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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
OLD AGE PENSIONS.
Various Systems In Vogue Abroad.
Germany the Pioneer.

The subject of old age pensions in
veStigation by Republican Congress
man Lundin of Illinois. He finds that
| Germany was the pioneer in the move
ment with law passed in 1889 and
perfected ten years later. which Gov
ers % per cent of the population and
is compulsory in some instances The
pensions run up to $57 so per year.
according to class and weekly premium
paid. Beyond seventy years of age no
incapacity need be shown TO insure
the beneficiary his or her pension.
In 1891 Denmark enacted law
granting pensions TO all persons up
ward of sixty-five years. with certain
limitations as to residence. health and
record of citizenship From 1897 to
1908 laws were passed in New Zealand
which granted pensions 10 all reaching
the age of sixty five. and to all who
are without a minimum competence
and can show twenty five years OF
honorable residence the government
pays $3.50 weekly.
In 1900 Belgium adopted what is call
ed an insurance annuity and national
ly sustained pension act. Under 1t an
nuities are granted according to age
and amount of premium paid. Pen
sions are paid to all over sixty-fve
years under certain prescribed condi-
tons of want and disability.
In Italy, France and Austria systems
| of annuities and pensions are In OPP
Grafton. In these countries old age re-
lief is recognized as an institution OF
worth. Australia perhaps presents the
best example of growth and moderni-
cation of the old age pension scheme.
The general plan there includes pen
sions to men over sixty-hve and wo-
men over sixty at the rate Of $3.50 and
81 respectively a week. Restrictions
as to income, residence and character
most effectively surround the applica-
ton of the law.
England after years OF considera-
ton adopted an old age pension law In
In 1p09 which declares all persons
over the age of seventy years pen
sionaI bile If they measure up to the re-
quirements as to income, habits, char
acterI etc. The amounts paid run
from 25 cents to SIPS per week. Can
ada In the same year passed an an
nuity law which permits persons over
the age of fifty to draw from $50
to 5000 per year. The Canadian sys-
tenn is purely government insurance
proposition and entirely dependent on
premiums. and as a step toward max
ing provision for old age a matter OF
governmental registration 1t Ii encour-
aging
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
TO FIGHT SOCIALISM.
Clergymen and Labor Leaders Form
New Justice League.


Clergymen of many denominations.
publicists and labor leaders united in
New York few days ago to organize
the Individual and Social Justice
League of America The purpose of
the league is defined in its prospectus
In part as follows:
ITO set clearly before the American
people the principles mt issue between
American thought and life as compar
ed with the economic and political rev
olutions proposed 10y socialism: to pro
mote a local adherence to the insti:u-
tons by which America has come to
be Il land of freedom. progress anG
reverence for law: TO eXemplify and
REINFORCE the faith of the people in per
sonal Initiative; to inculcate just con
ditions of competition while resisting
the aggression of private privilege at
the expense of public welfare: to de.
fend the workman in his demand for
an equitable return for his labor; TO
uphold the everlasting reality of re-
igion as the foundation of civillza-
ton"
Among the officers elected were:
Hill. d. D.. LII. d.. Methodist Epis-
copal
First vice Observation-Disclosures John
Ireland. d. d., LII. D., Roman Cath.
Ole.
Treasurer-Herman A. Metz, former
m nj nf nptr NJ TN
Director of literary bureau-The Rev.
Dr. Thomas b. Slicer. Unitarian.
Executive committee = Archbishop
Ireland, st. Paul, Mimi. Bishop Earl
Cranston, Washington on. e.; Bishop
Henry White Warren, Denver tM. e.:
Bishop John II. Vincent, indianapolis
(M. e.; Bishop w. f. Mallalieu, Au-
burndale, Mass. IN. e.; Bishop James
Fl. Darlington, Harrisburg. Pa. P. e.;
Rabbi Rudolph Grossman, New York:
the Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, Brook
Ign (CongregationaD; Peter w. Collins.
secretary of the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, Spring.
field, H.; John M. Stahl, secretary of
the Farmers National Congress, Chica-
go; the Rev. DR.. Charles F. Thwing,
president of the Western Reserve uni
versity: Samuel r. Van SAINT, command.
er In chief of the G. A. r., Minneap-
oils; w. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Cleveland; Roswell Tompkins, secre-
tary of the Building Trades council,
New York; Timothy Healy, president
of the International Brotherhood of
Stationary Firemen, New York, and
many others.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
VALUE OF UNIONS
Results They Have Accomplished
For the ToiIer.
THE ARIST0CRATS OF LABOR.

