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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04

season shall be as free from annoy
ance as thoroughly organized police
and detective force can make them. Or
dinarily the stranger in Chicago is as
safe here as in any city-we purpose
to make him doubly so during the two
weeks of the exposition and Live Stock
Show.
who are experienced in looking after
crowds and they will all be on duty at
the right points during the Land and
Irrigation festivities.
II am taking a special interest in
this coming land show for l realize it's
great Importance to the country and to
the city of Chicago, and l appreciate
the earnestness of the people who are
going to be Chicago's visitors. Many
people who are seeking new locations
for their homes will come to Chicago
and many of them will not be on the
alert for suspicious characters. To such
people we shall give special care and
do all in the power of our strong Or
ganization to see that no one falls into
the hands of the confidence men or 9TH
er swindlers during his presence with
in our gates.
81 appreciate the enterprise of the
Chicago Tribune in promoting and f.
nancing this great exposition and it is
my wish to have our police organiza-
ton assume large measure of the re-
sponsibility for the comfort of our
guests on this splendid OCCASION
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
THEHUNGERFORL LAND
Measures of the Government
to Aprease the Appe-
titles for Farms.
A Wonderful Exhibit by the Depart
ments of the Interior and AgricuI
ture at the United States Land and
Irrigation Exposition at Chicago
from Nov. goth to Dec. 18th.

A debt of gratitude and vote OF
thanks will be due the Chicago Trib-
une from the American people when
the United States Land and Irrigation
Exposition is over. The inception Of
this great undertaking was entirely
due to the Tribune. The idea orig
mated with the Tribune, and the en-
tire responsibility, financial and other
wise, was assumed by the Tribune.
So timely did this enterprise seem
to be that all the great irrigation and
other land interests were quickly won
and promised their participation and
support. The United States govern
ment has thought so well of the Trib-
une's idea that it will be the largest
exhibitor.
All the exhibits of the exposition
will deal with the idea of establish
ing American homes upon small farms.
ALI the features of this unique and
wonderful show will be pivoted around
the idea that the best place for an
American family is in home of it's
own, and that home a tract of land
large enough to maintain the family i'll
any emergency. With our better
knowledge of plants and soils and Gull
tural practices a few acres have an as
tonishing capacity for production
Valuable instruction along these lines
will be found by the visitor at the
coming exposition, Nov. 20 to Dec. 4,
at Chicago's great Coliseum.
Besides the features specially pre-.
pared and brought from Washing
ton, the best features of the govern
ments exhibit at Seattle will be in.
stalled at Chicago. The reclamation
service, the geological survey, the
land office, the forestry service, the
patent Office, the bureau of animal in
dustry, the bureau of plant industry,
the weather bureau, the Office of ex-
pertinent stations and the bureau OF
entomology will all participate i'll a
manner worthy of the government OF
eighty million people.
The value OF the government ex.
hibits to the visitor will lie in the fact
that they are new and represent the
latest thought ana 1cve1c S1nent in the
various lines which they represent
ALI will relate to irrigation, drainage
dry farming and to the industries OF
the farm, especially of the new farms
which are being reclaimed from what
has long been regarded as waste land
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
THE GRAND CANYON IN OIL

The Grand Canyon of the Yellow
stone river will be represented in
painting covering 5000 square feet Of
surface at the north end of the gallery
in the Coliseum during the Land and IT.
rigation Exposition, which begins Nov.
20. The Yellowstone Park is the moth
er of several great rivers that are now
used for irrigation and the subject IS
a very fitting one for such an occasion.
This will be the largest reproduction of
the famous canyon ever shown. Thou.
sands of electric lights will give the eff
feet of water flowing through the can
yon and will show in the perspective
the living waterfall which in reality
is more than one thousand feet
high.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
THE GREAT LAND SHOW
The Men Who Are Behind chicaso's.
Unique Exposition, Nov. 20 to
Dec. q.

