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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-09

address of welcome to the convention
Monday evening.
Captain John p. Walker and wife
will arrive today to greet old friends
at the reunion and visit with their
niece, Mrs. Dave White, at SOP Fifth
avenue east. Mr.. Walker has arrang-
ed to meet other members of his fam
lily here, from whom he has been sep
arated for 33 years. Also hopes to
meet the old boys of Co. L, which
company he organized
Miss Stella Thorpe writes from Mud.
lavia Springs, Ind, that on account
of severe attack of rheumatism and
nervous trouble she will be unable to
return to Oskaloosa. She is taking
the baths at Mudlavia and expects to
spend the winter at San Antonio. Tex.
Miss Thorpe is sister of Mrs. w. W..
Montgomery and has been one OF the
leading dressmakers here for two
years, and she will be greatly missed
in that line of work.
Prof. and Mrs. Guido H. Stemple
and sons, John and Guido Jr., went
to Fort Madison yesterday where they
will be guests of Mr.. Stenple's par
ents. Mr.. Stemple arrived in Oska-
loosa Saturday morning to join his
wife, who has Deen visiting at the par
entail T. B. Emmert home during the
summer. They will go to Chicago for
few days and proceed thence to
Bloomington, Indiana, where they re-
side. Mr.. Stemple being member
of the faculty of he Indiana Univers-
ity.
DR.. r. C. Hoffman and family have
departed for their new home and To-
cation at Deming, New Mexico, where
the Doctor has business interests that
demand his time and attention. In
the departure of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoff-
man Oskaloosa loses couple OF her
best known residents and regrets are
general that the doctor and his excel
lent wife are to locate in another
place. Dr. RIP" Hoffman is known
from one end of the county to the
other and is one of the oldest practic-
ing physicians in the city. He was
first associated with his father, Dr.
D. A. Hoffman, deceased, and later he
continued the practice established by
the father. The Hoffman name had
been so linked with Mahaska county
and Oskaloosa history that they are
inseparable. The elder Hoffman
came to Oskaloosa when the place
was mere village and he was identi-
fed with the early pioneer history of
the town. He was known by all of
the early settlers of this and adjoin-
ing counties. The son Ripley follow
ed the father in a worthy work and
enjoyed successful practice. Larger
business interests, however, have call
ed him and he goes to another state.
Friends hope that he may return to
Oskaloosa in the future and that he
may continue to regard the city as
his home. .... ~ .....s ....
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-09
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

Mrs. w. H. Sleeth, L'of Brookston,
ind, has arrived to visit her sister,
Mrs. DAVIS Gilchrist.
Mrs. o. N. Downs is in Moline call
ed by the serious illness of her
aephew, Will S. Keilholtz.
Mrs. Mabel Gesman, who has been
visiting friends in the city, has gone
to Deep River for brief visit.
Abba Union: Miss Viola Lantz, who
has been a guest of Miss Lucille Ware,
has returned to her home in Oska-
loosa.
Jack Hazard, a former Oskaloosa
boy, was down from Des Moines yes
terday for visit with old time
friends.
Abba Union: Mrs. H. B. Crisswell
and daughters, Marie and Clara, OF
Oskaloosa, are guests of Mrs. A. X.
Robinson.
DIR. and Mrs. B. B. High, who have
been visiting at the B. o. Jerrel and
the Kilbourn places, have returned to
their home in Montezuma.
Mrs. w. H. Strouse and son Frank
have gone to Seattle to join Mr..
| Strouse in two weeks tour OF the
northwest and to see the Seattle ex-
position.
Lynnville Star: Col. J. F.. Mcneil
Of Oskaloosa was a guest Old Settlers
day of L. Butrum. They were mem
bers of the same company, Hath Hi
nois Infantry.
Miss Mildred Ruggenberger depart
ed yesterday for Rec Heights, South
Dakota, where she will be the guest
OF her aunt and uncle; Mrs. NJ. ID. AL
non and Jacob Ruggenberger.
Lynnville Star: Mrs. Will WhitzeI
and daughter Dorothy. of Oskaloosa
came up Friday for a visit at the
home of her sisters, Mesdames Roy
| Johnson and Sam Holmes.
Miss Winnifred Rhoades, OF New
ton, who has been the guest OF he
friend, Miss Lillian Thomas, goes t.
Fort Morgan, where she has beer
elected to position in the public
schools.
Frank r. Davis. formerly an engin
eer on the Iowa Central and resi-
dent OF the city, now OF Jefferson
county, where he is engaged on {
farm. was among the home corners
yesterday.
o. p. Flower, the new principal o
the Oskaloosa High school. who wa
elected to the place vacated by thu
resignation OF Prof. Hurt. has arrived
in the city and Is making preparation
for the opening OF the public schools
Miss Bernice Baer, who has beef
visiting her father. John r Baer. an,
sister. Mrs. Nellie Pike, has returne,
to her home in Los Angeles. Califor
MIA. where she will open her schoo
work AT. the, Twentieth Street building
next week.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

