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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
LABOR UNIONS
ARE JUSTIFIED
Says the Hon. J. A. Martin,--Con-
gresham From CoIorado-Product
of Modern Conditions.

1t is too late in the day to argue
against the labor union on principle. 1t
has justified its existence over and over
again. 1t is product of modern con-
ditions and the inevitable egect of a
combination of causes. Organized labor
has no apology TO make to organized cap
ital. 1t claims no privilege it is unwil-
ling to concede. 1t begs for no favors :;
it simply asks justice
The labor union is justified by modern
economic conditions. Without organiza-
ton the condition of laboring men at the
present time would be simply intolerable
Corporations are soullcss. They are ut
terly devoid of sympathy or generosity
They acknowledge no law but necessity
and no obligation to society whatever If
no other cause for organized labor could
be found organized capital would abund-
antly Justify it
The labor union is justified by social
conditions. So far as modern society is
concerned. democracy in this country is
a bowling farce. Someone viii sneering-
" reply, Demagogue, but that does
not meet the charge.
The terms @ classes and ..masses =
do apply to modern social conditions. and
all the gush about equality in America
cannot hide the facts. These things be,
ing true, what social advantages would
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC
Reform VIII Come Through Co
Operation Of Church and Labor.
Rev. Stelzle's Weekly Letter.

When | speak of the Church, / mean
the Organized Church; and when L speak
of Labor, l mean Organized Labor; for
THIS is the only way that they can co.
operate individuals may help in bring
ing about better conditions, but if reform
is to come through the Church, 1t will
come through the Organized Church; and
If reform is to come through Labor, it
will come through Organized Labor. 1t
seems to me that every man who processes
to be Christian should be identified with
the great organization that stands for
the principles of Christianity, even though
1t may not interpret these principles in
every detail so as to meet with his APP
proval. Just so, every nottingham who
believes in the elevation of the human
race, should become identified with the
Trades Union, even though there may be
some things in organized Labor to which
he cannot give his unqualified approval.
For who stands more persistently for the
principles of Christi anity than does the
Church; and who stands more aggrcssively
for the rights of Labor than does the
Trades Union. With all their mistakes
and all their shortcomings. They both
represent the best in their particular field.
The possibilities in the cooperation of
Church and Labor are limitlcss. Nothing
would be impossible in the matter of So
cial and economic reform With the three
million Trade Unionists in America, and
all that they represent in their families.
and the constituency which may not be in
their million church mcmbcrs-Protcstan
Catholic and Jewisll--thesc constitute a
force which would be wellnigh invinciblc.
With such tremendous power there comes
great responsibility. If there is any evil
in our cities, and evil in society anywhere.
God and man have the right to hold
Church and Labor responsible if they are
not eradicated.
But what about the motive in this co
operations The question is not what can
we get out of such cooperation. but how
much can we put into it? 1t is not merely
a question of wages for labor: it is not
merely a question of members for the
Church. but how may we make others bet
ter and happier because of this co-opera-
ton This should be he supreme motive
always
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
Printers to Nominate

Next month all the local unions of the
International Typographical Union will
make nominations for the biennial refer
endum election. Up to the present it
looks as though, for the first time in his
career as president, james NJ Lynch will
nave no opposition. At least there is no
pronounced candidate in the field and to
stand any chance of winning the leader
ship of the L. r. U. ambitious gentlemen
IN the past have been Gin the hands of
their friends fully a year ahead of
nomination month. SO there probably
will be nothing doing this year in the
way of fight for first place 1t looks
rs though Secretary John w.
Hays and Vice President George Tracy
will also have easy sailing. The fight
Will come on trustees of the Union
Printers Home and a. T.. of L. dele
gates.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
Eagles Endorse Unionism

The Grand Acrie of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles demans the Union Label on sup
plies purchased. Theodore y. Bell. of the
Board of Trustees. in a report to the
grand president, says:
q Your records will disclose that sup
plies are ordered in large quantities and
are purchased direct from the largest man
ufacturers in these United States; there
is no middleman. no catering to or pri-
vileges granted any manufacturer because
he does not happen to have necessary ma
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

the hours of O'Clock A. M. and S
o clock z. NJ, at the law Office of Z. R.
Carter, at GOA 1-2 Kanawha street,
charleston, Kanawha County, West vir.
glnla, will take the deposition of N.Y.
sell and others, to be read in evidence
III my behalf in n certain suit in Chan
Gerry now pending in the Circuit Court
Tor the County of Kanawha and State
Oh west Virginia, in which I am the
Plaintiff and you are the Defendant.
Ii from any cause the taking of said
deposition shall not be commenced or
completed on the day aforesaid, the same
shall be continued from day to dav. or
from time to time, at the, same place, and
between the same hours, until the sam.
shall be completed.
LUCY PLEASANTS,
By Counsel
E. R. CARTER, Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