The United States Land and Irriga--
nous Coliseum in Chicago during the
two weeks of the International Live
Stock Exposition is supported by men
who occupy prominent places in the
countrys large affairs. The advisory
committee is composed as follows:
Edmund T. Perkins, engineer in
charge, U. S. reclamation service.
Darius Miller, first vice president, c.
B. & @. Ry. Co.
e. o. Mccormick, assistant traffic
manager, U. p Ry. Co.
Geo. L. Nicholson, third vice presi-
dent, A. T. & S. F. System.
j. H. Hiland, third vice president, G.
M. & st. P. Ry. Co.
Jno. Sebastian, passenger traffic
! manager, G. r. |. P. Ry. Co.
w. B. Kniskern, passenger traffic
manager, G. N. w. Ry. Co.
Frank I. Bennett, president, Bitter
Root Valley Irrigation Co.
II. L. Hollister, Twin Falls North
| Side Land and Water Co., Sacramento
Valley Irrigation Co.
d. r. Niver, Trowbridge & Niver
Co., bankers.
John Farson, Farson, Son & Co.
Medill Mccormick, publisher, Chica-
go Tribune.
James Kelley, managing editor, Chi
cago Tribune.
Harrison M. Parker, business man
ager, Chicago Tribune.
| Robert p. Cross, Chicago Tribune.
i, The promotions committee has the
following membership:
e. A. Abbott, c. b. & @. Ry. Co.
Max Bass, CT. N. Ry. Co.
Geo. De Haven, U. P. Ry. Co.
Geo. Haynes, c. M. & st. P. Ry. Co.
Louis Larson, F. e. C. Ry Co.
c. A. Matthews, N. P. Ry. Co.
! G. l.. Seagraves, A. T. & S. F. Ry.
Co
c. B. Schmidt, c. R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
f. X. George, Pere Marquette Sys-
TEN.
J. G. Waite, U. S. reclamation SER
vice.
Harrison M. Parker, Chicago Trib--
une.
] Robert P. Cross, Chicago Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
THE BIG LAND SHOW
chicago's Chief Of Police Assures Wis.
itors That Everything Will Be
Ready for Their Comfort.

Chief of Police Steward of Chicago
is mindful of the comfort of visitors
during the coming Land Exposition,
which will be held during the same
time as the international Live Stock
Show, Nov. 20 to Dec. 4.
1--WE shall not only police the expo
sition but also all those parts of the
city which the visitors will frequent.
If there are any suspicious characters
in sight, we shall speedily warn them
to leave the city. We are determined
that our guests during the exposition
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
HOTELS READY FOR THE RUSH
All the HosteIries, Big and Little, Are
Prepared for the Coming of the
Land and Exposition Guests.

Chicago is not going to be caught
unprepared for the big crowds that will
attend the Land and Irrigation EXPOSE
tion,' is the report given by leading
hotel manager. I'VE have been keep
ing our ear to the ground, and we hear
reports from every direction that we
are going to be surprised by the num-
Der of guests on account of the novel
show at the Coliseum, Nov 20 to Dec.
4. OF course, we always expect big
attendance at the Live Stock Show,
which occurs on the same dates, but
we shall have crowd that will surpass
anything seen in many years when the
doors of the Land and Irrigation Ex-
Every hotel in Chicago is looking for
ward to this event and is prepared 10
see its capacity packed to the full by
a class visitors who do not often get
in Chicago
"This Land Exposition has differ
ent sort of pull from the other big az
fairs that are held at the Coliseum
from time to time. We appreciate the
fact that we are going to have very
substantial class of visitors on this &C.
casion and that they will come from
many states.
According to the plans of the ex-
position it will be a great educational
event and enable the land seeker to
save money by having concentrated un-
der one roof all the leading regions of
the country where life is made attrac-
tive by irrigation and an agreeable CHI
mate and productive soil You may tell
all prospective visitors that we are
ready for them and for them to come
and enjoy this feast which Chicago has
J spread"
The theater managers are also maxi
ing preparations for special attractions
during the exposition period. They will
also take steps to be rid of the ticket
scalpers and Spectators who Oft
en- interfere with patrons of the thea
ter and prevent them from getting
seats at the regular prices.
Eve shall do our part to entertain
the exposition visitors in a fitting man.
ner," said one of the prominent thea
ter managers, speaking for all of the
prominent theaters.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
READY FOR. CROWDS
All Chicago Prepared to En-
terrain the Visitors to
Land Exposition.
Never Such an Interest in Land and
Irrigation Before-All Parts of the
Country Responding to the Call to
the Great Land Rally.

