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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
High Toned.

"A oe@Sar rang suburban doorben
INC mistress of the house appeared
hro"hed at the man and said, GO
AWAY please; l haven't got any cold
FlctuaiS or OLD clothes or old boots or
old Ovcrconts Or
Excuse me, ma'aln." the bcccor
humbly Interrupted. II didn't want
nothin' to eat or wear. just called to
see. nn'am, If YOU had an old automo-
blle to give away."-Argonaut.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
ONE. OF IABOR,S
GREATEST FOES
Is the Union Man Who Employees Scabs by
Purchasing Sweat Shop Goods with
His UT1io1, Earned Money.

obligations due to their union as
first herein enumerated but there
are many more who are Indifferent
/ to their duty as union purchasers.
~ hen 1t must be admitted that
4 large PERCENTAGE of union mem
bers fail in their duties in these re-
SpectS is it any wonder that or
ganized labor is sometimes defeat
ed!
Is it not wonderful the victories
that organized labor has won in
spite of their weakness?
How mucl: greater would these
victories be if these weakness did
not exist?
In order that in the future the
wages of union labor may not be
used to prepetuate non union CON
d!tlons it is necessary that each
member shall do something more
than supervise his own cxpendi-
lures. It is not enough for union
men to buy union label cigars and
tobacco and then hand the balance
over to his wife to make the family
purchases.
The wife is the family buyer
If She spends her husbands union
wages in buying non-union shoes
and clothing, scab flour, and the
ceralS OF the notorious union hating
post, she had better complete the
Job by buying one of Van Clcavc's
Scab stoves and start the fire with
her husbands union card.
But this IS not meant rs retlec-
ton upon the hard working wife
Of the UniOn member. She is and
Will be loyal to his interests as far
as she understands them and it is
his fault if she does not under.
stand them better.
The sympathy of every working
mans wife is with the cause of
labor and if the husband Will bring
his unionism home with him and
introduce it to his wife it will be
better.
No doubt all some wives know
about tniOniSm is that it is a
place where their husbands 90
evenings to stay out late and come
home cross.
The family buyer must know the
unions better when she will spend
the family lncom" to support the
wages of the husband rather than
to tear them down.
If such Il union purchasing
spirit were to exist throughout the
entire union movement there is no
doubt that the purchase of union
label goods would become fashion
able among those who arc not
members Of wage cnrncrs families.
W ell meaning persons some
times say they woulu have more
sympathy for the union cause
if its members were more sincere
and consistent.
Many have said they would Join
the church only there were such
mean men in the churches. This
is not the fault Of the churches but
1t hurts them Just the same and
the labor cause gets less support
than it would if its members were
III ore true to their obligations.
AS the first step in the right
direction let every member resolve
never again to allow any Of his
union wages TO be spent tor non
! mon products.
Then see to it that branches OF
the Women s Union Label League,
Women'S AuNiliares and Fair
7 Consumers League are started in
his vicinity and get all the wives,
mothers, sisters and SwecthrartS OF
the members to Join them and get
them interested in boosting the
/ union cause.
The greatest assistance the union
cause can have is to be obtained lly
having unioniSm practised in the
home and to have the active sup
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

