06

One minute of his working time
every day is what every union
printer in North America gives as his
mite toward the maintenance of the
rnlon Printers Home at Colorado
Springs. Colorado. Every month
every one Of the $4,000 members of
the International Typographical
Union pays an assessment of fifteen
half cent day, or less than
the amount the average printer will
earn in Il minutes working time. 1t
is small sacrifice, but it is this
small sacrifice, coming from every
man working in cooperation with
lis fellow laborers, which gives the
home an annual fund of $4,000 for
maintenance and improvements.
The printers have built and main
tanned the home themselves-and
they are proud of the fact. 1t is
their home; every man has an equal
share in it, an equal right to par
take of its bounty if the time should
come when old age or illucss should
make it necessary for him to retreat
to the shelter in the rearing and
maintaining of which he has done
his small part In the beginning,
George W ChildS and a. j. DreXcl
made a Gift of $4,000 to the Inter
"ayc $lO.OOu TO International Typo
graphical Union With this as nu
cIcus. the home fund was started.
Since the foundations for the main
building were laid in 1891, nearly
SSo0.0O0 has been spent in buildings,
furnishings, improvements and
maintenance. Every cent of this:
with the exception Of the Childs-
prcvcI Gift and the income from the
Julius \. Ladd endowment of
$1,000, has been contributed by the
printers themselves.
Not only has the Union Printers
Home proven to the world splcn-
did example Of what can be accom-
rIl-hod hv harmonious cooperation.
hur it has been to other labor unions
and lratcrnal organizations an in
spmIon because of its humani-
tartan features. 1t has been the pio-
ucor institution in its field and has
urmm. The model from which others
copy IDEAS and methods The Mod
cru Noodmcn of Aemrica have only
recently opened their sanitarium
north Of Colorado Springs, while
'.'o National Association of Letter
'wror- has selected that city as the
site for their home. A number ol
other organizations are considering
The plan and in many cases it has
been an investigation of the Unior
Fr1rr, Home that has decided
their committees to recommend the
'GrIdiu- of such an institution.
Figures may tell part of Tho
story "J the Union Printers Home
hH' 1t Is not sufficient to know tha
i"" nropcmN which stands on com
m7ndn" cmincncc east of Colorado
NIrnc-. is today valued ut $1,000,
''o. when twenty Years ago this trac
""~ barren prairie land which coulC
pave been bought up for a few dol
'"I' In acre; or TO learn that ther
''" n"w >iN buildings on the grounds
'o" main building, the tubcrculosi
S'h'"r'um, the supcrintendcnt's cot
Tag" Tn" laundry, heating plant TN,
barns. ho~idcS the 100000 addition
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-06

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commission has made study of the
disease and as result of its inyesti-
cations the most approved and scion
tiic methods have been adopted. The
results have been little less than
marvellous. So satisfactory have the
results been in the "City of Sun
shinc,'' as Colorado Springs is IA
miliarly called, that proposition
made at the Boston convention last
August for the transfer of the tuber-
culosis sanitarium to Arizona was de
featcd by decisive majority
In 1904, ten tents were erected
near the sanitarium building. They
have proven a valuable acquisition to
the hospital service and their eff
cheney has been so thoroughly and
satisfactorily demonstrated that the
number has recently been doubled.
The experimental stage in the tent
treatment of tuberculosis has long
since passed; and officials of the
union arc authority for the statement
that fully so per cent of the patients
who have had the advantage of tent
life have recovered health and
strength and have been enabled again
to assume their business duties. The
percentage would be higher but for
the fact that too many are not sent
to Colorado until they are in the last
stages of the disease. Those who
come here in the earlier stages are,
with the proper care and treatment,
sure of a prolongation of life, if not
Of permanent and absolute recovery.
Colorado Springs is an ideal site
for the location of an institution
such as the Union Printers Home.
This city, at the foot of Pixies Peak,
and the center of one of the most re-
nowned scenic areas in the world, en-
joys an all-thc-ycar-round climate
that is nearly ideal. Never too hot
in summer nor too cold in winter,
with almost perpetual sunshine, a
bracing, invigorating and uncontam-
mated air, a dry porous soil that is
never muddy, this is most desirable
place for the old to spend their de-
clining years and the i'll to regain
lost health and vitality. Official rec
ords of the Colorado College weather
bureau show that there are only IL
days year which the sun docs not
shine at some time Of the day, that
there arc $50 absolutely cloudless
days, and 3OS either clear or partly
cloudy. Throughout the year there
is a comparatively cquable tempera'
ture, a minimum of precipitation
and low humidity. The year round
the sun shines 20 of every 100 hours
it is above the horizon. The atmos
pherc is absolutely ascptic and free
from germ life. There have beer
moro permanent recovcries from pull
monary complaints than in any othe
climate. Colorado Springs fin
weather is very nearly a continuou
blessing.
The affairs of the Union Printers
Home are managed by a board o
trustees, elected by mail vote of TIL
entire membership. As the union
not an incorporated body, they hol
the property; and an agent is ar
pointed as a check against any lille
gal use of the property. The mem
bcrs of the present bonrd of trustee
~arc: President, ]. NJ. Lynch, Syra
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CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA, 9, 1907. 8 =

