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NEW ART BOOKS.
IN 4ttempt to Shorten the List of
Paintings by Vclasque~.

THE SCHOOL OF MADRID. BY 4 de BerUete ),
MoTet Illustrated. l2mo. Up. xvi. 2S- Imported
by Charles ScIibneT's Sons
Ell GRECO. An Account of His Life and Works.
BY Al6or r Calvert and c. GaSquOine Hartley
Illustrated. l2mo, PIP. xii. S2L The John Lane
Company.
TIE WATER COLORS OF J. NJ. W. TURNER.
Text by w. G. RaWliHson and ~ J. Finberg.
Foreword by Sir Charles Horoyd. r. +. Illus
trated. 4to. PIP. Vi. z. The John Lane
Company.
THE MONUMENTS OF CHRISTIAN ROME.
From Constantine to the Renaissance. BY Ar
thur J.. rockingham. Phi d Illustrated 12mO,
PIP. VIII 4l2 The Macmillan Company.
\ HISTORY Or ART. BY Dr. G. Carotti. Vol H.
Part |. Translated by Berry, de To"tc. Illus
trated- limo, PIP. xxi. 315. e p. Dutton & 60.
THE ROMAN FORUM. Its History and Monu-
ments. BY & HueIsen. Translated by !. G.
Carter Second edition illustrated. I6no. PIP.
XIV, 2I. G. T. Stcch6rt & Co.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE
IN ITALY BY William J. Anderson. Fourth
edition Illustrated Svo. PIP. Xxx. 1876 Imported
by Charles Scribners Sons
Senor Aureliano de Beruete. in his book on
Veasquez. has placed all students Of Spanish
New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
SOVIET.

Fall the musicians hther: bid them play:
For evening comes all ruthfully and needs
Deft Clavicefn the fiddle men, and they
That finger up and down their diverse reeds,
Pipes flutes and horns: and where is one VINO
leads
These gentIes on their quaint. harmonious way:
Silence: and then the gracious viol pleads
From speaking strings; and the rest have their
say.
Set forth, ye marching melodies austere:
a ST we remember wantOn Youth gone WinSInE
narm us away to Arcady's green glades,-
Where down the hccChen SO!ltudeS we hear
Calm voices lifted in some golden singing
THAT we would have with us when music fades
New-York tribune., 1909-07-11

The author, then, is the to whom we
should look for some correction of the condi-
tions deplored by the Associated Booksellers.
He quite as much rs the publisher, must think
OF quality rather than quantity. He must think,
too, of his own responsibility in matters which
It is very speciousy convenient to treat as rest
ing solely with the publisher. Take, for ex-
ample the printing of 4 short story in the form
OF novel, and its sale at the price OF full
grown book, this transformation being accom-
plished by the simple process of using large
type. decorative borders and a quantity OF illus
trationS. No publisher brings ont n volume of
that sort without the authors sanction We
have known a book containing several pieces
ty an English author, and published at SIX
shllings in London. to be split up into two vol
Umes for the American market, with n conse
queut serious increase of cost. Was the author
~ question totally innocent In the matter? We
Tow not The English publishers are much
Perturbed about the future of the six shilling
novel. They have been issuing their cheap re-
nrnts too soon after the publication Of the tale
in its original form, and while this enterprise
has its momentarily profitable aspects it is
threatening disaster Few modern novelists
them at cnce, when n cheaper edition may be
expected inside of a year, or even sooner. In
short if there is to be united effort" the unity
;.lust involve publishers ard authors and sacri-
fees must be made on both sides. 1t is rather
odd that there should be any difficulty in
Strengthening out the whole question: consider
Eng that there are heaps of authors and publish
ES whose hearts are in the right place
New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
Gbe Nel1os2)oa,lls Gribt21ooqglsas
SUNDAY, JULY II. 1909.

