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United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

Protesting against the recent petition
of the officials of the railroad workers
unions favoring increased freight rates,
the general executive board of the
brotherhood of Machinists has ordered
the following letter sent to the inter-
state commerce commission, and also de-
cided to send it to the press and to labor
organizations throughout the country.
The letter bears the signature of Robert
M. Lackey, general secretary of the
brotherhood of Machinists, dual organ
ization to the International Association
of Machinists, and is with few excep-
tions confined to New York City. The
letter follows and shows the trend of
thought in labor organizations outside of
the Railway Employees and Investors as
sociation, an organization promoted by
the railroads to further the interests of
the railroads in advancing freight rates:
I'm behalf of the membership of the
Brotherhood of Machinists, the general
executive board has directed that you be
informed that we do not indorse the re-
cent petition of the officials of the vari-
GUS railroad brotherhoods to have your
commission approve proposed general
advance by the railroad companies of
freight rates.
"On the contrary, we believe that their
action is serious reflection on the in
telligence and leadership OF the labor
movement Much weight and publicity
has been given to their petition, but al
though the entire membership of the or
ganizations which these officials pur
ported to represent may approve their
in ba noCGibi1if Y
which we seriously doubt, we want it to
be known that there are some organized
men who understand economics and are
not ready to assist railroad corporations
to pay dividends ON shamelessly watered
stock.
THE officials of the railroad unions
made a great blunder or worse, from
which no benefit can accrue to either the
railroad employees or any other class OF
workers. The demands for increased
wages have been based on an enormous
advance in the cost of living and the
conviction that wage earners are not re-
ceiving what they deserve. II increased
wages are taken as an excuse for in
creases in railroad rates, we can see nc
end of the circles in which we will
travel, for these charges are always
passed on to the consumers, the major
ity of whom are wage earners.
"In our opinion, far saner resolution
for workingman's organization to
adopt, would be one commencing the pro
posed reduction in the dimensions of pa
per currency of which we have heard
The purchasing power of money has
shrunk one-half and an object lesson IL
Illustrating it might be valuable.
"As intelligent men your commission
recognized these facts. Our purpose in
writing is to let it be understood that
some of the working class also under
stand them and propose to make every
effort to communicate them to others.
Let it be emphatically understood
that the members of this organization
are not in favor of the interstate com
merce commission extending any further
licenses to railroad corporations to plum
der them through increased freight
rates"
United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06
MONDAY, OCT. 10, LAsT
DAY OF REGISTRATIONS

Unless members OF organized
labor register on Oct. 10. the
last day, they will not be able to
vote on the proposed constitu-
tional amendment, the initiative
and the referendum, which is Of
vital Importance to all organized
labor. Get your friends and
neighbors to also register.
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United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06
OFFICERS OF THE UNION LABEL
LEAGUE,

President ..................J j. w. WHITE
Stereotypers.
vice-President .........Y. r. HARRISON
Bookbinders.
Secretary-Treasurer .... .EDW. ]. HINES
Typographical.
Subscription Solicitor -. DAVID LYNCH
Bartenders.
Editor & Mgr. The Bulletin. j. A. CONKLE
Typographical.
Secretary Complaint Dept. GEO. ALLEN
Reading Clerk MRS. ALICE KELLOGG
Woman's Auxiliary to Machinists
Sergeant-at-Arms 49,. FRITZ HENNING
Bartenders.
BUMNESS CO16nuTTEE.
J. w. WHITE. Chairman .Stereotypers
EARL HOAGE, Secretary. Press Assistants
GENEvIEvE MILES Garment Workers
N A. TUSTISON ............ Machinists
JAMES RODGERS Stereotypers
United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

Beats them all. La Belle DC cigar.
Union made.
United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

La Belle. the best union-made SC cigar
in the United States.
United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

Demand the Union Label on all pur
chases, and get 1t.
United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

Union made.
United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

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United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

