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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
THE REAL MERCHANT AND THE
SECONDARY BOYCOTT.

OF course. nearly every one under
stands that a primary or original
boycott is the boycotting of the pro-
ducts of any manufacturer who for
any cause whatever does not follow
the dictation of labor unions. OFTEN
a manufacturer is boycotted by unions
he has never heard of, as was the case
in the most important injunction
against a boycott ever issued. 1t is,
however. the secondary" boycott
which is the most pernicious in its
effects and which seems to be little
understood.
1t will sound incredible to that class
of retail merchants having experience
with thea secondary boycott that not
S per cent of all the retailers in the
United States actually know what it
means, or that it is capable of becom-
ing a greater menace to them and their
general business than mail ordering,
range peddling, or many times such
combined competition could ever be
made to amount to. 1t is also doubted
if the general public outside of the
manufacturing interests has any idea
of what destructive and annihiliat-
ing weapon the secondary boycott is.
Take the hardware business for pur-
chant, of course, tries to keep in stock
everything in his line asked for by
the people of all classes in his COM
munity. In the course of time or
ganized labor gets into some dispute
which the merchant has a good stock,
bought in entire ignorance of any dis
manufacturer, and entirely on account
of the quality and good general de-
surprised when he is called upon by
some representative of union labor,
and upon his admitting the fact is
informed that Pyramid nails have been
bOycotted, and that because of his
selling them no member Of the union
will buy anything of him, neither the
nails in question nor clothes wringers,
coffee mills, flat irons, nor anything
else kept in his store; in other words,
the hardware merchants entire stock
is boycotted. simply because he is
selling one thing, the makers of which
have been boycotted by labor union.
If this is the first case when an at
tempt has been made to ruin his bust
ness. the merchants attempts to make
peace with the committee by agreeing
to discontinue the sale of Pyramid
nails, substituting the Sphinx brand
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

Morning, Stubby."
Same to you; you're looking pleas
ant this morning. Are you happy"
Did you ever know me to be i'll
any other frame Of mind?'
He lifted his cigar from his face,
CROPPED through the crowded car for
his customary seat and remarked in
a monotone:
did you ever see anything so GUS
sedly outrageous as these new spring
lids that our female better halves are
busting themselves about. Next thing
we know, Drake will be carrying
trailers on all of the company's cars
for the transportation Of sky pieces
that bear the label, Call for package
too large for car door,
"What's the matter? Have you been
experiencing some difficulties along
the line of spring head gear?"
"Surest thing you know. Believe
L
dazzled into coughing up the coin for
one Of these new BRAIN protectors gives
me a chill every time 1 think of it;
consequently, 1 let my think-tank
dwell length upon more pleasant
memories of the past
IT. too, have had some troubles, so
let's compare. notes and see how we
case, and I'll tell you mine-you tickle
ne and T. tickle YOU
"Oh, it's the same old tale of woe
year after year, summer and winter.
| Old hat all out of style-too battered
| to be remodeled-not the right shape
| to cheap looking-and besides Mrs.
| B-ankety has just the SWEETEST thing
ever turned out of a sausage grinder.
1t was all thrown UP to me in the
! same old way, though with a com
plete new set of slides, and, manlike,
| had not the heart to say the fair
| one nay.
| After standing the old grill off for
more than week with rosy promises
Of the way I was going to toy her
I out-all the While, of course, thinking
of the hole that last months bills
had made in my bank account was
| at last connected with a show down,
| and it was up to me to make good or
| join the local option league. I showed
and agreed to accompany wife.et to
the hat joint Friday night
I" Now, DEAR chirped wifelet. with
satisfied smile as we dug our way
through the crowded streets, what
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

