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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

and the third vice president, all the
old officials were reelected to Office
to serve the ensuing twelve months.
The roster Of officers is now as fol-
lows: President, Jas. A. Short of
Chicago, representing the Journey
men .Stonecutters' Association of
North America; first vice president;
Geo. r. Hedrick of Lafayette, Ind.
representing the Brotherhood of
Painters, Decorators and Paper
Hangers; second vice president, f.
M. Ryan of Indianapolis, represent
ing the international Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers;
third vice. president, c. A. Tveitmoe
of SAM Francisco, representing the
American Brotherhood OF Cement
Workers; fourth vice president. M.
O'Sullivan of Grafton. Pa, represent
ing the international Association of
Amalgamated Steel Metal Workers;
fifth vice president, Frank ]. Nc
Nulty of Springfield, ILL.,, represent
Ing the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers.; secretary and
treasurer, William J. Spencer Of
Washington, d. c., representing the
United Association Of Journeymen
Plumbers. Gas Filters, Steam Filters
and Steam Filters Helpers.
Atlanta, Ca, was chosen as the
next convention city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17
WOULD EXCLUDE
UNSKILLED LABOR
REPORT OF UNITED STATES lMMI-
GRAFTON COMMISSION TO CON.
GREss RECOMMENDS THAT RE-
outREMENTs OF ADMISSION BE
MADE.

The United States immigration COM
mission. in it's report which was sent
to congress last Monday. takes high
ground against indiscriminate and UNI
limited admission of unskilIed laborers
into this country. II claims that all
sentimental considerations on the sub
ject should be waived on account Of
the adverse effect on wages and living
conditions produced by the introduction
of large numbers Of aliens in our basic
industries in recent years, and unani-
mously urges the restriction of I'M
skilled labor immigration.
The commission was created under
the immigration act OF 1907 and ex-
PRED with the transmission OF its re-
port to congress. The results Of it's
three-year investigation into practi-
cally all phases of the Immigration
question make about forty printed
volumes.
The present immigration move
meft," says the report IS in large
measure due to economic necessity,
but emigration from Europe is not
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17
LABOR ASSEMBLY,
ADOPTS new LAWS
FARGO TRADES & LABOR AS
sEMsLY FRAMES NEW CONSTR
TUITION AND BYLAWS WHICH
ARE ADOPTED 49, PLANS FOR
NEW YEARS MEETING.

A new constitution and set of by
laws We're adopted last night at a
regular meeting of the Fargo Trades
& Labor assembly. Some very i'm
portant changes were made from the
old constitution and it is believed will
have a tendency.to stimulate even more
enthusiasm than already existed, and
also strengthen the assembly in many
ways.
Business in the building trades was
reported as slack, and number of
plumbers and painters have left for
warmer points. =
Arrangements for the regular New
Years meeting are about completed;
the committee in charge of the pro-
gramme reporting everything moving
along nicely. 1t is, hoped every union
man and all others Interested in the
welfare of the working people will
hold this date open and attend.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Aberdeen, S. D.. Dec. lip. ].
Bentz, state inspector of public lands,
while in Aberdeen today. stated thar
over 100000 worth of South Dako-
ia state school land had been disposed
of during the year. The average price
brought for the land was a trifs over
$50 an acre, and over 10000 acres were
sold.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Despite adj rumors of the last six
months that the socialists of the west
would capture the trades congress of
Canada, all the old officers have been
re-eleeted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Demanding uniform rate of 40
cents an hour and an eight hour day,
400 Montreal plumbers threatened to
strike unless their demands were met.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Men are to be admitted to member
ship in the Minneapolis local OF the
Women's Union Label league.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

The well known organization of
vaudeville actors known as the White
Rats has applied TO the American Fed.
Grafton of Labor for charter
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

The Building Trades council recent
ly organized in Winona, Mimi, has
secured the affiliation OF all the unions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Z Labor day. labor's holiday, was cele-
brated by organized labor years before
its recognition as legal holiday by
the enactment of law.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Every family has need of good, re-
liable liniment. For sprains, bruises,
soreness of the muscles and rheumatic
pains there is none better than Cham
berlain's. Sold by ell dealers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

Union mechanics on the 500 lines
are rejoicing over the favorable con
tract secured recently by a scale com.
mittee from that company.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17
THE PASSION pLAH

At Moorhaad's new theatre-the Ly-
ceum-corner Front and Fourth: Sun
day and Monday, Dec. IS and 10.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

international Cement Mason$ union
around 5000 cement work
ers in the United States and Canada.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17

According to recent statistics. one
OF every four women in New York is
a wage Garner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17
LABOR NOTES.