XI. That by fixing, charging and main
tanning said rates as aforesaid, said de-
PENDANTS are unlawfully and unjustly dis
eliminating in favor of the manufactur-
ers located at St. Louis and said other
Mississippi river points and east of said
points, and are placing the complainant
and others similarly situated at an un-
Just unfair and unreasonable disadvan-
tage, all in violation of said Act to Reg
ulate Commerce and the acts amendatory
thereof and supplementary thereto.
XII. That by fixing, charging and
maintaining said rates as aforesaid, the
said defendants are unlawfully and un-
Justly discriminating in favor OF the To-
cal competitors OF the complainant who
use the articles which come into compe-
tition with the materials above mention
ed, as hereinbefore set forth, and are
placing the complainant and others Sim
ilarly situated at an unjust, unfair and
unreasonable disadvantage, all in viola
ton Of said Act to Regulate Commerce
and the acts amendatory thereof and
supplementary thereto.
XIII. That by fixing, charging and
maintaining said rates as aforesaid, said
defendants are also unlawfully and un-
Justly discriminating in favor of all plo-
Iducers and manufacturers of said arti-
cles which are carried at lower rate as
aforesaid and against the Eastern pro-
ducers and manufacturers OF said mate
rials used by the complainant as afore-
said, all in violation of said Act to Reg
ulate Commerce and the acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplementary thereto.
XIV. That a fair. just and reasonable
rate for the transportation of said mate
rials from st. Louis, Missouri, and said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20

withdrew its support. To nominate
him, the party leaders agreed, meant
the delivery of the district to the
Democrats Boutell must be sacrificed
to save the situation. That Is the way
they figured it out IN the Ninth
Illinois
But Mr.. BouteH declines to be sac
rifeed. He believes that the party
organization Is ali right as long as it
is for Boutell, but no longer. He still
refuses to D, an insUrgent, but he has
no hesitancy in being bolter- He be-
lieves he can win against the field,
organization or no organization He
is convinced that his people viii sup
port him in the general election even
though they withheld their votes in
the primary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20

comm 0dities clause" case was peEd-
ing Many Of the great railroads
owned directly or indirectly interests
in the freight produced along their
lines Until the Supreme Court acted
they could not tell whether they
would have to reorganize these inter
ests, sell them out entirely, or modify
their management of them. Even when
the decision did come it was inefTee-
tive and left the whole question open
to further legislation and further dis
turbanee of business conditions
There is no disrespect toward our
courts in pointing out reasons why
their decisions should be rendered with
little more dispatch. 1t does not
weaken the force of their acts to urge
that they act more speedily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
CRITICISM OF OUR COURTS.

Just how far intelligent criticism of
our courts may 80 without bringing
disrespect upon this function of our
Government Is a serious question
That courts are faIIible everybody
knows. They are given to error be
cause they are human. They cannot
dispense exact justice because justice
IS not an exact science. They must
act upon testimony that IS generally
contradictory, that Is often eolored by
passion and prejudice, and that is
always circumscribed by the estab-
Iished rules of evidence.
Yet 1t would be a dangerous policy
20 appeal from our courts to public
opinion. Law can only be interpreted
by courts and courts cannot enforce
the law without the moral and active
support of the people
While all this Is true, 1t is also true
that our system of Jurisprudence as a
system is subject to criticism An at
tack upon the jury system for in
stance, Il not an attack upon our
courts as an institution To find fault
with the one-sided inquisition OF our
grand Jury procedure is not an act of
contempt toward our criminal courts.
The delays IN rendering final judg-
ment occasion more frequent criticism
than any other feature of our system.
That Is as true Of those cases involv-
/ ing property rights; special interests,
and business relations as IN criminal
cases.
Appeal after appeal has been taken
F in the Standard OIL and Tobacco trust
cases, and for nearly a year these two
] causes have been pending before the
United States Supreme Court There
Is no end in sight even now.
In the meantime vast business in
I terests are in suspense These two CON-
panies, representing more than a bill
I lion dollars of the eountry's wealth
must wait indefinitely before they
know their legal status, before they
can safely proceed with the develop
ment OF their resources.
T, a similar delay occurred when the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
WILSON'S SLOGAN. GUILT IS
PERSONAL"