! tac an tleaVc AND lost OrSInl-
cations and the efforts they are
! making in the hope to completely
cripple or destroy the Unions of
| Labor, render it necessary for
| Union members to make a greater
and more united effort to enable
the Unions not merely to survive
these attacks but to triumph over
| them
Every weak point in the organi-
Zation OF Labor must be strength
ed and every member aroused to
iuji sense Of duty.
That each member should be
loyal to his union principles or
laws, Ishould attend his union
| meetings, should be truly fraternal
III his relations with his fellow
workers, should promptly pay his
dues and assessments, should
chccriully aid other trades tin-
ancially and morally, should be
steadtaSt i'll supporting the Labor
Union cause crywhcre, and at
all times speaking we'll Of the
Union and its officers, is much to
be desired, ana it is to be regretted
th1t all mcmb crs do not do this.
much.
But there is further obligation
wherein each member can most
eiiectually reinforce all Of the fore.
going efforts and insure the sue
cess OF the labor cause with its en-
suing benefits OF better wages and
conditions for the movement gcncr.
ally.
1t is the obligation ucvolving
upon each member TO see that the
wages he earns is spent for goods
made by Union men.
1t makes vast difference how
the wages Of union labor is spent.
II Il man belongs to a union and
takes his union weeks pay and
purchases non union goods he has
employed Il scab where he should
have created demand for
the labor OF d union man.
You union men who employ
scabs should cease Boosting of Your
uniOuiSm
We can see very little distinction
! between a scab and one who en-
! rIoyS a Scab. and especially if the
| employer OF the Scab be Il profess
ed union man it seems the union
man is the worst offender of the
/ two.
Out Of the two million members
OF labor unions. how many arc
through their Needless purchases
EN- pioying scabS!
Are there twenty per cent ?
If 50 the members of unions
would be employing 800 900 ScnbS.
II the members of unions are en-
ploying 400, 900 Sc;,bs voluntarily
and without a kick. consider what
fearful damage they are doing to
the movement they profess to sup
port.
Suppose each union man now
employing scabs should instantly
stop employing Scabs and should
/ resolve to employ none but union
/ men. In this case the 400. 900
ScabS would he thrown out Of
work and a demand created for
/ the labor OF Il like number of union
! mon. Consider how such IL result
/ would strengthen the cause.
This illustration will show how
, inn ortant it is that the wages of
/ union labor Dc spent in support of
! the union cause and not in sub
/ SlulIlng non -uniUniSm.
1t is probable that the yearly
earnings of the members Of the
labor unions in the United
States viii apDroximat" e.. 900.
/ O0G. GOO
This enormous purchasing power
II used i'll support OF the products
of union labor would cause nearly
every business interest to lend a
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

of the greatest offers ever made
aud the articles offered are house
hold necessity, Get i'll the race
and secure one.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
To the Ladies.

Sec our special announcement on
page two of this issue, II is one
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
GTudua ton
Gifts
J. d. WOOGroe,
Secretary.

Now is the time to select that
which will be your Graduation
Gift for Brother, Sister. Son.
Daughter or Friend. Scores
of pretty pieces Of appropriate
JeWelrV are here for you to
select from.
Scholars of the 1909 Glass
should remind their parents
that the best Jewelry in town
is here.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
Curzon and Davitt.

Once In the house of commons. when
George Curzon wns making some de-
fense as to alleged harsh treatment by
Turks of Cretan prisoners, he was In
terruDted by query from Mr.. Davitt.
"Were these prisoners handcuffed p
Quick as lightning came the reply.
"Yes, and some honorable gentlemen
ought to be no strangers to handcuffs."
This was of course the signal for vio-
lent parliamentary tempest. A day or
two after Mr., Curzon went up to Swift
MacNeill and expressed his sorrow at
having used the expression and his de-
sire to apologize for 1t In the most
public manner. 'Why." he said, II
thought the interruption came from
you and that you, of course, would
not mind. ] was horrifled when ! dis
covered that II was Davitt who had
made the remark. OF course would
not be capable of Joking on the sub
ject Of Imprisonment and handouts
with a man who had endured nine long
years OF penal servitude. e."-London
Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

/ suddenly sprung up new chemico-
geological function would be met with
molecular resistance, and
this, In its turn, would weaken the
pressure Of the etheric line of pres
sure between the planet in question
and earth in other words. would
unloosen the pressure as in a violin
slringJ which would further cause a
weakened hold of gravitational pres
sure upon our globes surface and thus
give rise to upward pressure of the
interior-earth-bo odnd-ether--with ma
turally consequent geological disturb
ances. Certainly those parts of the
surface would be affected which pre-
sent lesser power of resistance, and
it is here where sick geology comes
in as secondary cause.
Where is the man who will dispute
this?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
PROBABLY so.