ehInery or proper equipment to handle
his contract. The conditions are quality
price, time of delivery and a certificate
that the goods furnished are not of the
swcatshop kind but that character of
workmanship, the high efficiency of which
must be attested by the trade union labels,
representing the organized efforts of hon
est American labor-the backbone of our
country and the glory of our noble or
der. -
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

At the concluding session at Chicago
of the Steam ShoveIers' convention, of
which union President Taft is Il member,
it was agreed that the members of the
organization are entitled to 4 higher wage
Resolutions were adopted looking toward
an increase in the scale, and committee
was appointed to take up the question
with the contractors President Taft 3
name was not on the committee
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

that about 90 per cent of all the smok-
ing and chewing tobacco and cigarettes
manufactured in the United States are
the output of the American Tobacco Com
pany, more Familiarity known as the trust.
In none of the factories operated by this
gigantic corporation is there employed n
union man or woman in fact, to be to
have membership in a union means in
slant discharge.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

Declaring that labor unions are doing
great deal of good work for the public,
DR.. Frank J. Warnc of the New York
University, last month addressed the stu
dents OF the University of Pennsylvania,
and showed how this work was being ac-
complishcd. Labor unions,'' he said,
are n check to poverty. Each year they
distribute about $l0,O0O,OOO in death and
sick benefits, strike benefits and urcm-
ployed insurance -
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
JNO. G. AULTZ.

Barber at Hotel Robinson
Having purchased the barber shop at
above place, I am here to serve you, and
Union cards look good to me. All white
BARRIERS.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

Secretary Tracy. of he union label de-
partnent, American Federation of Labor.
has issued n statement regarding the CON
dltons OF the tobacco trade that is most
startling. Secretary Tracy says, basinc
his announcement on statistics recently is
sued by the United States government.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
GENERAL NEWS

The international Brotherhood Welfare
Association has issued a call for the an
nuai convention of the unemployed, which
is TO be held in Chicago, January "a
to 81. j. Eads How, of St. Louis. is
chairman of the organization, and Mrs.
Cora d. Harvey, 1853 Van Buren, street.
Chicago, is national secretary.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

During the past year $S5,51S has been
contributed by the members to sustain the
Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs. The actual expense of conduct.
ing the home was 72,60S "a, leaving n
balance III the Home Fund of 80 1897 CO.
The receipts and expenditures of the home
from its inception to May 81, this year.
we're $S6T, S01.29 and $685. 900, respec.
tivey. The Home property is now valued
ut 81 100000.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

would destroy child labor-tbe
curse of the Twentieth Century
.al"d the Union Label
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
KANANvHA COUNTY. IS:

KANAWHA COUNTY. IS:
AT RULES held in the Clerk g Office
of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County,
on the first Monday in the month of jan
uary, 1910
Lucy Peasants, Plaintiff,
vs.. In Chancery. No. 1924
James Peasants, Defendant.
(The object of this suit is to obtain a
divorce from the bonds of matrimony.)
This day came the Plaintiff by her At
torney; and on her motion, and it appear
ing by affidavit filed, the Defendant
James Peasants, is a nonresident of this
State, it is ordered that he do appear
within one month after the date of the
first publication hereof, and do what is
necessary to protect his interest in this
suit.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

See our extra special offer on page two.
Show it to your friends.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
TO JAMES PLEAS.ANTS:

TAKE NOTICE: That on the 10th
day of February, A. D., 1910, between
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20
TeSte

IRA H. MOTTEsHEARD, Clerk.
E. R. CARTER, Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

Another union bursting firm has come
to grief. The Werner Company, of Ak
ron, Ohio, has been thrown into re.
ownership, upon complaint of two of its
principal stockholders. The firm is CAM.
talized mt two millions, and for several
years has been the most obnoxious and
persistent opponent to organized labor
that the international Typographical I'm
ion have been forced to contend with.
The Scientific American is authority
for the statement that A. G. Baker, of
Albion, Mich, has invented machine to
set ready-made type. It can set ten lines
a minute, and requires no gas. power or
melted metal. The speed has been figured
out rs 10000 ems an hour, as against n
record of 5000 or 1000 ems on the older
machines. The invention is designed to
set all standard sizes and styles of tvpe.
The upper portion is built somewhat on
the Simplex plan, but otherwise it is dis
similar
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-01-20