One Of the most notable papers read
before the American Bar Association.
at its recent session IN Chattanooga.
was that of President Woodrow VII
son of Princeton University. who has
Just received the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor Of New jersey.
The leading feature IN the paper was
his contention that guilt Is PERSONAL
and that the punishment OF corpora
tons, when they viOlatethe law, should
take the form Of imprisoning the re-
spOnsible heads OF such combines IN
stead of imposing fines.
Since receiving the nomination in
New Jersey, President Wilson has
given out d statement IN which he
repeats this feature of his Chatta-
noOga prOnOuucement, and comes out
strongly for the control of corporations
by the States, since it Is the States,
and not the Federal Government, which
give them being. Coming as It does
from a distinguished citizen of the
State which has given corporate ex-
istenee to a greater number of trusts
and combines than any other State IN
the Union, President Wilson's declara-
tons have a peculiar interest The
osntention that guilt Is PERSONAL has
been echoed very emPhatieaIIy by
Colonel Roosevelt, but the contention
that ~the regulation Of corporations Is
TIE duty OF the States much more
directly than it IS the duty Of the
Government OF the United States dis
tinguishes President Wilson's position
very clearly from that Of the former
Cher Executive.
These things become important
when we are told that President vii
sons friends are grooming him for
something higher than the governor
ship OF New jersey
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
BOUTELL a BOLTER-

The spectacle of Representative
Henry 6. BoUteH, of Illinois, the LETT
bower OF Speaker Cannon, a pillar in
the House organization, running for
reelection as an independent, Is inter
estinr-
Of all the chosen followers of the
venerable Speaker, AIr- Bouteii * the
most regular tie was OF the organ
ization, for the organization, and by
the organization Many Is the time
that he has dashed with an eloquent
but singing tongue the feIIow-mem-
Der Who occasionally left the reseTva-
ton. To bolt a party caucus was
treachery- To insrge was unspeak-
able.
Yet this regular OF regulars, this
sturdy oak OF thu House organization
has defed the party organization OF
his district and announces that he VIII
come to Congress again upon a plat
form of independence. He has re-
fused TO be bound by primary pledges
lie refuses to be handled about foi
party expediency-
Mr.. Boutell's party in Ninth Illinois
district repudiated him. He was over
whelmingly defeated in the Republican
primary. bis party organization
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
INSPECTION TRIPS BY OUR
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

It is a bit remarkable how often
how very often-it becomes necessary
for Cabinet officers, assistant Cabinet
officers, and second assistant Cabinet
officers TO personally inspect" our
navy yards, our army posts, our in
sular possessions, and our other near
and remote properties.
The announcement has Just been
made that Secretary Meyer viii launch
upon a tour of inspection of all our
naval stations on the Pacific and Gulf
coasts, going by way OF the Yellow
stone National Park" We do not re-
call the particular naval base in the
Yellowstone Park, but that Is prob
ably our oversight
Early IN the summer Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham and Secretary Nagel
found a trip 10 Alaska imperative.
There were strained relations between
the judiciary of the Territory and the
executive authority. There were also
unsubstantiated reports that the Nor
gan-Guggenheim interests were about
to gobble up the whole country. These
conditions had to be inspected. In
cidentally, 1t was very warm in Wash
Ington Just at that season.
A little later in the summer Seere-
taTy Ballinger and Postmaster General
Hitchcock felt a call to inspect certain
Government interests on the West
coast Also It Is recalled that the
State of Washington was about to fall
into the hands of the insurgent Miles
PoindexteT. Both Cabinet officers be
came aware OF this situation, and both
had a look-in on the Senatorial fight.
Their original mission, however, was
purely one OF inspection
Before his first year as Secretary Of
War had expired Mr.. Dickinson was
persuaded TO make a personal inspec-
ton Of the Philippine Islands. To in
spect the Philippine Islands had been
one Of the earliest duties Of previous
Secretaries Of War. And while half
way around the globe the natural
thing was for the present official to
complete the circuit He Is now in
Peking-inspecting the scenery
Then another favoTite object Of Of
fetal inspection Is the Panama canal.
This great project has even proven a
lure to Presidents. Mr. Roosevelt went
down aboard a battleshiP to watch
the dirt fly" and President Taft has
just foregone a similar trip, much to
his personal regret.
It has been observed, too, that the
navy yard inspections have become
sort OF an official habit Singular as
II may seem, the yards at New Orleans,
Pensacola, and Key West need more
frequent inspections IN the winter
season, while those at Brooklyn, Ports
mouth, and Boston can only be con-
veniently inspected IN the summer
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
PRINCE IS TOO Ill
TO ATTEND FETES
Distinguished Chinese, Tsai
Hsun, Threatened With
Pneumonia.