They Are the Wagsworksrs Who Have
Had the intelligence to Fight To-
gether - Benefits For Organization
Clearly Proved.
Let him who questions the value Of
unionlsm pause to consider for a mo-
ment just one thing that unionism has
accomplished.
1t is well known that in the early
days Of the present factory system the
days work extended usually to four
teen or sixteen hours.
This long day existed for all work
ers-the skilled and the unskilled, the
children as well as the men and wom-
en-.
The workers had not yet learned to
organize, and as individuals they were
utterly helpless to effect a change in
the hours Of their labor or in the scale
Of their wages.
There were, Of course, no laws to
protect them and so they lived entire
ly at the mercy Of their employers
The normal conditions that existed
little more than half a century ago in
England and elsewhere throughout the
world Of the factory system are equal
ed today only in certain plague spots.
When one reads the stories Of the
misery and oppression, the long hours
and low wages Of those days Que won
ders how the workers managed to live
at all.
How much the condition Of the
workers generally has been improved
it is by no means easy to say, but we
do know that the condition Of the
workers has vastly improved wherever
they have learned to value unity.
In those trades where the men have
known enough to fight for their rights
and to stand together there has arisen
what some scoffers ike to call an
"aristocracy of labor"
And If in certain trades there are
indeed aristocrats Of labor It is simply
because they have had intelligence
enough TO fight together, TO pay due;
to one organization and to battle al
ways with unity and solidarity.
And what they have done all othel
workers can do.
The "aristocrats' hold no patent OF
their method Of action, and by achnl
IN the same manner all other toileri
can win all the "aristocrats" hay,
won.
Now, it is difficult to ascertain jus
how much union workers have benefit
ed by higher wages.
In that matter there is always tn
question as to the increased cost o
living, which makes difficult any com
parison Of wages here and abroad o.
OF wages now with those or fortl
years ago.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
JaMalars Want Raise.

The jewelry workers throughout New
York city and those In Newark. N. j..
and other places where the industry
thrives are reported to be getting
ready to ask for an increase. The
manufacturers are being approached
through the executive committee of the
international Jewelry Workers Union
of America, and II is said that some
of the former In the New York jew
elry district are not unfavorable to the
increase. The jewelry workers held a
convention In Boston recently. where
was represented membership of TO-
900. and the convention authorized an
advance of % per cent all along the
line. This. however, will not be insist
ed on, the officers say. except In cases
where employees are now receiving
only $15 or less per week.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
German Trade Union Schools.

Germany is making great strides In
education. Those who were denied
opportunities in their youth are given
the privilege of attending night schools
conducted at the expense of trade
unions. and held for two hours each
night There are over fifty of these
schools In Berlin. A college is located
In the Central Labor temple. Twelve
professors are engaged, and the at
tendance Is limited to seventy. These
are sent by trade unions throughout
the empire and their expenses are
paid by the unions. Three courses
are taught each year. They are Of
six weeks duration each. and the
school continues in session six hours
each day. Trade union leaders are
tutored In political economy, social
science, commercial law, the science Of
government and kindred subjects. The
Berlin university does not permit its
professors to teach in this college.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
INDUSTRIAL DEPENDENCE.
The Clog That Hampers Solution oil
the Labor Problem.