pieces played to the accompaniment of
the slow, sad, heartrending pauper march.
'ery now and then the applicants
We're frightened by the explosion of a
hashh ght Photos were taken frequently
70 be used later for the official organs of
sli lhe army, showing the benevolence of
the organization. Some of the applicants,
tne most deplorable looking, were taken
oo' u the march and led to side count
en- where they were given clothing.
NO, the clothes were neither new nor
well-itting. They had been made up into
bundles of the old clothes that the SALIVA.
ton Army had received from liberal
oonors. Coat, vest and pants made up a
suit for men, and skirt and waist formed
the outfit for women. These were wrap.
P: d IN bundles marked either t'male'' or
female" and with number indicating
the age that it would probably fit.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
HARVEST OF DEATH
ON GREAT LAKES,
Policy of Hiring Incompetent Scabs In
Effort to Smash Union Causes
Frightfu1 Loss of Life.

The season of navigation which has
just closed has been one of the most dis
astrous in the history of the Great Lakes
Several hundreds of human lives were
lost, thirty vessels sunk and millions of
dollars worth of property destroyed,
constitute the frightful toll that has been
paid during 1909.
There have been some great disasters,
like the burning of the Erie Belle many
years ago, when the loss of lives of pass
engers was very large, but old sailors
can recall no year in which so many sea
men have perished as during this year.
And it was during this season that
the Lake Carriers Association put into
effect its policy of driving the competent
and experienced union men off it's ships
and replacing them with landsmen who
were employed as deckhands, watchmen,
firemen and cooks, many of them boys
who ought to have been in school.
And what seamen were employed were
the offscouring of the profession in the
lake cities-1nen who could not hope to
hold a responsible place during normal
| times and who would not be considered
if they were not needed to take the place
of competent men.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
Hatters Grand Victory

The officers of the United Hatters of
North America announce that the union
is so far recouPed from the heavy drains
made upon it by the recent successful
strike against the efforts of a number of
the manufacturers to smash the organiza-
ton and back salaries have been made
up to the officers and full benefits to the
men still out on strike are once again the
rule.
The men who have gone back to work
and who at first paid 13 per cent of their
wages into the union funds and later
had it reduced to 5, may look forward to
the early arrival of the time when the
rate viii be further reduced to the normal
basis of per cent.
During the strike death benefits accu-
mulated to the amount of $4,000 and
they have now all been paid, and new
claims are met promptly.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

ON STRIKE
Against Open Shop Policy Of Moore
Construction Co.-Scabs Brought
In from Parkersburg. n

On the first of the year the Moore Con
struction Co. placed several non-union car
Penters on job and when the union men n
called their attention to the fact they
were informed that if they didn It like it
they could quit. A committee of the car
penters called on Mr.. Moore and placed
the matter before him but he refused to
treat with them and virtually acknowledp-
ed that he was going~to operate an open
shop'
All the union men were called off his
work and he at once sent to Parkersburp
Tor : scabs - to take the place of Charles
ton union men. It only affects few
men and definite line of action will be
outlined at union meeting tomorrow
night.
Mr.. Moore came here from Indianapolis
year or so ago, and it is understood that
ne tried the same plan there but lost out.
He will find that it will be hard propo-
sltlon to operate an open shop in this
city with the riff raft of other localities
and in all probability will come to his
right mind in few days and deal with
Charleston men on fair and equitable
basis. He must remember that he is in
Charleston working for Charleston bust
ness men and that they will not assist
any one to retard of the progress of the
city with cheap foreign labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
OF Officers of the Kama.
wha Valley Central
Labor Union
Takes Place Next Tues
day Night--Printers to
Elect Saturday Night
Local News.