The average daily wage in Great
Britain and Ireland is rs cents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-17
2 unions DROPPED
BY A. F. OF |.
BUILDING TRADES DEPARTMENT
OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR susPENDs TWO INTER
NATIONAL UNIONS ON CHARGE
OF BROKEN PLEDGES.

Two international unions were sus-
pended last Saturday by the building
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor, which was In
session in st. Louis. These were the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners and the International AS
ISOLATION of Steam and Hot Water Fit
ters and Helpers Of America, repre-
senting approximately 215,00O men,
What Caused the Trouble.
The trouble had it's origin during
the Tampa. Fla, convention of the
building trades department, when the
Sheet Metal Workers international
Alliance complained that members OF
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners were erecting metal door
and trim, and contended that such
work belonged to their organization
After hearing both sides the conten-
ton of the sheet metal workers was
sustained. Instructions were then is
sued Immediately to the carpenters
and joiners to discontinue all such
work. The carpenters appeared, how
ever, to have taken the contrary view
Of the matter and declined to follow
the decision that was rendered against
them and persisted in accepting. con :
tracts for work that the sheet metal
workers had complained against. For
this action upon the part of the car
penters and joiners that body was sus-
pended. The organization has 100000
men on its rolls.
Agreement Often Violated.
In the case of the international AS
ISOLATION of Steam and Hot Water
Filters and Helpers of America, as
well as the United Association of
Journeymen Plumbers, Cashiers,
Steamfitters and Steamftters' Help
ers, the department. instructed both
to not attempt to organize steamfit-
ters and their helpers in territory al
ready covered by one or the other OF
these bodies. The International AS
ISOLATION of Steam and Hot Water
Filters and Helpers Of America is
said to have repeatedly violated this
agreement, and for this came. their
suspension, involving fully 10000
workingmen throughout the entire
country.
Two Ways to Get Back.
There are but two courses that can
be followed by the suspended unions
for reinstatement in the building
trades department. One is a pledge
to abide in future by all decisions
and the ones they are charged with
the violation of, or they may appeal
to the American Federation of Labor,
and, if sustained by that body, could
secure representation in the build
ing trades department once more.
Regardless OF what action either
international may deem it best for
their own interests to take, the cause
of both will be presented at the next
convention Of the federation for
some sort of action. Just what that
will be cannot be forecasted. but. ac-
cording to statements made by some
OF the delegates in the convention OF
the department, the latter will be
fully sustained by the American. Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor and the two recalci-
.trant members forced back into the
department. with mandatory instruc-
tons to obey decisions, etc.
Nearly All Officers Re. elected.
With the exception Of che president
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
High Notes.

The highest priced choir singer in the world is
Cornne Rider Kelsey, who receives $4,000 year
from the First Church of Christ, Scientists, in
New York for singing once every Sunday nine
months in the year, according to an interesting
article appearing in Hampton's Magazine. In
her single person she is the whole choir and the
entire Appropriation for vocal music goes to her.
In addition her outside earnings from concerts it
is claimed bring her total income close to $4,000
year
Here is another evidence of the extravagant no.
tons of the age. There arc two grand opera
houses in New York, each Of which charges So for
choice seats. Yet Mr.. Oscar Hammersten of the
Manhattan said at the close of the season last
week that he had lost heavily his enterprise but
had the comfort of knowing that his competitors
of the Metropolitan had lost more. New York is
rich and is always thronged with visitors who arc
out for amusement and do not mind spending
money AS a consequence the opera is well
patronized Why doesn't it payf Because with
singers at thousand dollars night, more or
less, the cost of operation is greater than the
patronage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04

Carolina. there were only $3.50 Res
publican votes rulled for the Repub<
tcan candidate. In Virginia the Res
publicans polled at the last presis
Dental election 52.573 votes. Whel
MIR. bryan first ran for President Id
1895, he received 154.709 votes Id
Virginia; In 1890 he received 14A,0S0,
and in 1903 he received S2,946. In
South Carolina he received, In 1896.
5S,7s8 votes; In 1900. 47.236, and in
1908. CESS. We suppose that even
the Commoner can see how the drift
has been away from South Carolina
and Its adherence to Mr.. Bryan and
all his works; but that State has
stood fast, and now to be told that
one OF It's citizens, who supported him
through thick and thin. In spite Of the
fact that he thought II was almost
criminal to nominate him, rendered
considerable service to the Republican
party" Is almost base ingratitude.
When we think OF that Big Fat Hen
and that Hong Kong Camden and the
trouble we had with them and all in
the interest Of the great Nebraskan. it
seems almost hopeless to try to do
anything for him. But desert him
Never.- He-iain.t getting the offfces.1 :.
but he Is shaping the policies of the
country. and we are with him even
unto death. Roosevelt took part OF
what he had in his political kit and
old Taft Is absorbing the rest: but
there are a plenty more paramount"
Issues where they come from, and
don't forget that.--Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
Commission for Columbia.
HOUSES.

