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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
MAKE YOUR DOLLAR COUNT.

A truth that trades unions are begin
ming to understand is that the dollar
counts in business. \ right which not
even the courts may dispute = that man
may spend his wages in whatever way he
sees fit Union men are awakening to
the fact that their dollars count, and the
union dollar in business is a factor that
cannot be ignored, and is an argument of
great weight. Manufacturers have to
depend upon the patronage of workmen
for the success of their business, and the
workmen are becoming alive to that fact.
a union dollar spent for principle is IA
hammer that has driven the truth home
to many an unfair employer, and the
union man S dollar is coming more into
evidence every day. Make your dollar
count for the fair workday and union
conditions by refusing to purchase any
product of unfair employers. The union
izing of a shop may be more readily ac-
complished by withholding your patron
age and that of your friends than in any
other way. Demand the label!
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

Regardless of the threats and various
attempts to sand bag it by the powers
that be, Charleston is still doing bust
ness at the old stand. and while somewhat
dishSured is still in the ring. The LIGHTS
still burn and the signs of the times in.
dlcate that they will burn at the wake
OF the buy partisan promoters and
their cohorts in the near future and will
isht Charleston on to greater things af-
ter she has cleared her skirts of the cor.
ruptlng influence of ring rule. bossisn.
and the public service reign of ruin.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
LOOKING BACKWARD.

when one considers the condition of
workingmen today contrasted with their
lot twenty five years ago, it causes one
to wonder at the great changes broupht
about between that period and the pres
emit The path has been strewn with
blood, anguish, disappointed hopes and
sacrifice, yet this path has led its trav-
eiers to the fuller measure of enjoyment
and almost ideal conditions Hope has
inspired those toilers to press on, and
these selfsame toilers will struggle and
sacrifice until correct and satisfying
measures meted out.
This IS the day OF the skilled work
man. Organized labor has been the DO
tent factor all these years, paving the
way to better things. 1t has appropri-
ated unto itself great principle-one
from the Word of God-and has diligent-
~ sought to apply this principle to all
workers. An organization of working
men and women formed for the uplifting
OF each and for the rescuing of those east
adrift on the of dsorganization is
one approved by the Creator. 1t is as
necessary for toilcrs to join an organiza.
ton as it is church. The church dis.
semlnates religion; the union that of
charity and brotherhood. That of both is
extremely difficult and has it's discour-
aging elements. Trades union today is
the pulse of America. 1t is not it's wealth,
nor its armed forces nor its numbers, but
solely that factor known rs trades union,
powerful in degree such was I'M
known before. Trades union or organic.
| ed labor has created new order OF
things. 1t has increasingly and assidu-
| ously applied itself to the task of re.
dceminS men and women, and how it has
| succeeded! Over three millions in its
ranks, with millions of acute sympathiZ.
crs! 1t has introduced Il new kind of
Christian charity, and many have adopt
ed it's pattern. Look at the homes, the
vast expenditure of money, the elucat
| ing of men and women, the relieving of
distress, the supporting of the aged and
needy. These are monuments to organ.
lied labor such as the world never knew
before.
Attacks from the outside against one
member are felt by all-ressted by all
No wonder, then, that unionism grows.
70 sum up, the work is in it's infancy
Organized labor is shedding it's swad
ding clothes and is growing into youth
The evolving of public policies of the flu
ture will be assisted in by union men. In
great deliberations their voices will be
heard. Others have guided in the past
but organized labor will have a hand on
the steering gear. In calm or storm We
hope to do what is right, pleading oul
cause, defending our brothers and sisters
sacrificing, if need be, to demonstrate our
fidelity, and hoping, nevertheless, to win
to our banners all who believe in Justice
better conditions, reasonable hours and
wages and free citizens
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
NOT AN ORDINARY STRIKE.