E. r. CARTER, Sol.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-04-19


w IL NV Ia, Sec. 9, Tp. IL
N, R. 16 E., 80 acres. Price
per acre 1890
E IL Sc IA, sW Ia Sc Ia,
Sec. S, TIP. IL N, R. 16 E.,
l2O acres. Price per acre. 49,. 1900
NE ID, Sec. l8, Tp. 7 n, R.
20 E., 1862 acres Price per
acre ................. ...... 1850
NE IA NV Ia, Sec. lS, TIP. 7
N, R. 20 E., 24.45 acres. Price
per acre 14OO
Lot 2, Sc IA NV IA, Sec. 1s,
TIP. 7 n, R. 20 E., 1894 acres.
Price per acre .............. 400
NE Ia, Sec. So, TIP. 13 N, R.
Is E., 100 acres. Price per
acre 1900
NV IA, Sec. 36, Tp. 13 N, R.
IS E., 100 acres. Price per
acre 1850
SW IA, Sec. SO, TIP. 13 N, R.
13 E., 16O acres. Price per
acre l6.UU
Sc IA, Sec. SO, TIP. 13 N, R.
Is E., 100 acres. Price per
oNiS lV.UV
All Sec. 16 TIP. II N, R. IL E.,
$40 acres. Price per acre. -. 1000
All Sec. So, Tp. 16 N, R. "a
E., $40 acres. Price per acre 1000
Terms of Sale.
The foregoing list gives a descrip-
ton of each tract, the number of
acres in each, and the appraised price
at which it may be sold. The land
will be offered for sale in units of
one quarter section or such portion
of the quarter section as the state
may own. No state land can be sold
for less than the appraised price. The
purchaser may at his option pay air
cash or fifteen per cent cash and
the balance in twenty equal annual
paym ents with interest at the rate OF
five per cent per annum on the de-
ferred payments. All lands under
lease are sold subject to the rights Of
the lessee and the conditions Of the
lease. Possession will be given the
purchaser January /, 1911, or if the
lease expires prior to that time, pos
session will be given at the termina-
ton Of the lease, provided settlement
is made with the lessee for his i'm
provements upon the land, if any, as
provided in Chapter l47, Laws 1909.
Agreements between the purchaser
and lessee providing for an earlier
occupation Of the land by the pur-
chaser may be entered into
Deductions will be made in the area
Of any tract for reservoir sites, or
right-of-way for any purpose sold by
the state; but no deductions will be
made for an easement granted for
public roads or other purposes for
which the state received no remunera-
ton. as such easements will revert
to the purchaser in case Of abandon
ment. The state reserves all right
and title to all coal, oil and gas con,
tanned in said land, and the right to
enter thereon and prospect and mine
the same. All bids are received sub
ject to the approval of the State
Board Of Land Commissioners. For
further information address: Register
State Lands. Helena, Montana.
F. H. RAY. Register.
By JOS. OKER, Asst Register.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-04-19