When the Chicago Tribune first pro-
posed the Land and Irrigation Expo
sition the public little realized the
Juror it would create throughout the
country. The emissaries of the expo
sition management have gone into
every western state and aroused an in
terest that will have it's climax on the
opening day of the coming show.
Other representatives were sent
throughout the east and south, calling
to this great convocation everyone
who is interested in land development.
The work has gone on and on with
such energy and united effort that the
coming event will be one of the great
est in Chicago since the Columbian ex-
position in 1898.
Approximately half a million dollars
will be expended on this magnificent
display of western and southern prod
ucts and the marvellous possibilities in
the states of the west and south.
Never has an exposition been under
taken in Chicago where the entire
scheme of installation has been
planned on such harmonious scale.
The great Coliseum will be thing of
beauty throughout its vast interior.
The decorations will be true to the
spirit of the whole enterprise. Com
ing as this exposition does at the time
of the International Live Stock Show.
Nov. 90 to Dec. 4, Chicago will offer,
as theatrical people express it, a
double bill" to the people of the coun-
try. 1t is the greatest combined
show" of the period.
J All the railroads centering in Chica-
+, go, and all of their connections at dis
| tant points have prepared for large
traffic in view of the widespread inter
est which this exposition has created.
Chicago is unquestionably the great
est land center in America. All of the
large companies which are developing
| the country have their headquarters
here, and it is entirely fitting that Chi
cago should take the lead in planning
and carrying out an exposition on the
grand scale which is now reaching a
stage of completion. There will be no
,ss9i disappointment for the coming visitor.
The yastness of our land interests will
amaze those who consider themselves
familiar with this nations develop
ment.
The orchards of the northwest and
the central mountain districts; the
great stock ranches of Montana and
other states; the orange groves and
peach orchards of California; the rich
valley lands of Arizona where all sub.
tropical fruits grow in such wonderful
abundance; the great coastal plains OF
Texas and Louisiana with their vast
sugar and rice plantations, will all be
represented in the exhibits, and the
homeseeker may have a choice OF
countless opportunities which these
various regions offer.
The United States government is
lending its aid to this enterprise and
will have numerous exhibits. The
great work of drainage and irrigation
and the equally important work of soil
survey and crop production will all be
in charge of experts who will give first
hand information to every inquirer. Il
will be splendid school for everyone
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04

who is at all interested in the great
land movement of the present day.
The invitation to attend this expo
sition is extended to everyone by Chi
cago, and by the Tribune management,
to whose energies and financial sup
port the country is indebted for this
magnificent enterprise.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-11-04
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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

readily comprehend techniealities in
language and VIII not permit their minds
to be clouded by them, as between
comprehension and that of the judiciary
they not only see the stretch of these
decisions, but also an attack upon con
stitutional rights, free speech, and free
press As between the understanding
of both, the public believe their own is
as clear as that of the Judiciary and
rightfuliy decides the latter are not a
supremacy but minimum ON learning
education.
If judges can legally defame and orally
abuse in expressing opinion, or stating
assumed, invented, assisted, or establish
ed facts are they above suspicion, bias,
and prejudice, Or readiness to grant ap-
peal IN behalf of dominant powers
If scandal or concealed violation of
law points to governmental or judicial
eognizance or corruption should either
receive technieei, elastic, or cvasive, pro-
lection by either courts or government
If an individual or more than one or the
public press comment upon or give publ
cation to them or to current opinion,
Questioning truth, honesty, and sincerity
OF aim, purpose, and intent of such acts,
Should they be hushed, imprisoned, and
their constitutional rights be overriddcn =
Shall one man or twelve men pass judy-
ment' and sentence upon such persons or
persons or such press and determine
such rights? Are such acts, protection,
and judges proper OBJ. ects for public con
tempt.
In other words, shall such objects be
supreme against criticism. We believe the
American people will answer in the mega
tive We believe the rank and file of Or
ganized labor owe it to the country, the
people and themselves to yiela to lawful
mandates, but to resist the overthrowing
OIL their industrial and const. utional
rights and liberties. Furthermore, all
labor, organized labor especially, should
remove, through the ballot, legislative
enactment and political tenure, every act,
person and author ty that fails to protect
those rights and liberties or that fails
to lawfully improve the toilers' moral
civic and living conditions. Finally, all
wage-workers should be united, affiliated
and bonded together in one organization
and therein husband their means and
resources during industrial activity that
there may be no hardship in meeting any
and all emergencies when required
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23
lABOR'S PLAIN DUTY.

