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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
PEACE CONGRESS.

The National Peace congress held its annual
meeting in Chicago last week and discussed war
and war preparedness. Among other things brought
out in the discussion was the cost of and peace
on war basis, as we have peace today. Since the
beginning of the peace conferences at The Hague.
the cost of improving war implements has increased
enormously In 1898 Great Britain spent on the
navy S1240O00OO in 1908. s17O.oooOOO; Germany
spent $29.OO0OOO in 1898 and S83.0O0.OoO in 1905:
the United States spent S50,0O00OO in 1898. and
last year $10fOO0OOO, In other words. the navieS
of these three great nations cost $2O3.OOOO0O ten
years ago and last year $357O00000 an increase OF
SI54OO0000 in ten years, with the end not yet in
sight
Great Britain is fairly staggering under tho
load of military expenditures. Emperor William
was recently the subject of of the most singing
reproofs which any sovereign ever received. The
people of the United States are struggling with the
high cost of living, and asking each other what IS
wrong. At the same time each of these nations is
doing it's utmost % outdistance the other in naval
construction In England the fear is expressed
that Germany is catching up with England IN
speed naval construction, and every nerve Is
strained to place the British battleshp in commits
sion a month or two earlier than was expected at
the time of its beginning. The German people
are being taxed to the limit to keep up with the
penditures. and in our own country our statesmen
are even now working on a tariff bill whose OBJ
iect is to increase the revenues of the government
in order to have revenues sufficient to meet the
expenditures Notwithstanding the peace confer
ences the efforts of the militant nations is to in
crease the military establishment; and we hear not
one word about reducing expenses Peace reigns,
but there is no peace
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

Since the Inauguration of the merit system it
is generally supposed that the old '"spoils system
which marked the early years of passing out gov
eminent jobs has been superseded. and that APP
pointments to positions in the civil service made
on merit alone. 1t cannot be denied that this gen.
efal supposition in measure is correct. but that
merit alone is sufficient to secure and retain gov
eminent position is open to every grave doubt. The
''spos" system has been displaced by the merit
system only in theory. The higher positions in
various departments OF the civil service are held
by competent men. attracted there by the high sal
aries offered. and they retain their positions and
give reasonably good service in their departments
The salaries offered, however, hardly sufficient
to hold the best men, and this is true from the best
paid down to the poorest-paid employee i'll the civil
departments of the government.
One principle which keeps alive the old ''spoilsp
system and which offers very small opportunity
for good men in certain localities to enter the en-
poy of the government is the apportonment law.
by which offices are distributed as under the older
system among the different states and territories.
according to the population. Under this system,
Utah men seeking enjoyment with the govern
ment have much better chance of success than a
resident of the District of Columbia Indeed so
many employees at Washington have transferred
their place of residence to the District of Columbia
that it may be almost said that no one living there
has any chance of appointment; and the same may
be said of other portions of the country where the
apportionment is full to OVERLOOKING. No matter
how competent man living in of these already
overcrowded districts may be. his chance of APP
pointment is very poor. and a much less capable
man living in a district where the apportionment
has not been filed may secure the coveted appoint
ment.
Expert printers in the west can make more
money in the west than the salaries offered in the
government printing Office at Washington, and
they know it, When examination is held in the
west for printers, therefore. it be safely said
that the best in that trade not attracted,
and the men who take the examination are pretty
generally second-class men seeking the lower emol-
ument offered by the government in order to secure
steady employment, thing they unable to OBJ
tain in their native cities. The same is very
likely true in other trades
The competitive examination therefore is more
or less of farce; the best men are not attracted
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
HONEST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

A long time ago we knew grocery keeper who
always gave his customers the exact weight of
whatever they bought. 4 story was told of him
that he would not only break cracker in two to
get his scales balanced. but that he would even
break one Of the halves in two in order to make
the beam stand at the exact center. This old char
got reputation among his customers as a penu-
rious old wretch; in this day he would be called
crouch He was trying to be honest. And after
some forty or fifty years Of active business he re-
tired with modest fortune of about $4,000 to
leave TO his heirs Since then the grocery store
has been run by more up-to-date business men.
They clear some $4,000 year now on business
not a great deal larger than that conducted by the
old man. They don't break any crackers in two.
though in their efforts to get the correct weight
Nowadays we have laws and regulations con-
corning the weight Of weights and the size of meas
ures. The superintendent Of the department of
weights and measures Of the state Of New York
has estimated that the consumers Of his state were
robbed Of S2O000000 by small measures and short
weights last year. The national pure food law has
done something toward making labels on foods tell
the truth and it compels the stamping of the cor
rect weight on packages. There should be equal
insistence on correct weights of products bought
= - ---~t should
1e .s..-,. - IL, IA should
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