The ordinary strike is usually ocea-
stoned by demand for better conditions
OF employment, says the Duluth Labor
World, shorter hours of labor or better
pay.
The present uprising in the steel in
dustry IN and around Pittsburg is, how
ever, an exception to the general rule
1t is desperate cry from the depths
of human suffering and degradation, de-
handing relief from a condition that for
gets even the existence of its slaves and
leaves them suffering in their unspeakable
misery.
The dissatisfied employees are reported
to be all, or nearly all, foreigners
They came to this country at the in
stiSation of agents of their employers.
They were enticed here by gross misrep.
resentation as to their prospects in this
country They were brought here to beat
down the wages of the former employees,
whether these were American or foreign
born, of English foreign speech.
Having come here they became the
helpless prey of the trusts and their
agents. 1t was not without reason that
the seer S eye of Upton Sinclair seized
in the Jungle, upon a Lithuanian
workman in order to depict the worst
horrors of trust rule. The American
workman, rooted in the soil, knowing the
country, and in a position to obtain helm
in case of extreme need from his relatives
and friends, would never submit to such
oppressive conditions of work and living
as the poor Montenegren, ignorant of
the new conditions, without voice and
without friends, had to submit to-
How numerous are the schemes by
which the foreigners are plundered
Their very ignorance and helplessncss
IRE made levers OF with which to de
spoil them of their earnings.
They have to pay exorbitant rents TO,
| the company's shacks in which they HAY,
to live like gs. They have to pay ex
tortionate prices for the goods which
they are compelled to buy in the com
PEELED to buy in the company stores
They are compelled to work in gangs, the
so-called pooling system, so that they
never know what is actually due to them
| AS long as they submit and suffer in
| silence, the hearts of their fellow work
men of native origin English speech
are set against them, by reason of the
| fact that they work for lower wages anG
| longer hours. In the labor market they
are most dangerous competitors, for in
| the labor market weakness is strength
the woman beating the man, the chile
the woman and the foreigner the ma
tive.
And when they rise in rebellion be
cause they have reached the limits of hu
man Endurance all the agencies of or
ganiZcd society are invoked against them
This is precisely what is taking place il
and around Pittsburg today.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of West VIRGINIA. Kauawh,
county IS:

state of West Virginia, Kauawha
county IS:
AT rules held in the Clerks Office ci
kanawha county, on the first Monday in
the month Of June, 1909.
Leather MCGEE, Plaintiff
VS.. III ChanCery No. 2I5I.
Charles MCGEE, Defendant
:. The object of this suit is 10 obtain 4
divorce from the bonds OF ua,rimonyl
This day came the plaintiff by lrr al.
'orney; and Oh his motion, and it aP
Pearlng by an affidavit filed, that the De.
PENDANT Charles Niece is 4 ror,Te-
sldcnt of this state, it is Ordered that lie
Go appear within one month after the
date of the first publication hereof
and do what is necessary to protect bis
interest i'll this suit.
Ieste: IRA II. MoTTERSHE HERD Clerk
1. G. NUTTER Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The privileged corporations and otic-
Lcncticiaries of subsidized legislation are
rapidly getting wise to- the rr",ncn-
does menace of direct legislation to spe-
cial interests.
With the initiative % propose laws
that corrupt Legislators would pigeoahoic.
with the referendum to veto law4 that
corrupt legislators pass, and with thc
recall to impeach and remove corrupt nd
ministrative and Legislative officials the
people possess power that tends TO So
cure popular government by the very
fact that the power exists.
Officials are more prudent when they
are subject to summary recall; and leg
islators are more thoughtful when they
may be directly commanded or overruled
by their constituents. This is one of the
most wholesome effects of direct legisla-
ton And the rascals are finding it out
Consequently they are not only doing all
they can to prevent its further adoption.
but are resorting to all sorts of devices
to abolish it where it has been adopted
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS

To Charles McGee, Take notice. That
on the 10th day of July, y. D. 1873
between the hours of g O'Clock; am. and !
O'Clock p. III. at the law Office Of T.G.
Nutter, oo4E kanawha Street in the c'y.
OF charleston, County of KaTawha state Of
West Virginia, l will take the dePo
sltlon OF myself and others, 10 *
read i'll evidence in my behalf in Ger
tam suit in Chancery now lending II
the circuit court for the county Of kaa'
awha and State of Nest Virginia,
III which Leather MCGEE IS piaiatl;i am
Charles MCGEE dcfcudent
II from any cause the tasting Of saH
deposition shall not be commenced Z"
completed on the day aforesaid, Lax
Same shall be continued from day "
day, or from time to time, d, the SaHs
place, and between the same houFs' III
III the same shall be compiled.
Leather MCGEE. by Counsel.
I. -. Nutter, Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
THE GUTTER.