The Rev. Percy S. Grant has a
thoughtful article in the August issue
of the North American Review on
What the Workingmen Want" 1t is
a reflection upon socialism and de-
mocracy and links the two together
thus:
"A great deal of what we call social
ism is only democracy getting its sec
Ond wind. Disappointment at the re-
suits Of political democracy was in
evtable. The modern experiment of
democracy, it must be remembered,
conceded with those great mechanical
inventions. the cotton gin. the spin
ming jenny, steam, electricity. etc.
which by making it possible to run
thousands of machines under one roof
have encouraged concentration of cap
ital. The kit Of tools Of the old fash
toned workman is now an archaeolog-
ical curiosity. Our skilled workmen
are dependent upon access to ma
chlnery alphabetically owned. Po-
litlcal independence and industrial de-
pendence cannot live together The
same man cannot represent both with
out complaint and confusion. The
same country cannot contain both
without disrupting ebullitions. The
world was never so friendly q spot to
the human spirit as it Is today. The
Hebrew on the eve of the Messlanic
coming, the southern slave on the
threshold of emancipation. the cru
sader In sight of the holy sepulcher.
must have had the exultant expecta-
lions, the thrills as we say that
glimpse of Industrial brotherhood,
upon a purely human basis. is giving
millions of wage earners today"
In industrial dependence he finds the
main difficulty for employer and en-
ployee:
industrial conditions do not repro
duce this relationship. The employer
and employee do not acknowledge iden-
tity of interest They treat each other
on the whole as enemies. Labor is
commodity to be purchased by cap
ital How can you expect loyalty from
a commodity? If one listens for any
length of time to workingmen discus
sing these matters he discovers that
the way out OF the difficulty is not an
1nsoluble conundrum.' but is a simple
and logical step 1t is nothing less
than an application of self government
to Industry"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
PACIFIC
Beer
BEST EAST Or VI EST
THAT'S ALL

he had done. If the policy of the
American Federation was wrong. be
declared he had also said to the dele
gates, it was their duty to endeavor
to change it by becoming part of the
national body.
Mr.. Meyer asked Mr.. Gompers to
name the place and time for confer
ence between representatives of the
American Federation of Labor and the
Western Federation of Miners to con
tinue the negotiations looking to a
merger
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
No. 10690.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR SNOHOMISH

AND fOk SNOiOhllSH
COUNTY.
Belle Fox, Plaintiff, VS. Fred Fox, De
PENDANT.
The State of Washington, to the above
named defendant.
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the date of the
first publication of this summons, to-
wit; within sixty days after the 18th
day of July, 1910, and defend the
above entitled action in the above en-
titled court, and answer the complaint
OF the plaintiff and serve copy of
your answer upon the undersigned at
torney for the plaintiff, at this office
below stated; and in case of your fail
ure so to do, judgment will be rendered
against you according to the demand of
the complaint, which has been filed with
the clerk of said court.
This action has been commenced to
obtain decree of absolute divorce from
the bonds of matrimony that have here
tofore existed between the plaintiff and
the defendant, full statemnt of said
causes of action being set forth in the
complaint which is filed with the clerk
of the above entitled court and to which
the defendant is referred.
WIN. SHELLER,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
7. Q. and office address Rooms 329-33O
Stokes Bldg, Everett, Washington.
Date of first publication July 18th,
1910. Ut
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
Unionisni's Friends.

Yes. yes, there will be oceans" Of
friends" Of labor unions If they are
rightly conducted"-that is, If they will
only lie down and let everybody walk
over them. Unions do not care for
such friends" The unions are going
to vigorously protest when the terrific.
ry Of the workingmen Is Invaded
They win victories not only for the or,
ganized workmen, but for those not af
filiated as well. They are working
overtime for the welfare of all the
people.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
GOMPERS AND M0YER.
Federation Leaders Working In Har-
mony For Merger.

President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor has re-
ceived letter from President Meyer
OF the Western Federation of Miners
denying that in bis speech before the
recent miners convention at Denver
he had made a statement disparaging
either TO the American Federation OF
Labor or to Mr. Gompers as its presi-
dent. MIR Meyer explained that he
had told the delegates that Mr.. Com
pers. after thirty years Of service.
should be retired by the labor move
ment on a pension for the good work
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02
oisoipIin. Needed In Industry Too.