On Saturday last election was held i'll the
city of Columbia, s. C., for the purpose of ratfying
or rejecting the opportunity offered under recent
act of the Legislature for that city to have gov
eminent by a commission of five instead of a city
council Of 16
The election resulted in vote of $40 for and
6s against nearly half of the votes in opposition
being from single ward. Under the form,
Columbia will be governed by mayor and four
commissioners, much the same as Galveston, Hous-
ton Des MONIES and other cities which have adopt
ed the simpifed form are now governed.
The people voted only after the question had
been thoroughly discussed through the public
prints and otherwise The complete bill, giving the
details of the SYSTEM has been printed several times
in Columbia papers, at least half dozen synopses
ineligible to every iterate person, have been pub
/ lished.
The State newspaper says that the people have
seen the appropriations run up from STA 141 III
1900 to 1857 900 in 1870 or an increase of thar
800 per centum, but they couldn't tell, to save
their lives, where more than half of the increased
annual cost of $243, 634-nearly a quarter of
million dollars years. going.
They had the conviction that the city certainly
could not do worse under the commission plar
and they decided to give it trial The operation
in Columbia will be watched elsewhere with pecu
| liar interest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
The Bucket Shop Game.

E The United States government will have per-
Termed valuable service for public morals if it
succeed IN putting the bucket-shop out Of business
This is one of the most demeralizng forms of
gambling known to the art. We do not mean that
MI stock trading is gambling legitimate trans
action IN stocks is than legitimate trans
Hcfon in real estate even though there be in both
HE element of speculation. 1t is no worse to buy
sNfoekS and hold for rise than it is to buy real
estate for the same purpose.
81 But in the bucket-ship transaction there is no
soetnal buying selling The transaction is bet
&EMre and simple upon the rise or fall of the price
sz3 the stock The purchaser" offers to buy ten,
twenty fifty, hundred shares Of some stock listed
ssnn the exchange, and if the next quotation sent
g&nt il at that figure the purchase" is made. The
purchaser" puts up of money with his
u broker, which il called the margin but il is
sklly the stake. The stock goes up and he directs
F. man to sell at certain price. If that price is
#Saehed the .sale" is made and he wins the pro-
&k less the usual brokers' charges But if the
efee goes down until his stake is wiped out and
fails to put up more, the broker pockets the
4ke Prices are manipulated by the men who
T0gk the game and as the margin in such trans
ions Is usually slim, it is easy, generally speak
3 10 send quotations down enough to wipe out
~ odds are always in favor of the -bucket-shop
~ purchaser has not, as q rule. the same
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
Where Every Drop Counts.

In the Yakima Valley, Washington.
where the big apples are grown. and
bearing orchards sell at $1,000 an
acre, rain Is scarce. Irrigation Is prac-
ticed everywhere. But now and then
during the growing season light
rain will fall for few minutes These
rains are highly priced, for irrigatin1
water Is measured closely. and served
TO each user In proportion TO his acre.
age.
Last summer a fruit grower who
owns forty acres of orchard was re-
joicin9 In one of these precipttattons
OF moisture. when one of his hired
men entered the house.
Why don't YOU stay I'm out of the
rain Pr inquired the fruit grower.
oh, that's all right" replied the
man. "A dew like that doesn't bother
me a bit; l can work right along just
the same"
That isn't the point" exclaimed
the rancher. Next time 1t rains you
come into the house. | want that
water on the iand,'-Youth's Conn
panion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
He Comes, He Comes.
He has arrived!