Unorganized labor and the public GEN
eral have not financially supported, to
any marked extent, the American FEEDER
alton of Labor in defending its orfcers
unions, and affiliated organizations from
the attacks made against them recently
through the courts. The belief, however
IS prevalent that the decisions of the
supreme court and minor courts arainst
labor in general really affects the inter
ests of the public as well as those of the
wage-workers. One thing, however, is
plainly apparent, that capital is deter
mined to brook 10 interference in it's
effort to make all labor servile to its
power. 1t knows that the most intelli
gent, Industrious, reliable, honest and
skilled workers are within the folds of
organized labor 1t knows also that
most OF the other grades are unoreanized
and are not able to oppose or cope with
II ana therefore are necessarily passive
ana submissive, an advantage it hesitates
not to utilize, and this determination is
strengthened by the disincIinaticn of
the public to assume any financial re-
sponslbility. The effect of these suits
has been, and is, the lessening of the
country power to produce, manufacturer
to limit his output, the merchant to buy
less and ask more for commodities. and
the consumer to curtail expenditures.
Lower wages and increased prices
come as consequent result, but the
public and all labor are becoming so
highly intelligent and educated that they
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

Trade unions are organized primarily
to give the workmen that power, which
can only be secured through collective
action. Their object is to secure i'm
proved industrial conditions and indus
trial equality, this being as essential to
their industrial welfare as political equal
lty IS to their citizenship. The questions
they deal with are practical ones and
of far reaching effect on our national
stability and progress. For the work
man s standard of living will always
determine the national standard of civil
cation.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

The trade unions give full acknowl-
edgement of the employer s right to the
use OF machinery, to test and experiment
with it, to speed it to its limit and then
to throw it, when worn out, into the
scrap heap. But they deny the right of
any employer to use the same methods
with his workman, to experiment with
their flesh and blood, to drive their bodies
to the physical limit, and then, when
worn out, to throw them into the indus
trial scrap heap to be replaced by young
er and stronger men,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

A man works for ten hours. He is
worn out. Let those who have never
worked that long at one time with their
hands try it. Well, the man whom we
are using as an illustration drags his
weary body home. He eats his supper-
out has no time to shave or change his
clothes. In two hours at most he will be
IN bed. Perhaps he reads a newspaper
POSSIBLY ne slips around the corner for
glass OF beer; it is not necessary to
put on clean shirt to do that. such
Is his day With eight hours at the fac
tory or at the mills, he is tired, but he
Is not exhausted to The point that he
doesn t care. lie puts on his best suit
OF clothes and goes out with his wife to
vista neighbor, or he goes into his card
en-, or he begins a book from the public
library lie is self-rcspectine and
hopeful man, citizen who believes So
clety is pretty well organized after all.
10 say that eight hours will be whitfield
TO SIX, and six to four, and four to the
vanishing point is no argument whatever.
and IS unworthy of a serious answer
John Mitchell
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23
JUDICIAL OLIGARCHY.