SAN FRANCISCO. SEPT sl-Prince
Tsai Hsuu, OF China. who has arrived
here. IS III at his hotel with fncipient
pneumonia. and unable to participate to
day in any OF the arrangements made
for his welcome
The prince caught a severe cold On the
steamer and doctors fear that the re-
silt may be serious
When he arrived II vas Necessary to
convey the prince 70 the hotel IN 2
closed carriage. and he was unable 70
enjoy the biz reception ne otherwise
would have received
The prince Is accompanied BY Under
Secretary Of State Chow. who speaks
English fueutly, q ranking admiral OF
the Chinese navy rive naval cadets. and
d retinue OF Chinese mobiles ard digui-
tarieS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20

b,Iv a farm and become absolutely inde-
pendent OF every one. ard be a capital
ist in a small way. and set away from
this eternal grind Of work. Young man
You make me smilel
so YOU don't think a farmer has to
work. eh2
Go out and try it onceI Rise some
morning at the first call Of the chanti-
cIeer, feed six horses, milk half dozen
cows. wake up and water the harrow,
manicure the chickens, eat your oreak-
fast BIZ candle light. take a colstitu-
tiOnal behind a pair of frowsy, IN 8
tlsetic mules, with pair Of plow
handles in YOUR fore feet and a greasy
rein around your sun-tanned neck. and
then at shutdown come home and do
chores by the light Of the sfIvery moon
and you viii look back on this job as
{. Turk dreams Of a hOUri-illed para
disc
From q dollars and cents standpoint
the farmer is the poorest paid man in
the world Statistics show that he don't
make as much as his own hired man,
who gets the princely stipend Of So per
month One bulletin from the Agricul-
turaI Department says:
1t appears that il you allow a
farmer interest on the capital he has
invested he earns substantially no
wages; on the other hand, II You
aflsw them no interest they receive
50 81 per month as wages
There You areI Get into the game.
nv boy If you want to be a gentleman
and work just for the fun Of it you may
draw interest at per cent on the money
you have invested in land and tools 70
till It, but II you want to be a Iaborins
mar and deny yourself the pleasure OF
living on your money. you viii receive
the nunificent sum OF s22-61 per month,
Some more statistics on the plan OF
getting hack to nature The American
Farmer says y young man on a farm
may incur an interest bearing debt on
one-half the land he tills and expect 10
pay II of by the time he is fifty, and
retire BY the time ne is sixty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
ALLEGED SWINDLER
TAKEN IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. e0.-Charged
with obtaining 1850 from Robert Pluym,
2 Washington tailor, By means Of false
p-etenses, James O'Hara IS under ar
rest in this city. AR Piuym win be
asked to come mere TO identify the pTis-
cner.
PIuym claims he met several men In
September. 1909, one Of them being
O'Hara, who claimed they had a good
tin on the races. He was induced, he
alleges, to put up $500. The men then
departed to place the money" One OF
them returned later and informed rim
II was all of" IN the meant ne
O'Hara had disappeared
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
SICK LEAVE ASKED
FOR THE FIREHEN
Commissioner Rudolph Ap-
proves Recommendation
for Absence With Pay.