The troubles of the bookseller in England
seem never TO end They are always being
aired for while the doctors frequently agree
TO diagnosis they either quarrel over the cure
proposed or lack the courage to put that cure
into practice Recently. in London. the ASSO-
ciatcd Booksellers held their annual dinner and
diScourSed at large upon the decline in the book
trade and the decadence Of literature Condi-
tions. it seems. are exceedingly bad Not only
is there Il lack of important work. there is an
unprecedented dearth of buyers" Mr.. William
Icinemann, one of the most energetic and re-
sourceful of the publishers of the day, uttered
some truths which the London Outlook" thus
summarizes:
Overproduction and the issue of worthless
publications account for much. the latter per-
haps more than the former. Quality is no longer
considered by authors, nor quantity by some
publishers. and the artificial prices put upon
books. often greatly in excess of their true value.
complete the cumulative laundering which has
brought cloud over the publishing trade.
How is 4 change TO be brought about? This
commentator rather vaguely recommends
united effort and improved methods that,
rs Mr.. Hcincmann expressed it. the books
offered 10 the public shall represent the money
asked for them United effort is III very well.
but what is really needed is general search
Ing Of hearts and much individual reform
Il is 4 curious thing that while the adui-
terator of food is looked q more or less askance
the adulterator of literature meets on the
whole. with little moral reprobation that he
himself is not even dimly visited by sense of
IransgresSion. Criticism may fall foul OF him
with burning zeal for purely literary issues, but
1t is restrained, doubtless by wholesome artistic
considerations. from impugning his respect
ability. Obviously it would be absurd TO treat
the writer's Of poor fiction and the cOmpilers
of C.ItChpenuy memoirs as malefaCtorS, but.
on the other hand. there is surely question of
conscience in these matters. and when authors
NEGLECT it they deserve much harder raps on the
kuuckleS than, as Il matter of fact. they ever
receive. Perhaps the worst sinners of all and
the ones who suffer the least from ruthless
huEc are those Of whom we have the right to
expect the most. How many authors who make
a reputation by good work are in hurry TO ex-
change it for the money that is to be made out
OF inferior stuff launched upon a favorable
market, The popular author who engages In
'oyerproduction' would of course scorn this
imputaton, but how otherwise we TO &C
count for his frequent subsistence from the rank
Of the artist to that of the mere journeyman?
thus detcriOrate if his conscience were not lulled
10 sleep. Vanity, ii Is true, sometimes offers
the right solution of the problem. The writer
who has been iauded too much easily enough
gets to thinking that everything he does is as
good as it could be made,
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quickly came together, and then the truth
was revealed--these silversmiths were
not so much concerned about Diana as
they We're about the permanency of their
craft-this man Paul, whom they were
opposing, was, through his preaching
driving out their business What if the
people were living in heather darkness
what If the progress of the race was i'm
peded-the chief and apparently the only
consideration was the personal welfare of
the silversmiths.
Today the trades unions are facing an
other crisis. Another reform is making
progress, and it threatens to sweep the
land. The forces opposing the liquor in
terests are gathering strength and ere
long the saloon shall go, if the people
finish the task which they have so well
begun. But, again, the craftsmen who
live by the profit of an evil which is even
more generally recognized than was the
sin of idol worship in the days of Paul,
are making protest. Various are the
cries that parallel the slogan, "Great is
Diana of the Ephesians. - Frenzied for
liberty and ''justice'' and ''frater-
nifty are those who are fighting for the
maintenance of the saloon, but back of it
all and over it all is the desire to pre-
serve craft which gives them a living
1t seems natural that men should oppose
4 movement which threatens to disturb
their positions rs craftsmen. They have
their families to support and their own
welfare to consider. But is there no
other consideration Must the saloon
with its attendant evil for which no one
can successfully argue, always remain
with us, simply because it's removal will
cause a readjustmcnt in industry, and
because many of those now engaged in
the brewing and allied industries must
make Il living in other ways which will
work no harm to their fellows? Shall
the trades union be made the scape- goat
for an evil which it is sought to con.
tinuc, against the best Judgment and in,
crcasing numbers of workingmen? Shall
future generations hold it against or
ganizcd labor that, in the twentieth
tury it allied itself with those who stood
for sin and the dehauchery of the sa
loon? Shall the saloon dominate our Ia.
Dor movement, when every other decent
o organization and institution is breaking
loose from its power. These are ques,
tions which labor must answer, and
answer so cmphatically that no one can
mistake the real attitude of the trades
union.
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THIS DECISION
FAVORS LABOR
California Supreme Court Holds
That Law and Common Sense
Should Harmonic.