Times are turned topsy turvy, to be
sure, in footwear! The good old days
are gone when we obeyed an unwrit-
ten law regulating footwear and un-
derWear by the seasons, donning our
low-cut shoes blithely when April airs
made stout winter boots feel clumsy,
and resolutely putting away comfort
able summer foot coverings before
Thanksgiving day.
Now nobody pays the least attention
to the weather as far as shoes are
concerned because it happens to DC
convenient to go to the dinner party
on a freezing night in turned sole ties
with French heels. The athletic maid
who swings down the avenue in jan
uary with natty oxfords showing ur-
der her wool walking Skirt goes "a
tramping in sultry August with stout
waterproof boots laced almost to her
knees.
AS a matter of fact, we are all be-
coming more English in our concep-
ton of footwear propriety. We are
beginning to know the difference be-
tween boots and shoes, to have a sup
ply of trees" and to cultivate fas-
tidious exactness about the correct
foot covering for every occupation
around the clock.
One of the evidences of this new
popularity of high-cut shoes, or-as
our English cousins call them
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

therefor. when behold, within week
another labor representative may call
with the information that the new
brand put in is also boycotted, ana
en- the distracted merchant may con-
tinue to struggle against the sec
ondary boycott until he has tried TO
sell practically every brand on the
market with the same result.
This illustration pertains to every
thing which can be identified by name,
so that a retail business managed by
persons whose brains and money
have builded up, is not safe from at
tack. In fact, at all times is the bust
ness of retail merchant, in any line.
at the mercy of set of men who
feel that they haye the power to ruin
him if he happens to have in stock
anything upon which a boycott has
been promulgated by labor unions.
Most retail merchants do not seem
to realize that their entire business
practically rests on a powder mine
which needs but the spark of a sec
ondary boycott to wreck it. Not only
every man engaged in any kind of
retail business should thoroughly post
himself as to the full force of this
cruel and dangerous weapon, but all
other citizens should know that no
set Of men ever devised a weapon
which could possibly develop so much
hardship and suffering to entirely in
nocent people.
1t is asserted that a patent is
worthless until its validity has finally
been passed upon by the highest
courts. Similarly, the time seems to
be at hand when a manufactured pro-
duct identified by a specific name
must be specially protected by an
boycott decision to make a mer-
chant safe in handling it. While there
are some articles which are now boy
cOlC PROOF, prOtectlOn having Deen
granted them by such courts, the ar
ticles thus immune are comparatively
few. It is deplorable that the sale of
articles which the highest courts have
not protected against boycotting will
be dangerous until all kinds of boy
cotting are abolished by law. Since
retail merchants in general are the
sufferers from the secondary boycott,
they will no doubt study the question
carefully, and, although organized
labor represents but a very small pro-
portion of any community, protest
through their representatives in con-
gress against the enactment of pro-
posed laws which will enable one class
of citizens to injura or ruin the bust
ness of any other classroom the
Iron Age
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
BOOKSELLERS GIFTS.

John D. Rockefeller's latest gift to
the University of Chicago, which has
just been announced, raises the total
of his requests to this institution to
nearly $25,OOO,000, or just $4,0O0,OOO
less than the fine which the Standard
Oil company Of Indiana will not have
to pay-a fact which has caused covert
speculation at the Midway institution
as to what would have been received
if anything, if the fine had been up
held. The announcement of the be-
quest followed the dismissal Of the
case against the coil Trust by less
than two weeks which may or may
not have been a coincidence. Rookie
feller's other gifts to the university
range over a period Of 20 years, the
first one having been made in Jan
uary, 1889. and the last one previous
to this being January, 1909. The var
ious installments range in size from
@14o,oZI, tHe SHldlleSt, TO $3,245,OOU,
the largest. and incidentally one of the
largest ever made to an educational
institution. The occasion Of the latest
benefaction was the 18th convocation
Of the university, and the gift came
as surprise in view of the million
dollars which had been received in
January. The new money consisted
OF two installments, one Of 100000,
to be devoted to the new school Of
education, and another of $76, $3.50, for
the care and Improvement of the ply
steal equipment of the university The
larger part of the latter installment
VIII be spent on the Kent chemical
laboratory and the campus With the
help of these funds the Midway school
VIII become for the first time entirely
self-supporting, according to President
Judson, who said that the annual de-
several years until now the income
from the new money would be suf-
J, ficient to wipe it out entirely. "There
IS perhaps a popular impression that
A., an annual deficit is a valuable asset
for an institution of learning" said
\ DR.. Judson. THAT opinion is not
shared by the board of trustees of the
university
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
51ne Of The smart styles Class ndkeras offer