At the peace congress in Chicago. General Grant
defended the occupation of the soldier as an hon
orable occupation. one that had been followed by
his family for three hundred years We believe
no one will question the correctness of the gen
erals views but that does not change the aspect
of war or make war honorable. or just or desirable
In the days OF civil war, to hire substitute was
considered somewhat of disgrace. Perhaps it
But. as General Grant says nearly every war
that has been fought has been brought about by lust
for commercial supremacy. The business interests
demand protection, and they hire substitutes. The
substitute is not disgraced. It's the fellow who
does the hiring
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
CARD FROM BISHOP scA-1AH

feel II my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time 70 time that person bearing the
name and gar5 of priest sister anyone is
authorized or permitted solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
IN writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged IN doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document he or
she rs the case may be- should be regarded by all as
q fraud ana an imposter L SCANLAN
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
ALhoic nome IN this diocese. Its circulation in Mon
tana Idaho. Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business men advertise in the paper All subscribers
VIII md 1t TO their advantage about to invest
purchase or consult business matters to read over
me list or our advertisers. We not only recommend
but ask for them the patronage of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

be 1000 pounds. not LOO or 1900 and a loaf of
bread should have the weight specified on it, with
the proportion of -four. We don't need any more
laws; what we need is little more honesty. like
that of the old grocer who quartered crackers in
order not to cheat himself or his customers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
CELEBACY IN THE PRIESTHOOD.

Editor Intermountain Catholic: Dear Sir
In your last issue appeared article taking to task
a revered minister of the gospel for his attitude
towards clerical celibacy Are you aware. sir, that
cebacy is contrary to the divine and natural law,
and was repudiated by the early church, St. Jer-
ONE in epistle against heretics writes, II do not
deny that married men are something's raised to the
priesthood" One of your councils, that of Trullo
1922. sanctioned the marriage of clergymen Did
not Gregory of Nazanzen's father become bishop
after the sons birth! This proves that he was
married man when he became bishop These and
many other historical facts prove that your con-
tention rests on a false basis Respectfully,
CYRUS FIELDING.
Ogden, May 8, 1909.
If our correspondent, Mr.. Cyrus Fielding we're
familiar with the evolution of ecclesiastical law
and discipline, the which he cites in his inter
esting letter ought not to surprise him. Of course
he understands that clerical celibacy is neither
part of revelation nor included in the deposit of
faith; that is to say it is not included in the dog
matte proclamations or doctrinal teaching of the
church CeIibacy is disciplinary law to which the
priests of the Latin Rite must conform as the army
officer must obey the regulations promulgated for
however: the candidate about to take Holy Or
ders with his eyes open and with knowledge of
what he is about to do, makes a solemn vow to live
a chsste lifea virgins ife-tiil God dissoves the
union of his soul and body.
The church can, at any time, repeal the law of
celibacv. the law is of human origin of her own
making. but the church cannot repeal definition
of faith she cannot recall doctrnal proclamation.
for the subject of the proclamation is of divine
origia; that is to say it is truth revealed BY God
to or Now keeping in mind the difference
between human law and divine or revealed law. |
the of st. Gregory and his father will present
to US no difficulty, ought it to be an occasion
for surprise
The law of celibacy was not proclaimed by anv
general Ecumenical council till late in the ninth
century. and not until the Council of Trent did i
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

The more lax the observance of the laws of
God becomes. the more laws are placed on the
statute books for the protection of citizens What
the nation needs is return to the teachings OF
the church. A little less inspection and little
more introspection would work wonderA
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

by the advertisements of competitive ,i'l
and therefore the departments have TO get aio"-
with men whom their fellow worknen term ouOS
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

A resolution was recently introduced in the Hi
nois legislature to limit the size of women's hats.
Must be lots of bachelors in that sedate body to
thus tempt the wrath of the woman scorned
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

Professor Pickering says he can send a message
to Mars for s1O,0OO,000 but if he would guarantee
an answer he probably could twice that much
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

The ordinary man would not be an ordinary
man if he we're possessed with wealth. He might
then be dub of millionaire.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

1t has been observed that empty wagon
makes the most noise it rattes along the street.
It's different with men, however
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

The Shakespeare Bacon controversy has at
tracted the attention of Mark Twain. Mark al
ways was humorist.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15
CHANGING ADDRESSES

subscrioers removing from place another
gio oeslr1ng papers changed should always give for
rner as well present address
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CORRESPONDENTS soLICITED.

ne reverend Clergy are requested to send to tn
y = NiEhMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC news contribution
% interest TO their respective parishes
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-15

entered in the Postofice at Salt Lake as Second.
Class Matter)
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
EQUAL PAY FOR BOTH SEXES