That the rules and regulations Of the
Fire Department be amended so as 70
give the members Of that department
thirty DAYS annual sick leave IS the
recommendation Of Chief Wagner TO the
Commissioners today, and approved By
Commissioner Rudolph
Under the regulations Of the Police
Department its members are given
twenty days annual leave and thirty
DAYS annual sick leave, and such add
tional sick leave as may be recon-
mended by the Board Of Police and Fire
Surgeons. and approved by the COmuts-
sioners- The members Of the Fire De-
partment are entitled 70 twenty days
annual leave and no sick leave what
TT is believed" says Chief Wagner,
that members OF the Fire Department
should not be deprived Of their salaries
when absent from duty on account OF
illness or injury contracted In the line
''If this recommendation Is approved
by the Commissioners an item VIII De
inserted in the estimates OF the Ere
Department for the year 1872 which, II
approved By Congress, viii raufy the
rules and regulations Of the Fire De
paTtment and thus place the members
Of the department, so Tar as leave OF
absence is concerned. upon an equality
with the members Of the Metropolitan
police force
The proposed amendment provides
that no member OF the Fire Depart
ment shall, unless on leave Of absence,
20 beyond the confines Of the District
Of Columbia, OF be absent from duty
without permission. and leave Of alb
sence exceeding twenty days in any one
year shall be without pay, and require
the consent Of the Commissioners. and
such year shall be from January ! 70
December q. both inclusive. and thirty
DAYS shall be the term Of total sick
leave in any year without disalIoZauce
Of pay, except upon recommendation OF
the board Of surgeons, approved by the
Commissioners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
PASTOR AND BRIDE
GIVEN RECEPTION
About 80 Rockville People
Attend Youthful Lovers
Disappointed.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. Sept. 2o.-About
30 persons. including members Of the
CONGREGATION Of the Rockville BAPTIST
Church and others, attended a recep-
ton in the church, in honor Of the Rev
Oscar W. Henderson, the new pastor
and his bride Of q few weeks
4 pleasing musical program was rem
dered. those participating being Miss
AnnabeI AlInut, Mrs. Edward :. Daw-
son. Miss Poole, Mrs T Richard Fail
vey, George P AIlnut and others Rev
". D Keene, pastor Of the Southern
Methodist Church; Charles W Pretty
man and Mr.. Henderson made speeches,
and refreshments were served
Because they failed 10 bring With
them a pastoral letter Of identification,
the Rev Philip 3 Mcclure. pastor OF
St. NIary's Catholic Church here. re-
fused 10 marry Miss Cyrilla L. Geilfus,
aged eighteen, Of Baltimore. and Ed
ward Hurst Mitchell, aged twenty-sev-
en-, OF RogneI Heights
The young people seemed mucn dis
appointed az the hitch in their matri-
nnoniaI plans. but said they would pro-
c-re the desired letter and return to
Rockville 70 have the knot tied
The concluding games OF the lawn
tennis tournament which began on the
courts Of the Montgomery Country Club
here last Wednesday, will be played
Saturday
Mems doubles and consolation games
viii be played The tournament has
been a success It has been managed
bv q committee composed OF William
h Talbot chairman; Earle 3. Wood,
Edwin ". Broome, 8. J. AcCathran,
and Malcolm FaTQuhar-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
Amusements Tonight.

BeIasco-@The Lottery Man." SIS.
National-HThree Million Dollars
S:1B-
CoIun. oia-'sThe Deacon and the
Lady" s-15-
Chase s-POlite Vaudeville, S:I5-
Academy-''In Panama" Sis.
Gayety-"CIarke's Runaway Girls"
I,vceum-''The Coy Corner Girls. 9"
Sis.
CasinO-vaudevil1e and motion pic
lures
Cosmos and motion pic
lures
Avenue Grand-vaudevill and motion
pictures
aiestic-vaudevilie and motion pic
lures
Georgetown Open Air Theater-AIo-
ton pictures.
chevy Chase Lake-Section of Ma
rine Band and dancing.
Arcade-Moving pictures
AIhambra Theater-Moving pictures
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-20
The Business Doctor
By Roe Fulkerson

That IS not a particularly fne pres
pect when We recall that p per cent OF
farmers ole before they are >: 81 per
cent before they are IS; and IS per cent
under slxty-fve- This is from tia 1901
census, and as book and life in
snrance solicitors are on the increase
the average may be worse by this time.
NOW, II only Il per cent Of these
young farmers who 90 into debt for one
han their land may expect to soend
their old days on the front stooD and
at the village store at ease. how long
VIII a fellow have TO live who goes in
10 debt for all his land before he can
hope to retire2
II you viii figure # out you VIII find
the winner under this ha7dfcso viii
reach an age that win make the ,eIe-
DRAFTED Mr.. Methusulah seem an infant
n arms IN CompaTisOD- In the story
papers, you read OF the farmer scoot-
Ing around the country in a S.O0O buzz
wagon, or behind a $3.50 trotter. but in
real life he spends most Of his tine
clubbing 2 mule across a stony hill
side Of Poverty rather than driving q
coach and four down the pike Of Pros
perity
Better keep your mind on your
business, son, and get this rural life
out of your head. Lots Of men with
$4,000 a year income have gone
broke trying 10 run a farm Just as
BradstTeets reports show that 80 per
cent Of the farmers who 20 into busi-
ness life make failures You, OF course.
don't know much about this business
game or you would not be dissatfs-
fed with it, but you know more of
this than you do farming and 7 should
advise you TO cut out these rural air
castles and go to work"