slipper, and the efficiency of the ankle
strap in holding on the low pump VIII
commend this style, as we'll as it's al
Turing effect of youthfulness.
Smaller buckles trimmer lines and
Il bit longer tee than last year will
mark the new summer footwear, and
the smartest of the new low shoes have
very close welted soles, almost like
turned soles in their effect of lightness
and daintiness.
The instep-strap slipper is in high
afvor just now and is seen on dainty
show feet that step out of carriages
at fashionable afternoon receptions.
The instep straoping adds a little of
formality to an ordinary lOw-cut slip
per, and over a sheer silk stocking the
strapping is most effective. French
wo1;:rr. in order to affect the pretty
shippers safely in cold weather, wear
beneatC th.ii ...,owebby thread siu<
hose heavi4' Sill; stockings in Isl.
tint.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

boots" for dreSsy wear in summer as
as it is to American women, is really
not a dress shoe A DirectOire gown
lifted to show an oxford tie is not
at all in keeping with the mandates
of fashion. The prettiest foot cover
ing under one of these clinging, trail
ing frocks is, of course, a dainty slip
per; but slippers are not practical for
street wear, and so makers have We'd
with each other to turn out boots quite
as dainty as any slippers in their trim
lines ar exquisite finish of all de-
tails.
The dress boot is quite different
from the sturdy, swing-soled, welted
'ittle affair for general street and
shopping wear. Every last detail Of
such a shoe is executed by the skilful
hands of a bench shoemaker, who
takes several days for his task, setting
every stitch by hand and almost tend
erly buffing every curve of the sole
into perfect shape. Such labor is, Of
course, costly, and the dress shoe is
high priced; some of the pretty affairs
of suede with kid fOXings ranging up
to a score of dollars the pair.
Patent leather boots with suede
uppers are promised a great vogue
this spring for wear with dressy tall
ored suits and frocks. A smart pair
of such boots is shown in today's
group, with patent leather vamp on
most graceful lines and uppers of light
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

green suede, matching the shade OF
the green cloth Directoire frock for
wear, with which these shoes were
built
For spring walking wear several
styles are shOWn-nOtably the well-cut
patent letaher boots will dull kid up
pers and the tan calf boots, with up
pers of snuff brown suede. These
styles embody all the best points of
new street footWear-the moderate.
graceful heel, toe not too short, yet
prettily shaped, and mannish swing
sole, with plenty of room for the ball
of the foot, without any clums1ness
at the toe.
Pumps have come to stay, it seems,
and some of the new styles for the
coming season are prettier than any
thing that has been seen heretofore.
The tendency is toward daintiness,
rather than a mannish or athletic style
in all dress this year. and footwear
follows suit Many of the 1909 pumps
are scarcely dstinguishable from slip
pers, and it is probable that We shall
see the Louis heel once more on the
street, though for many years this
frivolous heel has been frOWned upon
for street wear by conservative Wo-
men.
The ankle-straD pump is likely to
have a wide vogue, particularly among
Younger women. There is a sugges-
ton of babyishness about the foot en-
cased in a little black ankle-strap
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
The Greatest Gift,

He wins the worlds applause who leads
A conquering army to the fray;
But yonder where the vulture feeds
Long cherished hopes were swept
away.
He merits fame who mas the gift
To thrill men with his eloquence,
Or out of worthless chaff can sift
The golden grains of common sense.
.
But blest DER all the rest is he
Who pens a line that travels far,
And causes fretful man to see
How few and small their troubles are.
S E.Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
Rreakino the News.