- So
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-12
TREMENDOUS POWER OF WATER
ResIsts All Strength Of Man and
Could Lift Mountains.

When a man goes in swimming a
the seashore and slaps the waite
| forcibly with his hand, or takes I
back dive from pier and lands
squagely on his back, he realizes thai
he unstable liquid offers not little
resistance Yet it would surprise al
most anybody to see what water vii
do under certain conditions.
A stream from a freman's hose VII
knock a man down The jet from 9
nozzle used in placer mining in the
west eats away large piece Of lant
in day toys with great powders a,
if they were pebbles, and would shoot
man over the country as though ht
were proiectile from a cannon,
There Is a story Of an eastern black
smith Who went west and made a be-
that he could knock a hole through
the jet of one Of these no2zles with Z
sledse hammer. He lifted his arms
swung the sledge, and came down OF
he ten-inch stream with a force that
would have dented an anvil But the
Jtlp INNNl llN'bNN4 ANU, " 4fA9hNN Aift
massive hammer out Of the black
smiths hands and tossed it severa
hundred feet away into the debris 0,
goldbearing gravel beneath a crum
bling cliff After this the blacksmith
left out iron when he spoke of hard
substances.
There is also power plant near
Durango, Col where a United States
cayallyman one day thought he had
an easy job in cutting two.inch
stream with his sword, He made a
valiant attack The result was that
his sword was shiverod in two and his
wrist broken.
A little thinner jet of water descend
ing 1000 feet to a manmactory at
Granoble, Spain, and travelling al
the moderate speed Of 100 yards
a second, fractures the best blades Of
Toledo.
OF course some people viii not be
lieye such stories without having seen
the thing, and one may think it a
proof of the scientific imagination to
say that an inch,thick sheet of water.
provided it had sufficient velocity.
would ward of bombshells as we'll as
steel plate
Nevertheless. many persons, while
travelling, have seen a brakeman put
a small hydraulic jack under one end
Of a car and lift 20 tons or so by a
few leisurely strokes OF the pump han
die; and the experience Of riding every
day in a hydraulic elevator tends to
remove doubts Of the magic power
possessed by water hitched to a ma
chine
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-12
Squirrels Eat LImburaer Cheese.

The wisest pair of squirrels knowr
in Connecticut are two reds on lhc
farm Of John OelschleGcl near Win
sted, Recently he found and conGs
Gated their hoard Of chestmts IN hol
low tree close by his bedroom win
dow, and while sleeping by he opcr
window he was struck with Il greer
chestnut burr on his bald head
Looking up into the tree he saw the
two red squirrels gnawing CheStuuts
out Of burrs. The hunting season net
being open. he didn't dare shoot thcm.
and after he had taken out all ho
prickly burr out Of his SCALP he went
10 sleep again.
Next Oelschle2el was awakened by
a suffocating odor and saw the two red
squirrels eating linburger cheese on
the same limb. Particles Of the lin.
burger, which was as soft rs putty.
had dropped on the sill of his bed
room window He keeps his lima
burger in a tin pail hanging on a
limb of the tree and the squirrels had
found it.-Chicaeo inter Ocean.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-12

The great majority Of men and wom
en at the age of 80 wears begin to
feel she first signs of advancing az
ia some form Of kidney trouble ami
bladder weakness. Frw are entirely
free FROM tha- ter'nrou- ar-sa-.
rheumatism. which d. His-ea-a m
iistI brit symptom of drrsHetl
meiCu of fls tidn.vs. which have
become cioezed aHf sluggish. faiira
f1 .hefr .lu'r rf Sitting and sfraiuire
fa aoi=r9o-s waste matter. urc
e.-f .fc- from tle b-c0f uerui. ir-
ir .r Hams-H anil flecomuose- settling
about t5a joints ana muscles. causing
intense faiH and sudeF,uE
Tne Bladder however causes the old
folks The most annoyance. especially
at night and cary morning.
Hundreds of readers WIN suffer viii
fni ihe foiipvug ubich is Iuouu Isl
the Daadeliou mixture The most barn