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of looking beyond it's wide domain for additional trade, especially with a view toward the future when we shall use ourselves most of the raw materials which now form the bulk of our exports, was emphasized by him repeatedly in the course of the talk. According to him, it is of vital importance to establish a for eign trade now, in order that the nevit- able transition from the export of raw materials to that of manufactured goods may be effected gradually and without halt in our commercial and industrial pro- gress.
 !" There never was period since my earliest business life, he said, when I felt more confident of the countrys future than I feel today. Hitherto the man. ufacturers of the United States have been so busy supplying the needs of our people at home that they have neglected to ex- ploit the merits of their commodities abroad. But we can reach the markets of the world, and compete in them with all the other great industrial and commercial nations. Of this there can be no doubt. Only We must set seriously to work We cannot afford to stand still
 Concerning the preparedness of our manufacturers for foreign business, MT. Carnegie had this to say:
 The heads of our great industrial en- terprises are awakening to the importance of adding to their equipment and enlarg- ing their plants for this very purpose of manufacturing for foreign markets. Fur thermore, the impetus given by this striv- Ing for export business to industrial ac- tiV1ty in the United States will benefit thousands of skilled workmen, and create work for thousands more, thus strength ening the home market at the same time
 MT Carnegie inquired at length into the methods employed by the inter national board of foreign trade for the creation of export business.
 It is pleasure to me-, he said to know that you have succeeded. and that you are looking forward to increasing the trade of this country abroad by many millions of dollars annually Brains, en- ergy and perseverance are needed in this most difficult branch of commerce. and a great deal of special knowledge Yes, I am glad to know that you are succeed ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
DISTRICT SUFFRAGE.
A Critic Says the Solid, Intelligent
 Element Would Be Submerged.

From the New York Snu.
 This agitation at Washington for res toration of the suffrage to the population, now in the neghborhood of 3O0,000, would seem upon the surface to have a basis of justice and propriety. Speaking generally it appears to be unfair to divest so many people of the proud American privilege of citizenship and subject them to a gov ernment in which they theoretically have no voice whatever. There is every super f1cial indication that the agitators have made a point.
 We shall not dilate upon the inconve- nence, the clashes of authority, and the conflicts of precedent that would inevit- ably arise under dual administration in a federal reservation such as the Dis trict of Columbia Is and always must be. These are too obvious to require illustra- tion. They had made themselves fragrant
 away back in the seventies, when the
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remedy is used. Diapepsin really does all the work of a healthy stomach. It d. gests your meals when your stomach cant Each triangule will digest all the food you can eat and leave nothing to ferment or sour.
 Get large 50-cent case of Pape's Dia- pepsin from your druggist and start talk ing today and by tomorrow you will &C., tually brag about your healthy. strong stomach, for you then can eat anything and everything you want without tho slightest discomfort or misery, and every particle of impurity and gas that is in your stomach and intestines Is going to be carried away without the use of laxa- tives or any other assistance.
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center of trading in securities, 1t is in- teresting to note that so long ago as 1872 the New York legislature passed act against short selling and options which was overturned in 1858, two years before the repeal of Sir John Barnards act in England. The movement inaugurated by Governor Hughes for the regulation of stock trading Is not new even in this country-being, as a matter of fact, near ly a century old.
 Wall street, however, has seen the handwriting on the wall and while its abolishment is not probable 1t is even now undertaking reforms and adopting a closer supervision of its members and of the securities dealt in which are de- signed to protect the investing public In its dealings in listed securities. In bring ing about this improvement public opinion undoubtedly has been an important fac for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
Trv This Laxative For Your Baby

Thousands of mothers are being racked and worn by the worry of sick children. Have you ever thought of looking to the condition of their stomach and bowelsi There lies the basis of all health If 1t is constipated, if it does not digest it's food, how can it be wellY So much depends up on the stomach and bowels -nourishment blood, life itself. You do not feel we'll when your stomach is weighted with mat ter that should have been dispelled hours or days ago. How much worse does the unreasoning child feelf Do something for once but don't give 1t salts, or cathartic pills, purgative powders or tablets be- cause they are too vioent-they too violent Tor vou too Have you tried pr. Caldwelps Syrup Iep.inf It is a wonderful chd's laxative and thou sands of mothers praise it. In egions of homes 1t is administered in all stomach liver and bowel trou- bles If you a scky. constipated dyspepic, bil- ous child infant give it Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pep sin and you will 1t. It Is the gentlest, midest laxative ever and especially suited to the needs of children old folks and all others who do not want to wrench their intestines with strong purEatfve You buy 6ocent or 91 bottle from any
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SEND FOR FREE TRIAL BOTTLE