Salaries OF all civil service employees
in Chicago are to be equalized and grades
of service readjusted. Salaries will be
fixed in direct proportion to the value
of the work performed increased
and some lowered. The market price
OF labor in the commercial world will
be the standard by which city employees
will be paid. All men and women doing
the same kind of service, or service OF
equal value, will receive the same sized
check. Mayor Busse and the council fl
nance committee have given their APP,
proval to the innovation.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11

prosecuted with the same and even
greater than ever
Leaders in Great Britain have noticed
the dangers from neglect of the trade
union movement from political success,
and have sounded note OF warning.
The Australian labor leaders are doing
the same Since British and Australian
labor leaders have had practical OK.
perience, it would bchoovc the leaders
in America to profit by their eXper-
icncC.
the leading labor journal of that coun-
try, recently contained an editorial
along the line entitled Back to the
Unions" which said, in part:
1--WE are really dcvoting too much
time and attention to politics and neg.
Meeting fields of action more vital to
our wcllbcing.
"Thc secretary of the Australian La.
Dor Federation, in his annual report to
the affiliations, throws out a strong
suggestion that we are. Back to the
Unions should be our cry.
"Unionism and parliament arianism
must 90 together if each is to be cf-
fcctive in its sphere. One must supple
mcnt and support the other. Neither
can attain the highest efficacy alone
That the best results may be obtained
from each, a true balance must be pre-
served between them, a reciprocal equal
ity, perfect interchange of service.
at is in the growing preponderancc
of political action that the danger lies
This it is that render the warning nee
essary-'Back to the Unions"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
NOTICE.

With this issue of the Journal, we
sever our connection Herewith, having
disposed of the same, with the good will
and patronage to MessIs. J. L. Camp
bell and f. P. Marsh, who will assume
full control thereof from this on. In
retiring from the ownership and CON
troll of the journal. since its conception,
six years ago. We take this means of
thanking our many friends and patrons
for their patronage and support and be-
speak q continuance OF the same, only
in a more loyal manner, for our sue
ccssors, who are too we'll and favorably
known among the patrons of the Jour
nal to need any introduction at our
hands. further than to assure them that
the paper will receive their undivided at
tcntion and be improved according to
the support it receives which should be
liberal and unialtcring, ii the course it
stands for, is to be espouscd as it should
be
\. J. MORROW.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
CULTURE FOR WORKINGMEN

Culture for everyday workingmcn--
that would at one time have seemed
far-fetchcd idea. Perhaps it still
seems little cXtravagant to the mole
eyed souls who think that the grinding
round of his daily task is all that a
wOrkingman can know or needs to know
but it is pleasant to note that such is
not the idea of the authorities of Ok
ford University, one of the oldest, most
scholarly, and incidentally the most ar
istocratic in existence
The matter is brought to the public
attention by a report from a Joint com
mittee of seven representatives of Ok
ford University, appointed by the vice
chancellor, and seven representatives of
the working classes, appointed by the
executive committee of the Workers
Educational Association. This Joint
committee was charged with the task
Of determining whether any attempt to
provide university training and culture
for workingmen was desirable. The
committee has delibcrated and advised
over the question for a year, and now
port in which the fourteen members UNI
animously recommend scheme by
which it is hoped to put the desired cul
ture within the laboring mans reach.
The scheme provides, firstly, for the
holding of "tutorial" classes in local
centres, to be conducted by university
men of high academic standing and
teaching experience, but to be managed
largely by the working people them
selves; and secondly, for admitting to
the university as full members all mem
bers of the 'tutoriap classes who are
deemed fit for further university train,
ing.
There will be sneers for this project,
of course. Perhaps the workers of
Great Britain will lose their interest in
it. But they have shown sufficient pro-
gressiveness in other directions to war
rant the belief that they will make the
most OF this educational opportunity,
which reflects credit on Oxford and is
a far advance on the university extern
sion courses now common in this coun-
try. Some people seem to think that
culture is rightly the exclusive privilege
of the rich. 1t is doubtful, however. If
the poor could possibly make a worse
use of it than the sons of some rich
men who might be called to mind. The
best part of this English experiment is
the broad and helpful spirit of it,
which fully typifies the best instincts
OF true Observation-Disclosures.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
SUMMONS NO.