The kanawha Valley Central Labor
Union will meet in regular session at 1880
next Tuesday evening at their hall at
20 1-2 Summers street, when matters of
the gravest importance will be transacted.
The election of officers for the coming
year which has been postponed at the last
two meetings SO as to give all unions rep
resentation IN their selection, will take
place, and it is the duty of every dele
gate to be present and assist in the se-
lection of the best officials obtainable,
and thus start the new year right Every
union should see that it's delegates attend
as it means much to the movement during
the coming year.
Many new delegates will be present,
having been elected for the ensuing term
since the last meeting. An A. F.. Of l..
organizer will be present to install the
new officers. Don t forget the date
Tuesday, Jan. II, 1910, at 1890.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
THE KICKS
AND KINKS
Keeping Clean in a Tenement With
twenty-five Families by Rev.
Chas. StelzIe.

| There are % families in our tenement
four on each of the five floors and two
IN the basement. Perhaps the story of
the family that uses their their bath-tub
for coal bin, covering it at night with
boards and a-nattress for a roomcr. has
reached even you. don t know where it
originated, but have an impression that
1T 8 newspaper yarn. A real bath tub
would be such a luxury and the rental of
an apartment containing one would be SO
great that no one but a fool would think
OIL doing such thing. If it were a mat
ter of making money out of it, it would
be more business like to hire out the
room to ones neighbors, who crave the
luxury of a genuine bath. But seriously,
most of my friends and neighbors want
to be clean. It is pathetic, sometimes, to
see how hard they try to keep out the
dirt. There is SO much of it where there
are so many people, thas it is difficult to
conquer it, but many OF them succeed
at least, so far as human limitations will
permit. There are some who become dis
couraged and let things slide, but most
workingmen s wives are everlasting busy
with their housework, and they deserve
great credit for it.
There might be some justification for
storing coal even in bath-tub because
there IS no place to keep it in quantities,
excepting down in the cellar, where each
family is given little closet-like af-
fair in which to keep their miscellaneous
belongings. But there ism It much fun in
Juggling a scuttle of coal to the third
or fourtlSz floor, SO psstrticasa5 ~e-cryhods
buys coal by the pail and has the coal
man bring it up, although it costs about
three times as much as buying it by the
ton. The same is true of -four and
about everything else that we need in the
way of food. That s what makes the
cost of living higher than most folks i'm
a1gne-more, even, than it costa, the rich,
Tor the same things. And we pay cash
for everything too. Strange as it may
seem, we pay higher rent, proportion
ately, than is being paid by many an up
town family, for the same space. There
are really some advantages in being rich
lit is so much cheaper to live
Needless to say, there is considerable
over-crowding in our neighborhood I've
never had a chance to count my neigh
bors, but I would estimate that there
are at least one hundred and fifty peo-
pie in our tenement. Some of the ten
ements have more than that In one of
the five acre blocks in another part of
town, there are nearly seven thou
sand persons living. Another block on
the East Side contains 1872 persons per
acre. In a little 'tract' of fifty acres,
there are more people than live in the
entire state of Nevada. My home is in
the midst of the most densely populated
part of the world. Talk about China
and London-they aren It in it compared
with u.s.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
RESIDENTS OF THE
PRINTERS HOME
Have Merry Christmas and Receives
Many Tokens of Remembrance
From Unions and Friends.

Christmas at the Union Printers Home,
Colorado Springs, is always joyous oc
casion, and this year preparations were
made for celebrating merry Yuletide
Season on grand scale. Every one of
the $50 Home residents was remembered
by cash or otherwise appropriate gift
by the Union from which he came and
personal friends back at home Besides
there was a Christmas tree from which
every one received present. An enter
tainment of music, vaudeville and literary
renditions was held, and the veterans re-
newed their youth in exchange of stories
of the s'good old hand days. before
Mergenthaler and his linotype was a
reality.
Superintendent Charles Deacon and his
wife were the masters of ceremonies, ably
assisted by Charles McCaferty, the Colo
rado Springs member of the Home Board
of Trustees A sumptuous Christmas din
ner was served and nothing was left un-
done to make the Home boys enjoy them
selves. This is another illustration of
what the trade union does for its aged
and infrm members.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
THE NEW RESOLUTION.