Readers this used Dr. Gala bottle sent their home by A de. no obligation It is done  Is in American homes tions Health and the reliable and agreeable
 
 sick similar stomach, bow disorders t well its of It's ernm suner ailments to employed The
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There Will Be No Distress
 In Stomach Or Indigestion

You can eat anything your stomach graves without fear of a case of indiges. ton or dyspepsia, or that your food will ferment or sour on your stomach If you will take Diapepsin after eating.
 C Your meals will taste good, and any thing you eat will be digested; nothing can ferment or turn into acid or poison or stomach gas which causes belching. dizziness, a feeling of fullness after eat ing, nausea, Indigestion Qike a lump of lead in stomach), billiousness, heartburn, water brash, pain in stomach and intes- tines or other symptoms.
 Headaches from the stomach are ab- solutely unknown where this effective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
Thieves PIunder Police Lockers.

From the New York Herald.
 Thieves broke into the criminal courts building Thursday night and stole several uniforms and revolvers from the police 30 men. was dismissed at o'clock on lockers The court squad, numbering Thursday evening, so that the men could do special duty on New Years eve at Broadway and Wall street Most of them left their court uniforms and revolvers in their lockers.
 When the policemen returned at 2 o'clock Friday morning they missed their property.
 Talking about boarding lion in his den," said one of them, T guess some- body shaved us, and I wish I had the barber It's lucky that we weren't here, or our pockets might have been picked"
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In regard to Dr. Caldwels Syrup Pepsin it affords families both with satisfaction We m had dspleased so-Smith New Falls, O.
 of sent then purchased soo bottle It has helped little girl much and given her appetite. myself and think spen- did for, the somach.-Mrs K. L. Stout Louisville. Ky.
 sample Pepsn ordered with the results. Jno. W. Dunham, Apple Creek Ohio.
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Cat and Mouse Pillar.

In Lichfield cathedral the central pillar of the chapter house and the clustered shafts and vaultlng ribs which spread from 1t are very fine specimens of early English work. One of the pillars con- tains the quaint design of a cat with a mouse In it's mouth. It Is supposed to have been executed in a humorous spirit by one of the masons, who, so far as the stone permitted, made it quite
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MEDIOAL ADVICE

If there is anything about your ailment that you don't under stand, or if you want any medical advice. write to the Doctor, and he will answer you fully. There is no charge for this service. The address is Dr. w. B. Caldwell 501
 Caldwell Building, Monticello, IL
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nothing for her. Through a friends urging I commenced giving pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. since which time she has taken no other medicine and has had no further sick spells. I think we owe her life to pr. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. We are now also giv- ing this remedy to our little boy. six years old.-Mrs Cora Stout. Logansport. Ind,
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scribed, but found nothing to cure her until we heard of pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. In six months we gave her three 6o-cent bottles, and the trou- ble Is gone. She eats heartily and gained several pounds in weight, and has no more trou- bie of any kind with her stom. ach or bowels.--Mrs. Myrtle Mather, Chicago, III.
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CARNEGIE OPTIMISTIC.
Never So Confident of Trade Prospects rg as Now.

From the New York Times.
 ( Andrew Carnegie, in an interview that will appear in this months issue of the aInternational Trade Bulletin of the in- ternational board of foreign trade of this city, says that in all his business career 5he was never so confident of the future of the country's trade as he is at present. {. The article says:
 While he was nominally retired from Business, MT. Carnegie retains an alert interest in the commercial and industrial growth of this country. The necessity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24

When my little
 daughter was five or six months old she was i'll all the time with what the doctors called indigestion. but they could do
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It Is guaranteed to do as claimed or your money will bc refunded. If the praise of thou sands of mothers means any thing to you, you are certainly more than justified in trying a bottle. Ask your druggist what he thinks of 1t. People are buy ing 1t every day and he hears what they have to say.
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They Were Cured By Dr. CaIdweIrs Syrup Pepsin

From birth my daughter W a 8 troubled with con- stipation and sick
 h e a d a c h e. We tried many things
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tai through the banking system, the heart of which is in the financial district of New York city, and the wonderful dis tributive machinery of the New York stock exchange, no such industrial expan- sion as the past two decades have wit messed could have occurred.
 "If therefore, for any reason what ever this machinery were to become in- operative-if the stock exchange were to close for good-not only would banking business in New York be paralyzed, but if the Wall street shop were to be literally 'shut-up and the partnership of Wall Street & Go. be dissolved, millions of outstanding stocks would immediately be subtracted from the value of out standing stocks and bonds, left market less and discredited. Incomes would fall proportionately for no corporation would be hardy enough to continue dividends. to use up its own income, when 1t knew not where to turn for capital to meet its needs.
 Tn 1907, when New Yorks banking ma chinery was only partly dislocated and the stock exchange only temporarily af- fected, the market value of securities was impaired by over $3.500,000 and in the succeeding 12 months dividend and inter est shrinkage was certainly not less than $100, ,000, 900.
 To the necessity of some sort of an in stitution corresponding to the stock ex- change at its best. Governor Hughes commission is sensible. To its own weak ness and shortcomings the about to be Investigated Wall street is equally sen sible, as is shown by the fact when repu- tations were melting like snow, under the revelation of the United States ship building scandal, there were dealt in al- together only 300 squares out of the 25,0oO- 900 of common stock, and 100 shares of the s2O, 900, 900 preferred. Of the $l4,5O0,000 first mortgage bonds only $10O00, showing that even Wall street has Its limitations.
 In view of the promised investigations bv Governor Hughes commission of this
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
Is Still Non-Union