Much favorable comment is being ex-
pressed by union men over the action of
the supreme court of California in hand
have a right to boycott the concerns
against which they are striking, and that
they have the right to use pickets in an
effort to restrain others from working,
as we'll as to persuade any customer
from doing business with the concern.
The court s opinion is directly op-
posite to the views on the subject ex-
pressed by President Taft, who holds
that no union has the right to picket or
boycott. although it has the right to
strike at will, refusing to work for all
time, but not preventing others from
working.
The ease which brought forth the
opinion was begun five years ago,
when F. S Pierce secured an in JUNCTION
any way interfering with his livery bus
mess or from carrying on boycott or
picket system. The court held that the
injunction was too broad.
In commenting on the utterances OF
President Taft on the subject, the court
saws, '' notwithstanding the great dig
nitv which attaches to utterance such
as this. which, as has been said. is but
the expression of numerous courts upon
the subject matter, this court, alter
great deihcration. took what is believed
to be the truer and more advanced
ground.
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Many Good Reasons Advanced by VIM 3
Prescott in the Inland Printer for
Closed Shop.
The Union Policy Should be- Upheld and
Maintained for Benefit and Prosperity
of the Entire ePeople-Opponer1ts
Thunder Mere Buncombe.

the position of the unionists, the lines are
not drawn tightly, and the most effec-
tive and determined opponents of the
colscd shop are among the unionists of
such crafts. On the other hand, if cir
cumstances are such that the non mem
bers may be instrumental in endangering
wages or working conditions, their EN-
ployment is looked on with disfavor
rades-unionists are aware that this
policy has its weaknesses, the principal
one being the impressment into the union
of men who are unconvinced of it's eff
iccncy or desirability and who are con
sequently far from being Il source of
strength. There also unionists in the
printing trade organizations for whom
the open shop has no terrors They be-
lieve any possible temporary deccrnment
i'll membership following it's institution
would be more than offset by the progress
sive resultant from relief from the load
of dead wood. 1t is a surety that unions
would have to ''spruce up and pay
more attention to those features that at
tract non-unionists. But this unterried
minority is seldom heard from, for its
dreamy spcculations are answered by the
assertion that the open shop in the print
ing trade would lead to the adoption of
unfair practices and reduction III wages
by INSCRIPTIONS employers, with the in
evitHble climax that fair and generous
employers would be compelled to do like
wise. In this way the workers reduce the
question to a dollar-and- PROPOSE
ton, and that is plainly what it is Not
withstanding all their grandoise talk
about 'sacred rights, it is as plain as
MONDAY that most of the advocates of
open shops think they see 'moncy in it. -
Their love Of liberty is Il newly found
emotion, but the pursuit of the dollar
clean olrty--has been the ruling pas
sion of their lives, and it is too much to
ask us to believe that their grand pas
sion has naught to do with their present
hysterican situation.
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OF
THE COURTS
One Law for the Rich and Power
ful Another for the Poor and
Weakly Robert Hunter.