We hope that the men of labor will in.
clude among their resolutions one of sin.
cere intention to aid everything that lies
within their power that means the ad.
vancement of the trade union movement.
We trust that they will resolve to see to
1t that henceforth they will support The
Labor Argus in its campaign in their be-
half Certainly there can be no excuse
for any other course. Every employer and
business man or the disinterested public,
If asked, should tell you that that would
seem to be their duty, to take hold of that
which seeks to assist you and is publish
ed solely in your behalf and by taking a
pride in it push it to the success that the
venture deserves.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

Trust in offering bribe of a million
dollars to few of its employees to in
duce them to be false to their fellows
Gas announced in Wednesdays papers)
shows clearly enough that our Captains
of Industry are going to try to fasten
this lowered standard of living upon the
American workers.
Fortunately the same day s papers pub
lish the manifesto issued by Samuel Com
pers and others urging. that " an earnest
effort be made to organize all employees
in the iron, steel and tin-plate industry
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
STONE CUTTERS ORGANIZE.

The stone cutters of the city recently
organized and elected the following eff
cient roster of officers:
President, G. F. Riley
Vlce-President, Mike Mitchell
Financial Secretary, Frank McGrath
Corresponding Secretary, Robert II. Lit
tie.
Treasurer, Frank Rothwell.
Shop Steward, Phil Rupprecht.
Tyler, Jack Huber.
The new local starts off with glowing @
prospects and expects to soon have dele
gates from it in the Central Body. .
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
HIGH WAGES
A NECESSITY
New York Calf Proves it by the Pre-
vailing Cost of Living in the Great
Metropolis.

With eggs at 60 cents a dozen and but
ter at A cents a pound, most working
class families could not afford a very
good Xmas or New Years dinner.
Either wages must be advanced, or the
standard of living must be lowered. The
demand for higher wages, so general
throughout the country, has been in
evitable. Should the American workers
accept a lower standard of living it would
take years of the most strenuous efforts
to raise it back to the level of the past
decade. Yet the action of the Steel
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

trade schools flooding this industry with
half baked mechanics. a plan has been
adopted whereby apprentices must take
a three-months course in carpentry every
year IN the public technical schools at the
expense of the contractor hiring the boy
and under supervision of the joint arbi-
tratlon board, composed of representatives
OF the union and employers.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

The incorporation on December II, of
the United Drug Stores Company, under
the laws of Delaware, with a capitaliza-
tlon of $1,ooo,O00, marked the first step
toward drug store trust. It is said the
concern is backed by the United Cigar
Stores Company. The initial store of the
combine viii be opened in Wilmington.
Del, and retail stores all over the country
VIII be bought mp by the trust
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
Central Labor Union meets Tuesda,
evening. Don t forget it
CARPENTERS, UNION.

The Carpenters Will have rousinp big
meeting tomorrow night. Extra chairs
will be needed for the occasion.
Chicago union carpenters are alive to
the danger of unreliable, money-gettine q
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
PAINTERS ACTIVE.

The last regular meeting of the Paint
ers was well attended and much important
business was disposed of. The Painters
are making steady increase in member
ship.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06

See our extra special offer on page two.
Show it to your friends
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-01-06
PRINTERS TO ELECT.

The regular December meeting of the
Typographical Union falling on Xmas
day was recessed until Saturday night
January s, when officers for the ensuing
year will be elected. There are several
asplrants for the important offices and
a spirited but friendly contest is on. It
is absolutely necessary that all members
be present as the new registration law
IS now in effect and all members must
register and secure their cards, as they
will not be permitted to work after Fri
day without register card.
beginning January 1, 1910, the record
of members will be kept by the T. T. IT,,
aud incsnhers will not bc,in good stand;cs 2
unless they have current working card,
and in case of death the T. T. U. funeral
benefit will be forfeited, and if a mem
Der should die owing local dues and as
sessments for over two months, the local
death benefits will be forfeited. Any
member in arrears for four months after
January l, 1910, stands suspended under
the new I. T. U. law, and in order to be
reinstated all back dues and assessments
must be paid, together with an additional
fee OF SO and all cumulative dues and
assessments up to the time of reinstate-
ment. The old-age pension, eligibility to
the Home and local and l. T. u. death
benefits are all based on continuous good
standing.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
THE UTAH STATE FEDERATION.