The National Model License
League is still patronizing the non
union printing establishments of
louisville, Ky, at least 80 per
cent of its work being given to
them. Its organ, the wine and
spirit bulletin, is printed by the
unfair Fetter concern. The league
has issued statement, claiming to
union labor and the friends of the
movement do not reconcile this
declaration with it's attitude in
persistently patronizing non-union
labor after being importunate to
change its tactics.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
MANY LIVES
in DANGER
AS a Result of Incompetent Engi-
neer at the Moundsville Peniten-
tiarY--Reckless Proceeding.

The Moundsyille penitentiary,
housing thousand human beings
and employing half a thousand in
one of it's several factories, oper-
ating engines by five steam boilers,
does not boast Of an engineer.
Not in all that big institution is
there an engineer. The engineers
are in charge Of Il man who has
never claimed to be an engineer.
and the danger that lies in this
agreement, or lack of agreement,
is soevident that it needs no com
ment.
For years the penitentia al
ways had a licensed engineer in
charge. Lately. however, this
idea has been abandoned, the old
board of directors extended the
carelessness that made Mounds.
vile famous by way of the legis-
latlve Investigation. into the me-
chanical department.
Luckily, nothing has happened
The engineers have continued to
work, the wheels have continued
to revolve, and the boilers have
continued to hold together
should an accident occur. how
ever, it will then be too late for
explanations. and even explain
atoms would not give back the
lives that may be DESTROYED.
1t is thought by many that the
ne" warden, when he takes hold
OF these affairs which are to be in
MS charge Instead of the board
Will remedy at last this situation
by putting the big engines of the
Dig place under the charge of =
man who can give evidence of his
aolllty to care for them and pro-
uect the property OF the state and
the lives Of the wards of the state
Wheeling Majority.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
OPDER OF PUBLICATION,

state O. West Virginia, Kanawha
county.
At Rules held in the Clerks office Of
the Circuit Court of kanawha county,
West Virginia, on the first Monday Of
May, 19o9.
Tressa Unger, Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancery
John Edgar Unger, Defendant.
Tending in the Circuit Court of Kama
VIVA County. West Virginia.
The object of this suit is to obtain a
decree of divorce from the bonds of mat
rimony.
This day came the Plaintiff by her
attorney; and on his motion, and it ap-
Pearing by affidavit filed, that the De
PENDANT J. F.. Unger is a nom
resident of this State, it is ordesed that
he 10 appear within one month after
the late of the first publication hereof.
and do what is necessary to protect his
intei est in this suit
TeSte: IRA II. MoTrEsHEARD, Clerk
c. J. VAN FLEET, Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
The Frank x. Foster Fund.

The official boards of the Massachu-
sets State Federation Of Labor the
Boston e. L. q. and Boston Typo
graphical union, No. 13, have issued a
statement relating to the Frank X
Foster relief fund which says in part:
1--WE wish to notify the public that
since the closing of. the Frank & Eos
ter fund Of Boston Typographical I'M
ion, No. 10, the only fund now open for
the reception Of subscriptions for the
benefit OF Frank *. Foster is the Eos
ter fund Of the Massachusetts, state
branch, A. F. Of L. Persons wishing
to contribute to the fund Will please
send their contributions direct to d
d. Driscoll. treasurer, postoffice box c,
Station A, Boston.
Any persons soliciting money for
the above named fund are unauthor-
lied and should be treated as impos-
tors and turned over to the police"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
A BADGE OF HONESTY.
What the Union Label Means to Work.
ers and the Public.