In Justice Court before William Shelter,
Justice of the Peace, in and for Ev-
erett Precinct, Snohomish County,
Washington.
NJ. Seller & Company, incorporated,
a corporation. Plaintiff; vs.. w. Il.
Strowbridge, Defendant.
To w. b. Strowbridgc, the above named
defendants
In the name of the State of Washing
ton, you are hereby notified that NJ.
Seller & Company, Incorporated, cor
poration, the above named plaintiff has
filed complaint against you in said
court which will come on to be heard at
my office in the Court house in the City
of Everett, Snohomish County, State of
Washington, one the Goth day of March,
1909, at the hour of ten (l0) o'clock A.
NJ, unless you appear and then and there
answer, the same will be taken as con-
fesed and the demand of the plaintiff
granted
The object and demand of said COM
plant is to recover the sum of thirty
three and 3O-lO0 dollars ($33.30) for
goods, wares and merchandise heretofore
sold and delivered to you at your in
stance and request by said plaintiff,
complaint filed February 25th, A. d.,
1909.
WILLIAM SIIELLER,
Justice of the Peace.
BELL, ANDERSON g. McLAREN,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and
Post Office address: Realty Building,
Everett, Snohomish County, Washing
ton.
Date of first publication, Feb $500, st.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
UNI0NISM VS.. POLITICS
lFrom WeeklY BulIetin.l
A. J. MORROW

v '''iA ~ I'M l'bliNtil'y
We frequently hear some well mean
ing person say The day of trade union
is past. It has reached the zenith of
its utility and can no longer be a fac.
tor in industrial progress. What We
want nowadays is political action"
This is not alone the mistaken idea of
the novice, for many advanced radicals
express the same opinion. The Bulletin
believes action on the part of the wage
earning class is very necessary, but not
so essential as economic action, in the Sc.
curing and maintenance of good wages
and in the upbuildinq OF trade and labor
organizations.
Political action should be entirely
apart from economic or industrial ac.
ton. There are countries in which sue
cesses in the political movement have
been a detriment to the trade unior
movement, and has manifested itself tC
the extent that trade unionism, which
was the recruiting station and educa
tional society for the political movement
in the industrial field through the trad,
union movement were lost, and il wa
soon found that while much was to b,
gained by political action, yet the trad,
union movement must be kept up an,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
GRAND BALL

The Cooks, Walters and Mattresses, Of
this city will give one Of their popular
dances on the eve OF St. Patrick's day
March Eth, 1909.
The committee in charge have been
busy completing arrangement and moth
ing will be left undonc. Let every un-
ion man be represented either by his
presence or by the purchasing of a tick
ct, which will tend to make the affair a
grand success.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
n UNION DIRECTORY >

American Federation Of Labor
Samuel Gompers ------------ President
James Duncan-First Vice President
John Mitchell Second Vice President
James O'Connell--T Third Vice President
Max Morris------Fourth Vice President
Denis A. Hayes Fifth Vice President
VIM. d. Huber----Sixth Vice President
Jos. +. Valentine Seventh Vice Pres.
John Il. Alpine Eighth Vice President
John B. Lennon ---------- Treasurer
Frank Morrison ------------ Secretary
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
TOO MUCH OF A SURPRISE

During a speech on Marriage and
After" the lecturer said that old mar
ried men should kiss their wives as they
did when they We're year or two mar
ried.
Meeting the lecturer the next day, ar
old man said:"It's no good, master"
what isn't?" asked the lecturer.
"Weel," said the man, when l wen
home after the lecture last night anC
kissed my wife, she said, whats gon'
wrong with you, you old idiot?"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
Washington State Federation of Labor

President ------ Frank w. Cotterill
Seattle.
First Vice President----J. f. Campbell
Everett
Second Vice President E A. Cooney
Spokane.
Third Vice President $780, Glen Harris
Walla Walla.
Fourth Vice President III. A. Livermore
Hoquiam.
Fifth Vice President----W. j. Bradford
Tacoma.
Sixth Vice President Durham
Black Diamond
Seventh Vice Pres.----Lafayette Moore
Bellingham.
Secretary Treasurer --------------
------- Charles Perry Taylor
Tacoma.
Organizer Observation-Disclosures c. o. Young
Tacoma.
Everett Trades Council.
h. F. Straka President
+. /. Woodcock -- Vice.President
J. j. Treasurer
s. c. Boyd------------------Sec
j. Michel -------- Sergeant-at- Arms
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11

In the past week the bars-~.,at had
until then withstood the extravagant
legislators were pulled down, and since
that time the raid has been unchecked
Seeing that economy was impossible, the
guardians even turned in with the others
and scrambled to get their share of
what was going.
The omnibus item, which was finally
settled this morning, alone carries to-
tai of 5000, 600.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11
OLYMPIA, March o. snohomish coun-

Oily Mia, Malch ~ Communism '"hh
ty gets quarter of a million for her
reformatory out of the dizzy of the
states money. And at the close of the
session this evening about all the state
money has been divided, for the total
appropriations then stood $S,304, 239.Gl.
And there fare calls yet to 60 through
that are protty certain to add couple
hundred thou and more to this.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-03-11

Remember the ball given by the Cooks,
Walters and Mattresses, on March II,
In Masonic Hall. Music by Creece's
orchestra.