About one year ago the Utah State
Federation of Labor was organized for
the purpose of bettering the condition
OF the laboring people of the State of
Utah, Up TO the present time there
has only been small skirmishes with
The enemy, and not much accomplish
cd that has been apparent to those on
the outside. but there always is about
so much preliminary work to be done
before the real work can be commenc-
ed. The first year has been taken up
with getting the forces lined up for
battle, and We feel that we are now In
n position to begin work in earnest
President Piggott called a meeting Of
the executive council last Monday
night in Salt Lake, for the purpose OF
outlining the work for the committees
and council for the next few months;
and vigorous action may be expected
The more prominent subjects under
discussion were: The conduct of many
OF the so-called employment agencies;
union label education and the mark
ing of goods. by many factories with
the words union made AS a matter
OF fact, many so called employment
agencies" arc nothing more nor less
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
Any question concerning Social
ism answered. Address all COM
munications to X. S, Hilllar1,
436 Hcrrick Avenue.
AN IRON SCAe.

On February cath last an order was
placed with the Mesta Machine Co.
of PittSburg, Penn for n 36X72 inch
heavy duty, horizontal left-hand, Cor
llss, stralght-linc valve engine. Thirty
days later, on March 90, the huge en-
Gine was completed-an achievement
in rapid machine building of which
the constructors can we'll be proud
The total weight of the completed
engine is 100000 pounds. of which
cne-half, or about 200, 900 pounds. is
in the heavy 30-foot flywheel With
out an organization we'll trained to
all the steps Of heavy machinery build
ing, the casting, machining and erect
Ing OF such an enormous weight of
material would have been impossible
in the brief space of four weeks and
two days, or. say a calendar month.
The engine Is capable of develop
Ing $500 horsepower, and VIII be used
to run the 2S-inch sheet mill Of the
Phillips Sheet 6 Tin Plate Co, Of
ClarkSburg, w. Va.
The above data is taken from the
American Maohinist We ask wheth
er union labor. organized along craft
lines, can make enough noise 10 drown
the voice of the Iron Scab?"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02
VARIABLE CAPITAL.

Variable capital is the name by
which Marx designates that portion
of the invested capital which Is repre-
sented by labor-power. Constant
capital is the name by which he
designates that portion OF the invested
capital which is represented by the
instruments OF production, raw and
auxiliary material The latter IL call
ed Constant capital because 1t ONLY
transfers its OWN value to tho new
commodity made out Of It, and I'm.
parts no new value-hence "con-
stant" The former Is called variable
capital" because IL not only transfers
It's own value TO the commodity which
II turns out. but may add TO the value
according to the variably increased
time that it operates-hence "yari-
able" For instance, the value OF a
bale OF cloth, valued. say, at $1,000, is
made up Of the value of the raw mate
rial consumed and OF the wear and
tear OF the machinery employed (con-
stant capitaD plus the value Of the
labor-power paid for variable cap
itaD plus the additional, OF surplus,
value impaired by labor-power and not
paid for. The distinction is not fine
First. in that II brings out the fact
that the workingman is plunIered to-
day. not only of the surplus value that
he produces. but he Is also plundercd
OF the reward for the service he rem
ders in preserving for the capitalist
the value Of the machinery. etc, which
the labor process transfers to the
goods produced Machinery, etc, not
In operation, depreclates. The depre-
ciated value evaporates.
Secondly. in that it explains the rea-
son why. in cases Of sudden declines
in prices, spectators prefer for their
speculative ventures material on which
the less labor has been spent-cured
leather rather than shoes. yarn rather
than cloth, etc. The more numerous
the labor-processes the larger the elc
mont Of variable capital" the less
certain the result