The decision of the Federal Court for
the District of Columbia in the Gompers
Morrison Mitchell case and the comment
thereon has brought to light many i'm
portant OF which is excerpts from n
portaont of which is excerpts from n
speech delivered by Judge Seymour ID.
thompson in an address to the State
Bar Association in Texas in 1896. judge
Thompson was an eminent iurist and
at one time was judge of the court of
appeals of Missouri, and later for many
years, was editor of the American Law
Review. lie concluded his address with
the following warning:
There is danger, real danger, that
the people Will see at one sweeping glance
that all the powers of their government
federal and state, lie at the feet of our
lawyers; that is to say, at the feet of a
judicial oiigarchy; that those powers
are being steadily exercised in behalf of
the wealthy and powerful classes and to
the prejudice of the scattered and segre
gated people; that the power thus seized
includes the power of experimenting the
action not merely of congress, but also of
Inc state legislatures; the power of sup
erIntending the judiciary of the States.
OF annuling their judgements and COM
handing them what judgements to rend-
err; the power to raise revenue by a meth.
cd employed by all governments; making
the fundamental sovereign powers Of
government, such as the power of tax
alton, the subject of barter between cor
rupt legislatures and private adventures;
noldlng that venal legislature, tenn
porally invested with power, may cor
ruptly bargain away those essential at
tributes of sovereignty and for all time;
that corporate franchise bought from cor
rupt legislatures are sanctified and placed
forever beyond recall by the people;
that great trusts and combinations NAV
place their yokes upon the necks of the
people of the United States, who must
groan forever under the weight, without
hope; that trial by jury and the ordinary
CRIMINAL justice of the states which ought
to be kept by the people, are to be set
aside, and FEDERAL court ini,nctions sub
stItuted therefor; that those iniunctiops
extend to preventing laboring men quit
ting their employment, although they
are liable to be discharged by their en-
pIoyers at any time, thus creating and
perpetuating n state of slavery. There
is danger that the people will see things
all a. once; see their enrolled Judges
dong their thinking on the side of the
rlch and powerful; see them look with
solemn cynicism upon the sufferings of
the masses, nor heed the earthquake when
1t begins to rock beneath their feet; see
them present spectacle not unlike that
of Negro fddling while Rome burns.
There IS danger that the people will see
all this ut one sudden glance, and that
the furies will then break loose and that
all hell viii ride on their WINGS,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23
LABOR'S REAL CHAMPION.

AS factor in the movement of orcani.
Zea labor, the newspaper is not an uu-
known quantity, for it has been insiis.
putahly proven that the most LASTING
missionary work in the field of organi-
zation Is done by the labor paper. says the
Baker s Journal
Inc influence of labor paper is much
as the confidence the people have in it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

FOR the quarter ending September,
19o9, the total earnings of the United
States Steel Trust were $3S, 2I6.oO7.
Tho net earnings for the quarter were
$3o,s55,ol9. The surplus for the present
quarter after deducting interest on
oohos, appropriations to sinking funds
and dividends on the preferred and COM
mon STOCK, shows total of $12,155,,l13
Yet this corporation is trying to break up
the lin Plate Workers because they de-
mand ten per cent increase. OF course,
the men don need it as commodities
nave advanced only so per cent There
Will be an awful reckoning of these DAYS.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

kanawba Valley Central Labor Union
meets Tuesday, December 2sth. at 7.3O
p m. for the express purpose of electing
officers for the coming year. Every dele
gate should. in honor to himself and jus
tice to his union. be present and perform
the duties for which he was chosen.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

Now is the time for the miners of the
kanawha Valley to rally around the
United Mine Workers if they desire to
continue the joint agreement and secure
better conditions of labor
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23
A Merry Christmas!

Don't forget the Red Cross Stamp in
your holiday rush.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

Be careful now if you give your last
years Christmas gifts out. You may
give it back to the original donor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

This is the season when many young
men get up falling out'' with their
90 best girl. Let them stay mad, girls,
that class of young men are emo good. -
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

A new Christmas dish is now being
served by the daily press of the country
Roasted Cook.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

If you are opposed to Chinese Coolie
labor demand the Union Label.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

Some Union men require megaphone
to hear the call of duty.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-23

The Union Label will bring peace and
plenty to the wage cnrncrs.