VI all the wcaklings known to men
the gutter is the one least pitied and
most desPiscd. He never succeeds at auy
thing because it never occurs to him 70
Try again If he has failed once. He NAV
dream about accomplishing something in
the hazy, misty future but when if comes
to actually doing something in the pres
ent his heart sinks into his stomach. dcs
par crecps over his face. his head droops
with down andout shcepishness and he
SINKS back into the ranks of the ouittcr
hoping that luck will do for him some
daS what he has not the gumption to do
lot hlmsc1. In this day and age where
httie or nothing be ACCOMPLISHED
without organized effort the presence of
the gutter in the ranks of the orraui-
zatlon is the most serious drawback If
has to contend with. An organization
composed of cutters is doomed to fail
ure. and this is as true of a labor or
Stnlzatlon as any other. The man who
Will quit his labor union when it need,
HIM most is the kind of a man who will
quit his family when in direct need of his
and, or who will quit his friends at the
time they need his friendship the most.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The Dixon Mail, the official mouth.
piece of the union busters in this State
INDUCED in it's usual periodical attack
upon labor IN a recent issue by wantonly
lhlsrepresentlng and slandering Tom L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
workers of America. But every knock
from that living vassals of the savers and
peonage promoters is boost, as no self
respecting citizen pays the least atten-
ton to its idle vaporings
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The daily press never let's an opportu-
nifty pass to stick a knife in the back of
the Civic League, but why shouldn t
they when they are the special agents of
the graft parties. But there will be n
shaking up of dry bones in a short time
when the net is raised with Il heavy load
of large and small violators of the law
who bask under smiles of the subsidised
rags.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1909.
LABOR'S WATCHWORD,

We ,pW stunt by oar friends and
"iministc,' Il Ainyiny rebuke TO men
ar parties ,rhO are either indifferent,
ncgiigen or hOstic, and, t1heneUer OPP
portunity dGords, secure the election
Of intelligent, honest, earnest trades
umionists pith, unblcmished, paid uI
3niOn curdS IN their possession.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The information has leaked out that
there Will be general shakeup in the
state Department of Mines and several
new faces will be found among the Dep.
uty Inspectors when the appointments
are made. This is great opportunity
for the hetterment of the Department by
appointing men because of their practical
knowledge and ability instead of the
strength of their political pull.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

Under buy Bipartisan reform the
streets reck with slime and filth and
street walkers swarm like buzzards over
the carcass of a dead horse, and the pub
lie service corporations collect their pound
of flesh Let the graftcrs rcvel while
they can, for the tin can is getting prct-
ty close to them.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

1t is passing strange that whenever la
Dor calls attention of the State or county
officials to violators of the law by the
corporations that the reply is always CIT
DOES NOT COME UNDER THE
PURNIEW OF MY DUTIES.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The West Virginia State Federation
of Labor will continue it's fight for just
and equitable laws in favor of the toiling
masses and in order to insure success it
behooves every labor union in the State
to become affiliated with that body and
assist in the good work. Is your union
n member? If not have it Join at once.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The recent action of the State and
county officials in connection with the
CABIN Creek outrage demonstrates be
You'd question the truth of the assertion
of former Governor Dawson that the
COAL COMPANIES OWN THE OF
FICERS
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

ne coal barons of West Virginia scab
coal helds continue to break the laws of
the land and maintain horde of thugs
to do their bidding, and why shouldn t
they when they are entrenched in power.
lowered with oportunity and panoplied
in PRIVILEGE
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

West Virginia s native sons can starvc
rs long as the coal barons can secure ig-
norant foreigners who will allow them
selves to be driven like mules by the
ls,wless 'guards. -
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

Keep up the war against tuberculosis
but do not let up minute in the fight
against conditions that make tubcrcu-
losiS possible.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

stand by the union label. the insignia
that promotes happiness in the home and
strengthens the bond of universal broth
erhood of man
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