Mr. Millionbucks-That young mar
is calling on you frequently, daughter
WHAT does he do for a living?
Daughter-Hes looking for a posi-
ton, father.
Mr.. M.-What sort of a position?
Daughter-Life companion to young
lady. father-Boston Transcript.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
Is This True?

When hOnOrS come
Unto a chum
We all wax wroth, l guess.
For mortals hate
To contemplate
A lifelong friends success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
In the SPRING.

"Why do you run your cars so
slowly these days?"
with everybody carrying home gar
den tools, you can't run over a man
without risking a puncture''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

Looking for results? Classified Adds.
Classified ads for results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

Classified ads for results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

Thespis, it's also safe to bet
Broke in the jokes were using vet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28

Thespis the slapstick used with vim.
Oh, actors owe deal to him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-28
AS to Thespis-

Thespis, the founder of art,
Sang country ballads from a cart.
And furthermore, as I opine,
The papers he refused to sign.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-21
A DUTY
ON HIDES

Washington, June 21.-Continuing
his advocacy of tariff on hides, when
the bill was taken up this morning.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, declar-
ed the senate "had been injured and
insulted" by a man who was seeking
free hides, who had declared the duty
had been put in the Dingley bill by
some midnight process He proceed
ed to present facts intended to show
the value of the hide and that the du-
ty on that part of the bovine carcass
would be of material benefit to the
farmers.
IF a confidence man at a circus ev-
er presented a less plausible PROPOSE
ton TO a farmer than that" declared
Senator Carter, referring, to the atti-
tude of the senators who desired free
hides. ''he is certainly wanting in
wit" Never before has the farmers
intelligence been so discounted" he
said. "He is first told duty does him
no good therefore it should be taken
off. Then he Is told the duty should be
left ON leather, shoes. and harness for
the benefit of the manufacturer and
he is further told he is to buy In a
protected market and sell in an open
market the things he has to SELL"
Carter declared that IL the farmer
must sell in an open market, he also
should be allowed to buy there.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-21
TWO OLD TIMERS.
Owners Of the q. and NJ. BottIing
Works, Came to Roswell In the
Eighties Exclusive Control
Of DR.. Pepper.

When the B. and M BottHng Works
is spoken OF there are few aware OF
the fact that the personnel of this
prosperous concern is made up of two
Old Timers, here since the eighties !;
both are we'll known. COW men. Fred
Behringer arrived here In August, 1888
and Bruce March came two years lat.
er, August. 1885. Both Messrs Beh-
ringer and Marsh are still in the cow
business and two months ago they
purchaser the botthng works of ]. S.
Kirby, 116 s. Main, changing the
name to the B. and M. Bottling Works
Mr.. Behringer has active manage
ment of the concern and the business
from the start has increased at a high
ly gratifying rate. New machinery, ell
ectric motors and stock have been
put in TO facilitate the getting out of
orders. A splendid mail order business
is being done, shipments being made
to towns on the Pecos Valley line
north and south OF Roswell.
Absolutely pure distilled water is
kept on hand constantly. All classes
of soft drinks, such as soda and sell
zer water, iron brew, grape juice,gin-
ger ale, ETC., are bottled and purity
and excellence are guaranteed. The
firm recently secured the exclusive
right to bottle and wholesale DIR. Pep
per in Chaves and Eddy counties. For
vim, vigor and vitality DIR. Pepper is
claimed to be the King of Beveridges.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-21
CALHOUN
TRIAL OVER