Maurice Slayusky, a member of the
French Astronomical society has dis
covered the cause OF earthquakes but
as yet he has not found the cure. He
says:
Not until we look upon the dynamic
activity OF the universe as one single
whole and upon our little globes dyna-
m:sm as a living chip OF the former
shall we be able to give solution to
the problem of geological perturba-
tions agitating the earth and its poor
tnhabitants. l have come, while carry
ing on my researches, to the conclusion
that seismic disturbances as a rule
are not sequences OF sick geology,
causaI side considered, but are prim-
arily due to disturbances taking place
OUT OF earta's sphere OF activity.
During critical stages of planetary
structural development serious changes
u the ether's free pressure upon
their respective surfaces take place
Indeed, the pressure Of free ether upon
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
Dean pleased with Law.

Columbus, o.. July 9.-3enatorl
Thomas A. Dean Of Fremont was q
Columbus visitor, and while here an
nounced that from reports he has re-
ceived regarding the operation Of the
law of which he is the author pro-
viding stringent regulations for the
saloon business. he is convinced 1t
will accomplish much good and will
rid the state of many undesirable
saloons. He says the better class Of
saloonkeepers are pleased with tho
law. and that the knocks" that the
measure is getting for the most part
come from the undesirable element
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
THE PRIMARY SYSTEM.

While there Rave been a number
OF candidates appearing in the city for
the coming primaries, at which the
party candidates are to be selected
for the fall elertion, in the country
and village precincts, they have so far
been very few. IN some of the town
ships, not a single candidate for the
primaries has appeared and some
alarm is being felt lest the date for
the primary arrives and there will be
none to "bear the burden in the heat
Of the day."
There is some doubt in the minds
OF some of the people in the rural
districts, as to whether the new prim-
ary law, which becomes effective this
fall, applies to the country the same
as to the city and villages. There is
no provision made for conventions in
the townships and the candidates for
township offices must be made in ex-
actly the same manner as in the city.
First a petition must be circulated
either by the candidate or his friends
and this petILlon must be signed by
not less that two percent. OF the voters
in the party who voted at the last
general election. This petition must
be presented to the board Of elections
not less than twenty days before the
date for the primaries, Then the
nsme OF the candidate is placed upon
the ticket which will be presented at
the primaries and the man receiving
the largest vote in the primary is the
candidate oil the party, which he rep
resents, for the election which comes
IN November This year, the prima-
Ties will be he'll on September 7th,
and petitions must, therefore, be sign
ed and in the hands of the board of
c!aotioD not later than August 18th.
This gives just one month in which
to secure the signatures of the requir-
ed number OF voters and TO file the
document.
The coming election is the one
which comes closest to the people,
Stree the officers to be elected have
to do with the affairs which come
closest home. 1t is therefore very
essential that competent men be got
ten into the ;acc for the primaries,
since this Is the only way in which
they can be gotten onto the ticket at
the election. pSrty leaders in the
various townships and villages should
see to 1t that the best men are gotten
into the race as representatives of
their party, then no mistake can be
made by the voters when they go to
the polls to select the men who shall
represent the pa ty in the election.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
Makinn Mania Hats.

Mems hats, stiff or soft alike, are
made from the fur. Of the rabbit. A
copper cone. whose very top is more
or less the shape of the crown of a
derby hat and whose sides are COW
cred with minute holes. is revolved
very swiftly over a suction fan. The
fur is fed on TO the cone, and the sue
tion and the swift revolution draws
this against the cone in the form or
fur cone very far in shape from the
finished hat. but which rapidly be-
comes finished hat by sizing, shrink
ing. shaping and trimming. Individual
skill of very Nigh order counts for
everything. .-'Afgcnaut
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
MR.. PRESIDENT, TRY
THE AXE CURE.