| acre ................. IL
Sc IA, Sec. 20, TIP. 10 n, R.
II E., 100 acres. Price per
acre .......... 10
E IL SW Ia, Sec. 20, TIP. l6
n, r. IL E., 80 acres. Price
per acre ............ 10
E IL Sc Ia, Sec. %, TIP. l6
n, R. IL E., 80 acres. Price
w IL SW IA, Sec. %, TIP. l6
n, R. IL E., 80 acres. Price
w IL NV IA, Sec. 25, Tp. l6
N, R. IL E., 80 acres. Price
| per acre 10
NE IA, Sec 26, TIP. 16 N, R. IL
E., 1880 acres. Price per
acre ...'..'.. 10
E IL NV Ia. Sec. 26, TIP. l6
N, R. IL E., 1897 acres. Price
| per acre ...... ........ ....'' ~
NV IA NV IA, Sec. 26, TIP.
10 N, R. IL E., 36.95 acres.
Price per acre. 10
NE Ia NE ia, Sec. 27, Tp. l6
n, r. II E., 1924 acres. Price
per acre ................ ID
NE IA, Sec. 36, Tp. 10 N, R.
Is E., 100 acres. Price per
acre .............. ~
NV Ia, Sec. SO, TIP. 16 N, R.
IS E., 100 acres. Price per
SW IA, Sec. So, TIP. l6 N, R.
Is E., $50 acres. Price per
Sc ia, Sec. SO, TIP. l6 N, R.
Is F., 100 acres. Price per
acre -
+ 1-2, Sec. "a, TIP. II n, R. II
E., 800 acres. Price per acre l8
SW IA, Sec. "a, TIP. II N, R.
II E., 100 acres Price per
N IL, Sec. rs, TIP. II N, R. IL
E., 32O acres. Price per acre 18
SW Ia, Sec. Is, TIP. II ~, R.
IL F., 100 acres. Price per
acre lS
N ~, Sec. 26, Tp. II N, R. II
E., 32O acres. Price per acre 20
Sc IA, Sec. 26, TIP. II N, R.
II E., l60 acres. Price per
acre ......... 49,. 20
SW IA, Sec. 20, TIP. II n, R.
y r., 100 acres. Price per
acre ............... ~
NE IA, Sec. 27, TIP. II N, R.
II E., 160 acres. Price per
acre ...................... 10
E IL Sc ID. NV IA Sc IA,
Sec. 81, TIP. II N, R. IL F.,
l20 acres. Price per acre.. l8
NE IA NE IA, S IL NE IA,
Sec. 80, Tp. II NJ, R. II E.,
l20 acres. Price per acre.. l8
Sc IA, Sec. 80, TIP. II N, R.
IL E., l60 acres. Price per
E l-2, Sec. "a, Tp. IL N, R.
IL E., 800 acres. Price per
| dSiC ...'..'. ....'' ''''''.' ~
NV ID, Sec. IS, TIP. II NJ, R.
II E., 100 acres. Price per
acre ................. ~
NE IA, Sec. IS, TIP. II N, R.
II E., 100 acres. Price per
S l-2, Sec. IS, Tp. II N. R. IL
E., 800 acres. Price per acre 20
NV Ia, Sec. So, TIP. II N, R.
IL E., 100 acres. Price per
acre 10
E IL, Sec. 7, Tp. II N, R. 13
E., 800 acres. Price per acre l8
NV IA, Sec. 7, Tp. II N, R.
Is E., 1866 acres. Price per
acre IL
SW IA, Sec. 7, TIP. II N, R.
13 E., 1912 acres. Price per
acre 10
All Sec 8, TIP. II N, R. l3 E.,
$40 acres. Price per acre.. 18
F IL, Sec. l8, Tp. II N, R.
13 F., 32O acres. Price per
NV IA, Sec. ls, Tp. II n, R.
Is E., l5S acres. Price per
acre ................... IL
SW IA. Sec. is, Tp. II N, R. 13
E., 1896 acres. Price per
acre 10
NE IA, Sec. l6, Tp. II N, R.
II E., l6O acres. Price per
acre II
NV Ia, Sec. 16, TIP. II N, R.
II E., l6O acres. Price per
sW IA NE ia, Sec. 10, Tp. 1s
| n, R. IL E., 30 acres. Price
per acre ................. II
| S 1-2 NV Ia, Sec. 13, Tp. lS
| N, R. IL E., 80 acres. Price
per acre .................. II
SW IA, Sec. Is, Tp. lS N, R.
II E., $50 acres. Price per
acre ...'......... ..... Il
w ~ Sc IA, Sec. l3, Tp. IS
| n, r. II E., so acres. Price
per acre NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l.
Sc IA. Sec. l6, TIP. IS N, R.
II E., $50 acres. Price per
| acre /.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Corset Demonstration

You have the services of Miss k. Beausejour, corsetier of skill and ex- perience, who will show this week Memo and Smart Set Corsets. A style for your particular figure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-18

nearly equa., each being about 40 snort
of a majority, the labor party has 40
votes and the Nationalist nearly so.
The liberals can form a government by
alliance with the labor party If the
Irish party do not join the conserya-
tive. but the nationalists will at all
times hold the balance of power and
can turn out the government at any
moment by voting with the conserva-
tives against it.
This is a precarious situation for
party that has had a clear majority
over all in the house of commons for
three years Before that, after 1895.
the conservatives had a still larger ma
jority, so the present election is to be
compared with that of 1900 rather than
with any other of recent times. 1t puts
the liberal government distinctly on
its good behavior
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-18
EXPLANATIONS?