a few days ago the hat manufacturers
Of Danbury, Conn, came to an agree
ment with the Ilattcrs Union to settle
the strike.
Almost Immediately the Associated
Hat Manufacturers brought suit against
the Danbury Manufacturers for violation
of certain terms of agreement.
1t appears that the hat manufactur-
ers have union. They sign contracts
and agreements and put up bonds to
abide by the decision of the Associa-
ton.
1t is Il closed shop, and the Manu-
facturcrs Union have decided to boy
colt union labor.
Attachments aggrcgating more than
$30O,444 are being placed upon the
bury bosses.
Now, we want union labor frcm one
end of this country to the other to
consider these facts.
You will remember that Sam Com
pcrs was enjoined from boycotting the
Buck Stove and Range Company. He
and his associates We're held for CON
tempt of court, and may in the fall be
sent to prison.
They were held in contempt of court
uecause they informed union men that
the Buck stoves and ranges were made
by non-union labor.
That is their sole offence. Now CON
srdcr these facts:
The Ilatters' Association agrees not
to employ union labor They not only
make such an agreement, but they en-
force the agreement by heavy financial
penalties.
They not only demand that the mem
bers of their union shall blacklist the
lTatters Union, but that they shall boy
colt unto destruction union labor.
And that is not all. They not only
use the blacklist and the boycott but
they use the power of the state and the
courts to enforce the blacklist and the
boycott.
Sam Gompers never sought to spy
out members of the American Fedora
ton of Labor who bought Buck stoves
and ranges.
He never cndeavored to have 4 union
man expelled from his union for buying
a Buck stove and range.
he never hailed a single man into
court to punish him for violating the
unfair list of the American Federation
of Labor.
But the courts drag Gompers and
his associates before them. read them an
insulting TRADE and sentence them to
prison for doing what is much less of
fensive than what the courts are now as
sisting the hat makers to do in black
listing and boycotting union labor
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ism independent of political parties, and
to refrain from looking to the govern
ment to do things for them. He referred
to editorial in the New York Sun
of June 10, saying Socialist organs at
tackled him strongly.
He poured out his scorn on the Indus,
trial Workers of the World as an abso-
lutte negligible body, which dare not sign
the letters it sent to the General Confed-
GRAFTON or Labor against him and his fed
Grafton.
He advised his audience to lay aside
questions like anti-militarism and anti
patriotism, as they were weapons by their
opponents which kept workers from join
ing the unions. The American labor
movement, according to Gompers, was
constructive, not destructive
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man of the National council. This job
corresponds to the vice presidency of
the United States. The man who sits at
the head of the table at the meetings of
the Australian National council, the
metal worker is secretary of foreign af-
fairs, carpenter holds the portfolio for
national defense, and the minister of
trade formerly made hats for Il living.
The postmaster general is miner, the
of home affairs is Il newspaper
writer, and the attorney general is law
yer well known for his friendly attitude
toward labor.
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IDOLS AND
SALOONS
The Trades Unions are Facing
Another Great Crisis-Discuss-
ion by the Rev. Chas. Ste1z1e

Centuries ago the labor guilds, includ-
ing masters and men, pitted their
strength against the advancing Christian
army. Back to the time when no man
could remember, and before their his
tories began, the people had been wor-
shipping the unknown God through anu
let and idol. The manufacture of these
had become an industry which gave en-
poyment to great hosts of workers
Formed into various guilds or trades
unions, they sought to preserve their
Christian converts to discontinue the use
of fetish and dumb gods
A remarkable and well-aut thenticated
instance of this is found in the Acts OF
the Apostles. Ephesus was the seat of
the great temple of Diana. To it were
attracted the worshipers who purchased
sIver shrines fashioned by the smiths
who made their living through the sale
of these idols. But one day Paul, the
apostle, appeared in their midst and
preached Il new doctrine-the doctrine
of the unknown God whom the people
had been seeking in vain. The finding
of the true God began to work a reVolu-
ton The idols were east out. The tenn
pie was deserted by the people OF the
newt found faith. Soon the effect OF tins
became apparent to Demetrius. the sll
versmith, leader of the guild. Assem-
bling the men who were engaged IN his
craft they raised a great outcry: Great
! is Diana of the Epheslans. A moi
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-22
CHINESE AND
MISSION WORK
Cinnamon are Like a Sponge, They
Absorb and Give Nothing in Re-
turn but Moral Degeneracy

The shocking murder of Miss Elsie
Sigel by a Chinanlan seems to recall the
statements made from time to time rela-
tive to the immortality of the Chinese
On Saturday, February Is, 1902, before
a subcommittee of the United States
Senate hearing testimony upon Chinese
Exclusion, Mrs. Charlotte Smith, repre-
senting the Woman s National Indus
trial League of America, being given the
privilege of addressing the committee,
said in part
In my work among fallen women, l
have had frequent occasion to see the
shocking results of the immortality of the
Chinese who come to this country. The
Chinese are like Il sponge; they absorbe
and give nothing in return but bad odors
and worse morals They are a standing
menace to the women Of this country.
Their very presence is communicating.
They have sown the seed of vice in every
city, town and hamlet in the United
States. In my Investigations presi-
dent of the Woman S Rescue League,
which is branch of the Woman S Ma
tional Industrial League, L found 175
"oitltll W no HUI DctIl DiIllLcu III lIe
Christian faith living with Chinese in
New York in 1892. These women bring
young pagans into the world and with
their so-calIcd husbands, worship in joss
houses and become disciples of Confu-
cius, rs well as opium tiends. Out of
every 100 Chinese 90 are gamblers, and
this undesirable class come into direct
competition with women who are bread
winners. The beastley and immoral lives
that these Mongolians lead is only too
well known in police courts of our large
Chinese gamblers and Sunday school
scholars-every Monday morning-goes
to prove as an object lesson, that they
never be Christianizcd.
During the year 1889, in Washing
ton, d. c., 564 Chinese were arrested, the
ma. .jority of whom were members Of the
Metropolitan Church Sunday school.
Men and women, pipes and opium joint
paraphcrnalia, were brought into the po-
lice court. The very worst of gamblers
and most immoral opiumjoin keepers
We're so-callcu Sunday school pupils. l
was interested in having these Chinese
contaminating young children, and the
result was published in their newspapers
ut that time.
"In Boston. June 23, 1894, $4,000 un-
fortunate girls were turned loose to for
age upon the community because of a
moral crusade inaugurated against vice.
What was the rcsulto American born,
educated girls became the mstresses of
the Chinese of Boston. The tenderloin
floating population was soon after trans
ferred to Chinatown, and the Chinese
were permitted to go into the business of
keeping houses Of illrepute, and engag-
ed extensively in this illicit traffic.
Mrs Smith then went to say that if
some decided steps We're not taken by the
Government to exclude and keep out this
| undesirable class, it would not be long
until legislators would be asking that
there be leper hospitals established in
every township in this country.
|
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Increase in immigration.