ss"0t INC Union La0el means 10 ftoFH-
ers and the Public.
The union label-what does it mean?
This is question often asked, and It
receives variety of answers. In or
der therefore to get it properly before
the public it becomes necessary to
make application of the principle in
volved in its use in other directions
than from the standpoint Of the union
man.
Churches organize, adopt names and
creeds OF faith and refuse to tolerate
any infringement upon their right to
worship according to their standard OF
faith and practice. This the union la
bel does for the union workmen.
Clubs and associations adopt insig-
MIA Of recognition to prevent fraud
and imposition. This is the mission
of the union label.
Firms and corporations have distin-
gushing marks, which they jealousy
guard and protect So does the Or
ganized worker guard and protect the
union label.
Authors and writer's secure copy
rights as shield from plagiarism OF
the products Of their brain and pen
The union workman uses the label as
shield for the product of his labor
and brawn
Inventors secure letters patent to
prevent infringement upon their
| rights. The union label serves the
same purpose for organized labor
The manufacturer places his trade
mark on the products Of his shop or
factory. The label performs the same
service for the worker who brings
forth these products.
1t therefore seems plain that the
same laws which step in and protect
those whose interests lie in these va
rious arteries of trade and commerce
should step in and protect the worker
In the use of his distinguishing mark.
But the label means even more than
this. 10 the union man It means
loyalty and fidelity, compact organiza-
ton, brotherly love and consideration,
fealty to organization, help in time of
distress. 10 the public it means hon
est work we'll performed by skilled
| labor, the best of material fifty Joined
together by grownup men and woru-
en- at living wages. 1t means an hon.
est days work for an honest days
pay.
Self preservation is the first law of
nature" and it is upon this idea that
the Workingman has acted in organiZ-
ing and protecting his organization
with his trademark-the union label
Carpenter.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
FIGHTING THE OPEN SHOP.
Washington Trades Unionists to Keep
Up the Struqqe.

w f. Gilmore, business representa-
tive of the Building Trades NJ &c hanics'
council, who was recently elected a
member of the Washington cha mber
OF commerce. in recent report says:
Since my last report the grievance
committee has consolidated with the
Building Trades Mechanics council
chartered by the building trades de-
partment OF the American Federation
of Labor, and all the locals that were
affiliated with the grievance commit
tee, except No. 1872. Brotherhood of
Carpenters, are affiliated with. the
Building Trades Mechanics council
The old grievance committee is now
known as the executive committee of
the Building Trades council and will
continue the fight to the end against
the attempt to introduce the open shop
In Washington along the same lines
laid down by the old grievance com
mittee-
The amount of work let for the
month Of March. 1909, to contractors
employing members of organized labor
was S654,57O: amount let to unfair
contractors. S225,OoO, total. SS79.57
This does not include the independent
real estate operators who have never
been fair to the building trades"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-05-20
ORGANIZED WORKERS.
Numerical Strength of Trades Unions
In the World.

Numerical Strength of Trades Unions
In the World.
During his recent European tour OF
Investigation the Rev. Charles Stelzle
made collection Of statistics showing
the numerical strength Of the trades
unions in several Of the principal coun-
tries he visited and the percentage Of
the workers in each country repre-
sented by the union rolls. The figures
he presents may in some instances be
astonishing to American trades union
lists, but as they are gathered from
supposedly reliable sources the Rev
Mr.. Stelzle may not be held RESPONSE
BILE for their correctness.
"Organized labor throughout the
world Is about 100000 strong" he
says. 1.-The trades unionistS In Great
Britain, according to the most recent
figures, have a total membership of
100000, of which number 10000 are
women. 1t is estimated that :}3 per
cent of the workers in Great Britain
are connected with the trades unions.
There are practically four divisions Of
the organized workingmen affiliated
with the British Trades congress, CON
sisting, first of about 100000 in the
General Federation OF Trades Unions
composed Of 134 national organiZa-
tons, and who are for the most part
skilled workers-9OO, 900 miners, 49,
600 members of the railway servants
societies and about 100000 general
workers and laborers who are not af-
fliated with the General federation
German trades unionsts number
100000, with about 10000 women,
but in addition to this it is estimated
that there are 100000 Christian
trades unIonists,' who are controlled
more or less by the church. or the
total number of trades unionists in
Germany perhaps $3.50 are Social
Democrats, standing specifically for
the socialistic movement
Estimates Of the number of trades
unionists in France vary considerably,
but there are probably 100000 men,
bers of organized labor. 100000 of
whom belong to the Confederation du
Travail, or the Federation of Labor
'Probably the largest percentage of
workingmen in the trades unions of
any country in Europe are to be found
In Denmark and Sweden. the Den
| mark trades unions containing fully
90 per cent of the toilers and Sweden
about 3S per cent. In Hungary there
Is an estimated mem bership of $780,
OOO, or IS per cent of all the working
people. Austria has nearly 100000, or
| Is per cent, while Italy, with its i'm
mense population, contains only 2OO-
| coo. or g per cent
The United States. with its 3,OOO-
600 trades unionists, is in the lead in
the total number of workingmen and
workingwomen who are in the trades
union movement, even though the per
centage of working women in the
| trades unions is not as great as it is
| In some countries in Europe"