'f''''~ iHVNAtA W iiNA5AiI ioOs
A German captain has been dis
missed from the army for brutality
toward his soldiers. As yet 10 Amer
lean captain Of industry" has been
brought to book for brutality toward
his child laborers. But then. you
know the American children have the
sacred right to quit. barring injunc-
tons, starvation and a few other "sa-
cred American Institutions.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02

The Labor Temple reading room will
gladly welcome any donations of maya
zines for its reading table. Bring along
your magazines that you have read
and don't know what to do with
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-09-02

The best one can do is to compare
wages and hours today in one trade
that is organized with the wages and
| hours in another trade that is unor
ganiZed.
This has been well done by the de
partment of labor at Washington. and
the figures gathered by that depart
ment show beyond dispute the enor
nous benefits that have come to labor
as a result Of organization.
| Consider for one moment the follow
| ing facts
! We all know that the workers in the
| iron and steel trade are poorly organ
lied, and we find that the hours of la
] Dor in this trade are from sixty to sew
! enty-tWo per week.
The hot blast men in all parts Of
! the country work about eightyfo
. hours per week
On the other hand we all know that
the stone and granite cutters are we'll
organized
! When we lock up the figures of their
hours we find that they work about
forty-eight hours per week
The bricklayers, the carpenters. the
hodcarriers, the painters. the paper
hangers and the plumbers are highly
/ organized trades, and when we inquire
into the hours worked by these men
we find that they rarely average more
than fifty hours per week.
]
Gratis Of labor simply because they are
/ well united in their trade, are loyal to
their organizano pay their dues and
eight q common battle.
Ii would be difficult to find an argu-
ment in support Of uuionism so potent
as this one
TO End one set of workers like the
. stonecutters working forty-eight hours
per week and another set of workers
In the iron and steel trade working
eighty hours per week should alone be
enough to convince every toiler in this
wide land Of the value Of unionism.
Trims of this aud then consider how
tragic it is that one must actually per-
suade workingmen to believe in indus
Tia. unity,
It Is almost impossible to believe
that any class Of workers should be
blind to the value Of unionism or loath
10 suffer almost anything to achieve
ii.
And what astounding evidence of
working class stupidity It would be II
the workers Of this country should
without a fight allow their unions to
be crushed aud their right Of organi-
cation taken away by the capitalist
legislatures and courts.
The value Of unity is so clear, the
gains for those who have united are so
evident and the necessity Of organiza-
ton FOR an workers is so great that 1t
would seem that men. If they have in
teliigence to eight for anything, would
surely fight for this.-Robert Hunter
Discipline Needed In Industry Too.
German captain has been dis
missed from the army for brutality
toward his soldiers. As yet no Amer
lean captain Of industry" has been
brought to book for brutality toward
his child laborers But. then. you
know. the American children have the
sacred right to quit. barring injunc
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-15

Just receixed a new line Of post
cards with local scenes at The
Herald Book Store.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-15
MASTERS SALES.

BY virtue of decretal order
made and directed to me by His
Honor, Judge A. c. Watts, notice
is hereby given that will sell at
public auction on salesday in Janu-
airy, A. D. 1911, to the highest bid
der, within the usual sales hours
OF that day before the building now
used as the court house in Dillon,
s. c.. the following tract or parcel
Of land, to wit:
All that tract of land situate in
Hiilsboro township (better describ-
ed as township No. ID Dillon coun-
ty. South Carolina. containing two
hundred and eighty acres, more or
less, bounded north by lands of
Joel Bullock, south by Bear Swamp,
east by lands of Pickney Horn, and
west by lands of Henry Rogers, it
being the same lands conveyed to
J. d Rogers by his father, J. Dew
Rogers, Sr.
Terms of sale, one-half cash, the
balance to be secured by bond of
purchaser and mortgage of the
premises, and bear interest from
day of sale.
12-15-3t Master.
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MASTERS SALE