The total inmi grafton to the United
States through Ellis Island during the
month of May was 1O1 900, as compared
with 1l2. 900 for the month OF Aprll, ac-
cording to the figures compiled by the
United States immigration COMMISSIONER
In Nav, 1905. the total immigration to
this country through Ellis Island was
35.2J6.-
The immigrants who entered in May
this wear came mostly from Southern
Europe. Italy and Austria
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-22
Strike at Axe Factory.

The employees of the Kelly axe Fac
tory on strike against the low wages paid
by that concern. Men affected prac
tically all foreigners and many are 1eav-
ing A strike at that institution viii
have but little effect upon the business
of the city. as but very few Charleston
men are employed
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-22

While much is being said about the
opcu shop, 1t is highly improbable that
there Will he any attempt to force the
change uu a large scale. AS yet the
oUinnrut7 Of the union shop have made
all the noise. But the arguments ad-
yaurcd are 50 superficial and che alleged
statements Of facts so palpably unfair
that many unionists do not think them
worthy Of reply.
The talk we hear about the "inalien
able right TO work. is pure buncombe, as
such a right does not exist, except in the
srusr that 81 book agent has II right to sell
his wares It Is patent to the most OBJ
tusr that There would be no involuntary
idI"n,s- mo- long. weary tramps from
shop to Shop in quest Of n job-if the
w"rkugHru had a fright to work. -
What tAo un.hIe,s unemployed do enjoy
j. the right to seek employment, which
is far rr, from the much talked of
''rigir "a, work.
Notor form Of stating the anti
Hnlou c',use Is TO say the closed shop in.
rrln-, "u au employers 5 right to hire
whon,ooN,r ne may please. This is one
Of Those iGIt truths which are more mis-
I"a'inL 'Isr "a falsehood cut from the
0no." ."'N 80 one, and least of nj! the
s'r, NJ" trades uuj"uists. seriously denies
ihr"Nrr. r. of his right to an employer;
tn' ''- ..' .~~,um i'll II" way impairs the
r-w b" 'rn ur Il hundred employees to
r''N-. g.. .or& with an obnoxiouS crafts
.I,,,. p.
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Gompers IN Paris.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, addressed
his first public meeting in Paris last
week. Gompers said: eve Americans
have been pictured as ultra-conservative.
too conservative to advance; in fact. re
dictionary, if not worse. -
He advised his hearers to keep union
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-22
LABOR FARES WELL
IN FAR AUSTRALIA.

The workingman is much in evidence
Z. in the seats of the mighty in faraway
\ hodcarrier is vice-chair-
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President Davis held Il big meeting at
Boomer on Monday evening. Much in
terest is being manifested by the men
Boomer to assume its old position in the
organization are exceedingly bright.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-22

National Organizer Cairy Littlejohn,
of Indiana, has returned from his home,
where he spent Il short vacation, and is
once more ably assisting the local Off
GERS in organizing work.
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mass meeting will be held at Cherry
Grove, near Raymond City, Sunday. Sew
eral District and National representatives
Will address the meeting.