San Francisco, June 21.-Termina At
ing in the disagreement of the jury
with ten men for acquittal and two for
conviction. the trial of president Pat
rick Calhoun of the United Railways,
has ended. Il is five months and one
day since Calhoun first made his APP
pearance in court on the charge of Of
fering brfbe to a supervisor to OBJ
tain privileges for his corporation. The
jury spent twentyfour hours in fruit
less deiberation. There was no DEM
onstrationt as the verdict was read
and the defendant and his attorneys
quickly departed when the jury re-
ported for the hast time. The jurors
all assured the judge there was no
hope of an agreement and disagree
ment was recorded.
Heney announced he would be rea-
dy to try the case again tomorrow if
necessary.
Calhoun considered the result a VIC
tory although disappointed at no ac-
quittal. He declared Heney had been
brjbed and said he would bring
charges of such character against
him as well as against Rudolph
Spreckles for giving a 'bribe.
At the request of attorneys for Pat
rick Calhoun, one of the remaining
indictments against him was set for
trial next Monday, June %. This in
dictment alleges the offer of a bribe
to former supervisor John ]. Furey
and is similar to the one on which Abe
Ruef was sentenced to fourteen years
in the penitentiary.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-21
fully.


fully.
| No one questions the statement
that good roads have a high money
| value to the farmers of the nation.
and It may be said that this alone Is
| sufficient to justify the cost of their
| construction as rapidly as practicable
under an efficient, economical and
equitable system of highway improve
| ment. The big points in favor of this
expenditure is the economy of time
| and force in transportation between
farm and market. enabling the grow
ers to take advantage of fluctuations
in buying and selling, as we'll as en-
hancing the value of real estate.
1T is estimated that the average
annual loss from poor roads is rs cts.
an acre, while the estimated average
increase resulting from improving all
the public roads is So The losses in
five years would aggregate $2,432 for
every section of land, or more than
enough to improve two miles of pub
lie highway. The necessity of good
roads is obvious, as it would enhance
the value of each section of land
about $5,760, or more than double tho
estimated cost of two miles of i.nprov-
ed highway, which constitutes the quo
ia for $40 acres of land.
"The value of our forests was never
better appreciated than today. With
in the arid and semi-arid portions OF
the western states nearly 1874, ZOO, 900
acres are covered with Woodland, Of
value for fuel, fence posts and other
purposes essential to the success OF
the farmers. There are also 97,000,-
300 acres covered with heavy forests
having comme rcial value for timber
and logs for saw mills, also hundreds
of thousands of acres of climber and
logs for saw mills, also hundreds of
thousands of acres of timber lands in
other parts of the United States. Re-
forestation and conservation of the
vast resources are necessary to pro-
vide future generations with timber
and lumber supplies. The government
Is expending large amounts of money
every year to protect it's forests from
fires. yet expert lucnbermen say that
more standing timber is destroyed by
flames annually than is converted into
merchantable lumber by the saw.
mills"
Mr.. Hooker said it is likely that his
iCoCiulioh VIII iDc pISSclpCtu W tifS va.
rious interests of the irrigation con-
gress for discussion and will after
ward be incorporated in a memorial
to the United States Congress. 1t is
also purposed to have large dele
CATION, composed of representatives
of every state and territory in the Un-
ion, push the measure for adoption.
The work of enlisting the support of
the people interested in the various
projects will be taken up Immediately
after the close of the irrigation con-
gress with view to concerted action.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-21
WHITE AND PHILLIPS.
This General BIacksmithing and Wood
Work Firm on s. Main Street
- Guarantee All Work.


The general 'blacksmithing and wood
work frm of White and Phillips, 3O1
s. Main street, are better prepared
now than ever to attend to your gen.
eral fblacksmilhing and wood work
wants in a workmanlike and thorough
manner. All work guaranteed at prices
as -low~as possible, considering good
workmanship.
Horseshoeing a speciality, and there
is never a muHnur of complaint. as
this department, fitting and flooring,
Is in charge of expert shoers.
The firm buys and sells second
hand buggies, wagons, hacks and
plows. They carry in stock a complete
assortment of wheels, axle stubbs
shafts, poles, dashes and cushions.
Messrs White and Phillips person
ally own and control the shop and re.
spectfully ask for the continuance OF
the public patronage that has been &C.
corded them in the past