The frantic activity of the protec-
plain" to an interested public the chief
cause of the increased cost of living
is beginning to border on the ridicu-
lous.
Here are some of the causes" dis
sleuths up to the hour of going to
press:
Producers, wholesalers, retailers, in
creased output of gold, farmers, defor :
estation, laws of nature, private car
lines, cold storage warehouses, orga-
nization of labor, wasteful farming
methods.
And now comes DR.. Wiley of the
agricultural department, with the ex-
PLANTATION that the real cause Of all
the trouble is the American hen. He
is reported as saying that the hen is
being bred for commercial purposes
anu Taught " LAY eSSS anu
more of them.
But in spite of the joblot of Eek
plantations" advanced by the protec-
tionists, the average man has in some
manner acquired strong and grow
ing suspicion that the real culprit is
the Payne Aldrich- Smoot tariff law.
Who is it that is protecting the elu-
sive colored gentleman in the wood
pile. Who? Why Taft, Aldrich,
Smoot, Hale, Lodge, Penrose, Cannon,
Tawney, Dalzell, and in addition the
powerful republican campaign fund
contributing tariff trusts.
Who among the high presses of pro-
lection opine that possibly the Excess
sive tariff rates of the Payne ldrich-
Smoot bill may be just an insignifi-
cant, incidental cause of increased
prices? Answer; Nobody!
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-18
ADVERTISE
WASHINGTON
Continued From Page One.)

Continued From Page One.)
western soil to eastern sections where
fruit growing is carried on with diff
ficufty under the adverse conditions
resulting from rigid climate and un-
satisfactory soil. Farmers of this Sec
ton who have a surplus of the valu-
able volcanic ash soil" are planning
on cornering the market in the next
few years, and an effort may be made
to prevent the transfer of western dirt
to eastern points, in order that people
will be forced to GENE west to secure
what they desire in the line of fruit
growing.
The advertisement appearing in the
"Fruitman and Gardener" is taken
as one of the best booster works yet
given space in eastern periodicals, the
states of Washington and Oregon be-
ing specified as the home of the VAL
liable soil.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-18
THE GREEN FLAME,
A Story of What Happened In
Death Valley.
BY cUTHBERT BAKER.

copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciationJ
Father, tell US a story about some
thing that occurred when you lived
out in the far west"
"a true story about something that
really happened?"
Yes; real true storyr' shouted
several children at once.
Every we'll. I'll tell you what hap
pened to Aaron Winters and his wife
Rosie. in the Death valley region"
Death valley. That must have been
an awful place."
That's why they called it Death
valley. 1t was so hot that people
couldn't live there Aaron and Rosie
didn't live in the valley. but in gu!ch
called Ash meadows, not far from the
mouth of the valley. But even at Ash
meadows it was desolate and lonely.
The couple lived in little hut on the
side of a mountain. The country was
wild and rugged, so wild and rugged
that no one else would live there
ILIlI CdDl1 WAS Il 1IOH
the nearest neighbor Aaron Winters
was hunter, and that's why he lived
away from other people. Hunters
must live where there is game. and
when settlers come in the game moves
away.
"Aaron often considered the feasibil-
ity of taking his wife to more cheer
full region, but he knew no trade but
that of hunter. And how could he
make a living except when there was
game? Besides, having always dwelt
away from men, how would he get on
with them? If he had means to make
him Independent that would be an
other matter. He had nothing but his
cabin and the game he killed. He
,longed for funds to enable him to
make the change.
But how could he ever hope to gath
er funds in cOuntry where no man
would come to settle? True, he could
have all the land he cared to take pos
session of, but it wasn't worth any
thing. | have often thought that this
might have been another cause to keep
him there. Perhaps he thought that
some day settlers would come i'll and
he could sell his mountain side for
enough money to enable him to get
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-18

nothing doing: Wen leave her there
till Phillips gets here" And they
wendell their way slowly back to the
station, where big crowd of citizens
was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the
new fire machine
Misunderstanding
1t was agreed by the Seagraves com.
pany, from which the auto was pur-
chased, that the freight was to be pre-
paid from the factory, but according to
the freight clerks this was not done,
and the sum of about $500 is due. Until
it is paid the machine cannot be taken
from the possession of the 0. r. & N.
company. The city is under no obli-
CATION to pay the freight, and conse-
quently the auto will remain in the car
until the arrival of Mr.. Phillips to-
morrow noon.
At the instance of chief Metz teie-
gram was sent the factory in Column
bus to determine whether the freight
had been paid, and misunderstanding
resulting, but nothing has been heard
in reply. Some are inclined to believe
there is a Joker in the transaction,
by which the municipality will be
forced to stand the freight bill, but as
the city has not accepted the machine,
and is not required to for a period of
60 days, the freight charges are up to
the Seagraves company for settlement.