AS the proposition of President Taft
to impose a tax on the net profits of
corporations meets with very serious
objections 1t would be smart for him
to withdraw it and use the axe on the
governments expense account. No
thing would be more sensible and
popular than to cut down the war ex-
penses. Both .he army and navy are
hcneycombed with supernumeraries,
flunkeys, gold-lace captains, useless
ships, soldiers, sailors and appurten-
ances and all manner of costly brass
mounted military display which means
nothing to the National intelligence.
There are a lot of old maids and other
people who were never within hnu-
dred miles of the army drawing PEN
slons.
These should be chopped off. This
thing OF governmental paternalism
begets lassitude and easy manners If
not downright laziness and vagrancy.
Those Philippine warriors who never
did any soldering but draw pen
sion also need TO pc discouraged. Of
course, all the dangerously wounded
should receive pensions. Nobody OBJ
jects to that. But there is a danger
that our pension roll will carry some
who will dishonor it.
Then there are some Roosevelt fads
which were started by that great
Early Morning Riser which need kill
ing. II the axe were applied vigor-
ously about $100,000,000 could be saved
and as that is about the present an
nual deficiency there would not need
to be tax imposed on the net profits
OF corporations. This scheme of re-
trenchment is one OF vast possibili-
ties and 1t is likely to become po-
pular In the near future. There is too
much expense connected with both
State and National governments and
what is needed is for a crop of official
axe-wielders to arise who will cut
out the supernumeraries, the bobo-
links, the succeedaniuns, the coffee
coolers, the bugjuiccrs and all the
other unnecessary obstreperous and
rag-tag and bob-tail which
are now tax-eaters and which do no
good. Let President Taft set the ex-
ample in the great chair of State at
Let him cut down the
sold-braid staff of loafers in the mil.
tary establishment and the useless
n others, and insists that each man
who gets dollar from Uncle Sam
,arn it first. Then it is hoped to see
he example followed down the line
md a real reform instituted in the
government.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
UNION MEETING
All Church People Asked to
Be in Attendance.

Plans were completed today for an
important union meeting of all of the
churches of the city at Epworth M.
Il. church Sunday evening at 1890
o'clock. Those in charge announce
the meeting as an indignation meet
ing" and 1t is quite potable that
many matters of local interest in the
local option fight will be reviewed.
The pastors of the various churches
and others interested in the work will
give the addresses of the evening and
1t is expected that there will be a
very large attendance.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

First the government provides a
high protective tariff which makes it
possible for men to form great trusts
and then it turns around and i'm
poses a tax on those corporations
which it has created. Well, the gov
ernment should get something out Of
them. since no body but the congress-
men and senators ever before got any
thing from one OF the trusts.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

Some persons are having an awful
spasm about Colonel Roosevelt going
&c Africa on a mission to kill big and
rare game. They forget that their
forefathers killed less vicious animals
In order to make this country habit
able and even carried blunderbusses
on their shoulders when they went
to church and then Poor Lo was the
target.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

Even though the Russian officers
are captured In Teheran their fate
could be no worse than their brothers
who for months defended Port Arthur
under great pyivations and were
forced in the end to surrender.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

1t really seems like the irony OF fate
that the Shah of Persia and his
brother ruler pyer. in Turkey should
be having such serious troubles just
at the time when a rival in the harem
business is loca'ed and sent to. the
in San Francisco.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

This re-hearing OF Harry Thaw's
case is giving he newspapers an ex-
celent opportunity to use some of
those old cuts Of Evelyn.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

a ceiina man claims he has pur-
chased an elephant and he wants it..
We would advise that he communicate
with Colonel Roosevelt at once.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
SATURDAY, JULY II, 1909.
IulY II In American History.

1744-Elbridge Gerry, "slgner'' and
statesman, born; died 1914.
114S--Timotby Pickering, statesman,
born in Salem, Mass; died 1929.
1749--Peter Gansevoort, soldier, born
in Albany; died 1912.
1sS6-Lewis Cass, statesman, died at
Detroit; born 1880.
1893 of the war in Cuba; Span
fish surrendered Santiago. with Its
garrison and all the outlying troops
(about 24,000 in alD, to General w.
r. Shafter.
1e03-James Abbott MacNeill whis-
tier. American artist famous In
England, died; born 1884.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Sun sets 7;2H. rises 4:40; moon sets
Cos n. m.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

Possibly congress is holding on until
the corps begin to move and make
business real good so the tariff bill
will get. the credit Of 1t.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