BY virtue of a decree OF the
Court OF Common Pleas for Dillon
county, South Carolina, in the case
of r. w. Lundy VS.. Margaret Lun-
dy, ct al, the undersigned will sell
at public auction, before the build
ing now used as a court house, at
Dillon, South Carolina, on Monday,
January End, 1911, the same being
salesday, all that certain tract of
land in said State and county, con-
tanning sixteen acres, more or less:
bounded north by Little Bluff pub
lie road; East by Marion and Ben
nettsville road; west by lands of
A. l.. Tart, and south by the tract
described below.
Also all that certain tract of land
III the said State and county. con-
tanning thirty-four acres, more or
less; bounded north by the tract
described above; East by the lands
OF John Love; south by the lands
OF Frank Greenwood, and west by
lands of William Hayes and Little
Bluff road. Terms of Sale cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
A. B. Jordan,
lz-lS-3t. Master.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that I will
sell at public auction, to the high
est bidder for cash at the home
place of the late w. J. Page, the
following personal property belong
ing to the estate of w. ]. Page,
deceased, on Friday, December the
30th. A. ID. 1910, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon:
1 Tow-horse wagon
" Interest in binder.
2 Cultivators
1 One-horse wagon.
/ Corn drill.
8 Rolls wire.
8 Plows.
Lewis Stock.
1 Pea dropper.
1 Top buggy.
1 Surrey.
1 Set Buggy harness.
Black mule about IL years old.
Grey mule about 90 years old
Grey mule about IL years old.
2 Two-horse plows.
1 Guano distributor.
2 Cotton Planters.
/ Harrow.
1 Plantation cart.
! Moving machine.
! Cultivator.
Cow and Calf.
Cow.
Hoes.
Frank NJ. Page,
It Qualified Administrator.
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MASTERS SALE.
jas. H. Manning, Assignee,
Plaintiff

Rla1nt1ffs
Against
Dave johnson and Mary Sparks,
Defendants.
State of South Carolina,
County of Dillon.
Under and by virtue of a decretal
order of His Honor, Judge ]. w.
DeVore, made in the above stated
case and dated December End, 1910,
l will sell at public auction within
the usual hours OF sale before the
court house door at Dillon, S. c.,
on the first Monday (Salesday) in
January, 1911, (Jan. 2nd) the fol-
lowing described property, to wit:
All that crtain piece, parcel or
tract of land, being one lot in the
town OF Latta, s. c., and known as
lots two and four in plat made by
3. l.. Bethea, and bounded on the
north by ditch and ]. L. Dew's
lands, on the east by lots three and
five, on the south by lots ten and
twelve, these being same lots deed
ed by E. L. Brown to Costell John
son, December 31st, 1910, and after
wards decided by c. F. Bass to Cos
tell johnson.
Terms of sale, cash; purchaser to
pay for papers.
A. B. Jordan,
Master Dillon County.
Dillon. s. c., Dec. 1880.
12-15-3t.
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MASTERS SALES.

State of South Carolina,
Dillon county.
John c. Graham, Admir-,
Plaintiff,
vs..
Z. Hall Graham, ct al,
Defendants.
Pursuant to an order OF sale
made by Honorable ]. w. DeVore,
circuit judge, in the Court OF Com
mon Pleas for Marlboro county, s.
c.. in the above stated case, / will
sell on the first Monday in January
next, the same being the regular
Sd lesday, within the legal hours of
sale before the building now used
as the court house in Dillon, S. c.,
to the highest bidder for cash, all
that certain tract of land situate in
the county Of Dillon, State OF South
Carolina, containing one hundred
and sixty-nine acres, lying on the
west side of Little Pee Dee river,
and bounded by the lands of A. X.
Mcintyre, M. Mcintyre and M. l..
Rae, known as the tract of land of
Mrs. Minnie Graham conveyed TO
her by A. X. Mcintyre.
Terms of asle cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
A. b. Jordan,
l2-l-3t Master.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-15

Cut glass at The Herald Book
Store. The real kind"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-15
COAST LINE ANNOUN-
CTS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
RATES

To Stations East of the Missi5-
sippi River and south of the Ohio
and Potomac rivers.
Selling Dates: December 15, 16,
II. 21. %, %, "a, 25, and 81, 1910,
and January l, 1911.
Final Limit: To reach original
starting point, returning, not later
than midnight, of January 3. 1911.
For additional information and
reservations, address
]. L. Budgers,
Ticket Agent,
Dillon, S. c..
w. ]. Craig,
Passenger Traffic Manager,
Wilmington, N. C.
T. c. White,
General Passenger Agent,
Wilmington, N. G.,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-15

1G-1S-3t.
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Real Sstate For Sale.

1sSaI bSt1IUB TOT 5aIS.
760 acres, 2 miles from railroad,
or Ashpole Swamp in Robson coun-
ty. N. c. $50 cleared, IL tenant
houess, gin house, store house,
Groom dwelling and all necessary
out buildings. Call or write to J.
D. Rogers, Fair Bluff, N. c.
11-30-4t