If war is hell, the buy partisan
charter fad must be fiddler s green.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

The police patrol the street corners,
but further seeth not
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29

Now is the time to agitate, educate and
organize.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-27

human race. 100000 900 people; and
they will not yield to Christ as pa
gans do.
Mrs. Lusk gave a history of the
founder Of the faith, ''Mohammed
the Man" His was a remarkable
personality and life, as may be eX-
pected Of one, who Immediately on
his advent in this world announced
himself as Gods Prophet that is
according to Moslem lore.
Mrs. Little led the society in a re-
view Of the first few years of Mos
lem conquest; citing the contributing
causes to its great success. The
study maps showed in pale green
the vast extent of Moslem territory
Divisions have arisen among them.
and there are said to be 73 Moslem
sects. This study promises to be
very interesting.
Mrs. Gold desires the names at
once of the ladies who will be host
esses this year,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-27

Partly because it was Eugene Field
who wrote it, and partly because We az
like peaches, a realized vision of this
agreeable fruit in its perfection recalls
the poets verses beginning
"A little peach in orchard grew.
Kissed b. the ana wet ~ tne dew
bat 10 one who would sing the praises Of
the rarer, daintier fruit products of our
land what more fttinS theme could be
chosen than our glorious golden, sun
kissed oranges? Surely this poets f1e-
quent mental 1ambllngs must now and
then have found an ideal resting place IN
the beautiful garden Of Eesperides,' and
if to the Greek sojoUrGels ia the regions
of lhis delightful realm oranges We're
believe that among fields notes was q
sympathetic jotting which in good time
he would have elaborated in fitting recog-
milton of our universally well liked or
angeS.
Sentimental? Yes; tIt history is the
parade ground of senti nentalities. And
to sentiment must be attributed the pres
ervation of one Of the two first trees
in the United States.
The event-the transporting Of the
tree itself-took place in 1903, but TO the
belated wayfarer in the land Of the
Golden Gate the simple tablet on the iron
railing of the enclosure within which the
tree now stands, may bring the first vivid
impression of the fact, and naturally
arouse interest in the circumstances sur
rounding it.
It's story of the orange in all its COM
plet@nGss would carry us back beyond the
advent of the Christian era, and though
we should not find the fruit in that full
ness of perfection in which we see ii to-
day, we would still recognize it from the
descriptions given, and also from the
supposed Sanskrit spelling nagrung =
and the still closer 'naranj Of the
Arabs
Coming down to our own time, and to
a brief consideration of the now popular
seedless oranges, it may be said that.
commercially. orange culture has existed
in California only since 1872 Until that
time the bulk of the oranges used in
this country were imported from the
Mediterranean-bloo oranges from Va
lencia. Spain and Malta: the aromatic
delicious little Tangierines and Mandarins
from ST Michaes and Lisbon; and the
bitter oranges from Seville.
Seedless oranges We're first introduced
In this country. so it is said. through
the joint efforts of one William Saunders
connected with the DEPARTMENT of Ag,i-
culture, Mrs T.. c. Tibbets his relative
and William F. hudson. former U. S
consul to Bahia. Brazil. Mr.. Judsons at
tention was first directed to this fruit by
natives Of Brazil. and while the ccnsu
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-27
WABASSO.

Mrs. Horn, of Redwood Falls. has
been Wis ii lg friends here this week,
Mrs. Pickett, who has been laid
up with rheumatism for two months,
is improving, but still is obliged to
keep to her bed, most of the time.
Rev. and Mrs. Hendry returned
from Delhi Jan. 18th, Mr.. H. preach
ing Sunday in Redwood Falls. Rev.
Badger occupied the Presbyterian
pulpit here the same day.
A Normal teachers training class
was organized last Tuesday evening.
at the home Of Rev. Moede, with
Is members. Mrs. Geo. johnson
was elected president of the class.
R. A. Leistikow, vice-president, A.
F. Fisher, secretary. and Mrs. j.
Moede treasurer. They are to meet
Friday evenings.
Mr.. Bennett was on the sick list
this week. They tried to make him
think he had the smallpox but it
seems to have been but a bad cold,
and he is out again. Those in the
vicinity who had the smallpox, have
had it so light that it does not pro-
duce much excitement. However,
many are being vaccinated.
Wabasso had snow storm since
last wrote. The train could not
get through from Marshall to Wa
basso, Monday, SO went to Sleepy
Eye, via Tracy. The snow drifts
are shrinking, 1.-The low hung clouds
threaten to drop their garnered full
ness" and the streets are slop, slop,
sloppy, but these warm days give
the goldman rest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-27