Another fool son Of millionaire
has committed suicide because Of his
love for an actress 1t is time now
|, for some one to have spasm about
the evils of the stage.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

or II a foreign mission requests pro-
lection. In this event the role OF the
troops would be confined entirely 20
police duties. Both the Russian oni-
GERS and the officials of the Russian
legation at Teheran have been en-
Joined to remain strictly neutral IN
internal affairs and to avoid interfer-
ing in the selection of new ruler
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

she-I think Professor Faddy's views
aPe sound. Don't Wv, my dear?
He-Oh. yes; ali lsound. e Baltimore
American l4lleN "a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
PERSIA HAS
A new SHAH
Crown Prince Sultan Ahmed
Is Placed on the
Throne.
AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED
Nationalists and Cossacks
Confer.
Deposed Shah in Russian
Legation.
Nationalists and
Confer.
Accompanied by His Wife, One Son
And Party of Loyal Adherents, the
Imprisoned Ruler Goes to the Rus
sian Summer Legation for Protec-
ton and This Is Taken as Abdics-
ton.

Teheran, July 1.-THE national as
sembly, composed of the chief Mujte-
hids and the leaders of the National
lists forces yesterday proclaimed the
Crown Prince, Sultan Ahmed Miraz,
Shah of Persia, in the presence of an
immense crowd in Parliament Square.
Azad III MullS, head of the Kajar
family. was made regent.
The fact that the Shah took refuge
in the Russian legation here was ac-
cepted as tantamount to his abdication
of the throne, and arrangements were
started at once to organize provision
al government and administer the af-
fairs of the empire pending the ap-
pointment of regent.
1t is apparent that an agreement
has been reached between the Ma
tionalists and the brigade of Persian
troops, called the Cossacks, that has
been fighting on the side of the Shah
under the command OF Colonel Link
hoff and other Russian officers. Sip
ahdar and Sadarasad have agreed
that the Cossacks shall retain their
arms and continue under the COM
mand of Colonel Liakhoff.
Colonel Liakhoff will in the future
however, be under the direct orders
of the Minister of War. 1t is the in
tention to have the Cossacks join
the Nationalists' troops in policing
the city and hunting down bandits
and looters.
1t is expected that the Russian
troops now at Kasvin will return
shortly to Russia, as their presence
in Teheran is not needed.
-
st. Petersburg, July 1.-THE Rus
sian Foreign Office has received a
dispatch from M. Sabeln, charge daft
faires at Teheran, which was filed at
noon, saying that the Shah had TAX
EN- refuge at the Russian summer lega-
ton at Zerzende. The Shah was
accompanied by his wife and one of
his sons and a small party of loyal
adherents. His action was in accord
ance with an arrangement previously
worked out by the Russian and Brit
ish legations.
M. Sabelin Immediately informed
the British diplomatic representative
of the Shah's arrival and convoy
of Sepoys was forthwith dispatched to
Zerzende. During the Shah's stay at
that place protection will be furnished
by a joint detachment OF Cossacks
and Sepoys.
The full strength of the Russian
expedition is now at Kasvin, and IL
necessary the cavalry could get to
Teheran in two days. The Foreign
Office is under the impression that a
detachment probably will be re-
quired. not so much TO protect the
Shah or oppose the Bakhtiari tribes
men as TO handle the street mobs and
the Teheran rabble, which is bent on
pillage. The troops inevitably will be
sent in If a single Russian is killed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
Ability

irate Passenger-I believe you're
driving over every stone In the road.
Driver-waal, sir. 1t takes a purity
good driver to hit 'em all l.--Boston Her
aid. w. M
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17


Ohio,
Who have furnished capital
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17

Greece should postpone her war on
Turkey until Thanksgiving time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17
SHAH OF PERSIA WHOSE DISREGARD OF CONSTITUTION LED
TO OUTBREAK

Of
the the Persian that the shah the
inclna
ton ignore the constitution which he signed when he assembled the throne
in Of
is
frontier
tliies between the internal facious.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-17


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