doomed a cae1lacs oran~a n frnaI, ~
1,sf1l3a etil1 xiii, !. Wis insfioct far ma,
intercgtiry t.6ssililitfes b saeb scientific
tg5a+to,s "a ! trIie irsi5Ilt fnto the eco
ionic t..}5.e 81 (isrov1TV Of TINT sort.
H. 4I1.at,.4.i i ,,5i.Yi.or NJ ehoofs ard for-
,ra,t7eF tra-, - ,rr @4l,nle4s .t Ha4h-
irerf1-, 10 o4.-.}fad in III. itnoyyla1se.. IL
tie t-+el- ~ Iee,.fnq tl5es.I .,fils Tplil the.
t,,lF 10 -,~-,,,.ssl.- el.,.5.,f4,ls fte1 with
Tbo rellatr;res yaa- sf~e Tfnhcts wrote
Ar Sanrdere fh>it hor husband md pur-
chased lsud in Riverside California aud
requested some ORANGE trees which wOuii
lie suitable for prcpa2ation Four Of tine
precious South American shoots Were
turned over to her without much haDe
Of their ever making good their reputa-
ton
on the Tibbets ranch tie four sho2otss
We're cared for and anNioUslE watched
over, but in spite Of the VIGILANCE q the
whole faraiF, one q tie shoots suece ~
cd in getting itself eaten ~ by COW
and another died for no apparent rea-
son-and then there We're two
Contrary to everyhodys expectations
these two shoots continued 70 &-eT un3
~ ~ me $3.50 af, ~, 81 VIZ ~ 3
pore seet'Ss - ~ 5000 ,'i
-. = W,,ll't ;+}e - -, l1 81,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-27
but you're all ri ght, and we will miss
you when cure gone.-Ex.
CUT THIS OUT
AND SAVE IT.
Says Many Persons Here Can Be
Made Happy Again By Using 1t.

There so.much rheumatism here
in our neighborhood now that the
following advice willssss be highly APP
preciated by those.who suffer.
Get from any good pharmacy one
half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion.
one ounce Compound Kargon, three
ounces of Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla. Shake these we'll in a bottle
and take in teaspoonful doses after
each meal and at bedtime; also drink
plenty of good water.
1t is claimed that there are few
victims of this dread and tortuous
disease who will fail to find ready
relief in this simple homemade
mixture, and in most cases a perma-
nent cure is the result.
This simple recipe is said to
strengthen and cleanse the elimina-
tive tissues of the Kidneys so that
tney can inter- ana STRAIN from the
blood and system the poisons, acids
and waste matter, which cause not
only rheumatism, but numerous
other diseases. Every man or wo-
man here who feels that their kid
neys are not healthy and active, or
who suffers from any urinary trou-
BILE whatever, should not hesitate to
make up this mixture. as it is GER
tain to do much good, and may save
you from much misery and suffering
after while,
Our home druggists say they will
either supply the ingredients or mi tx
the prescription ready to take if our
readers ask them. 24-3t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-27
Trip to the Far East.

Mrs. A. C. Burmeister, according
to her custom, entertained the w.
F. M. S. of the Methodist church on
Wednesday. The society usually de-
parts for new fields at the January
meeting. Mrs. Burmeister's spacious
home is always the point from which
they set out. Her rooms were filled
with guests and a two-course lunch
con of good things was served dur
ing the afternoon.
Devotionals were led by Mrs. Gold
who prayed that the church may be
aroused to the needs of the Moham-
medan world. This faith claims at
the present day one-seventh of the