Arms and the Man they sing in Az
rica- Out Of the desert comes an an
partition. out of the jungle a terrible
noise. The elephant killer. the lion
Quelier, the rhinoceros hunter leaves
his congenial task and comes to set
the paths OF civilization straight.
Father Nile has borne many impetu-
GUS and chatting souls upon mis- mys-
FERROUS bosom, but he was electrified
as by live wire when Bwana Tumbo
came. The waters boiled and roared.
and the banks re-echoed hoarse cries
and confusion At Nilus' mouth the
world waited for the burning words Of
the long absent one.
He came. and was delighted. He
stepped to the bat, in the pink OF con-
dition. Not tsetse fly had reached
him! The stored-ur batteries OF civ
ilzation felt the touch OF the living
magnet, and forthwith there were
thunderings and lightnings, and the
crash OF china. He comprehended the
situation in Egypt In glance; seized
the nub of the problem and dragged
II forth by the hair; took strangle-
hold upon the ancient quarrel and put
it upon the mat in 'steen seconds by
the clock: and in peroration con-
ceived and born Of mere Inspiration
he laid down the law TO Mussulman
and Christian. He told them their
duty. He supported the side Of law
and order--supported II 20 vigorously
that both sides few out OF tho building
a. soon a. they could Friend and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
Broad Street Paving.

Although the cities of the land are more busy
than ever, there is notable decrease in the noise
Smooth pavemcnts aud rubber tires have wrought
the change much to the comfort or the people.
The greatest noise-maker now in our modern city
life Is the trolley ear, but it is to be hoped that
the time is not distant when the soft pedal will
be put upon that ear-spliting peripatetc.
But speaking of pavements, how long will the
granite spall be tolerated on Broad Street? That
thoroughfare, one of the finest naturally in the
country, is noiser to-day than Broadway New York,
and not only noisy, but on windy days, intoler-
ably dusty 1t must be paved with asphal. blocks,
and it is none too soon to begin the work There
are already several blocks of such paving on
Broad Street and the city should extend it from
year to year as means will allow 1t is not neces-
sary to do all the work in month year, but
it may be done the instament plan without
burdening the city with the cost And it could be
done, believe, without materially increasing the
appropriation to streets, if the street fund were
more judiciously expended The root of the trou-
BILE is in the ward system of distributing the paw
ing fund.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
SHOOTING A STAR.
Some Scientific Observations of An In
teresting Object In the Poiiti-
cal Eiruameut

cal Firnament.
Now what do YOU think of this
paragraph from stanton weekly:
Harrisonburg newspaper has
discovered eminent fitness as u. S.
senator in Hon. Riehard Evelyn BYRD.
With that exception, we have seen
no telescopes pointed in the drl ection
Of that painless wanderer In the
political heavens 4"
We never discovered 1t In Mfr. Byrd.
nor did we publish the fact with the
purpose of having him punished for
Our opinions.
We said II at the time when the
apparent hopelessness OF Senator Dam
lei = illness filled much OF the SPACE
In virginia papers with prophets and
Inspired news relative to his probable
successor.
said 1t when the anticipated death
delayed trip around the " Grid and
an oner, rejection AID an appoint
me mt figured in the senatorial prob
lem in the democratic councils. and
whenever the next candidate fer gov
ornor was being considered by the
powers that be. Said il when the
expected death was the pivoral point
In the party's plans.
IL was then that we suggested Ger.
tain qualifications which Mr.. Pyrd
had. and stated that the Valley should
be remembered.
We also said that Mr.. Byrd was
the live wire of Virginia democracy,
and that as a democrat must be APP
pointed he was worthy of consfdera-
ton for the honor.
Now. we find that Mr.. Byrd IL a
pathless wanderer in the political
heavens. s4.4
This Ia easily explainabIc when II
Is understood that the Speaker has
been associating with the democratic
party on Its political presentations
In Virginia. and that he Is a painless
wancerer - the fault Of the organi-
zation and not the Individual.
However. II In his journsy1rg he
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
Mr.. Hempl,ill and Mr.. Bryan,

We are glad Mr.. Bryan Is coming
back, because some OF the boys on the
Commoner have been telling lies about
one OF his best friends, formerly re-
siding In the city Of Charleston. and
now temporarily. or permanently. d.
vorced from that wonderfully fine old
town, where the most of the people
live in peace with all the world on
rice, bakers bread and rainwater.
Mr.. Bryan would not have written In
so defamatory way about his cham
pion and longtime friend; at least.
ne dtd not 30 write this time. He
couldn't have done 1t. because he
knows that out OF total vote Of 62.-
ass cast In the last presidential cleo
ton In South Carolina, 6S,32b were
cast for him, q reasonably large pro-
portion, we should say, In the CTR
cumstances. In fact. II was better
than he did in his own State. where
the Commoner Is published and whore
its influence II presumably greater
than in any other part Of the coun-
try. In Nebraska the Republicans
cast In thofiast presidential electfon
116.eaf votea a against l33seeo yoteg
polled hx The nenooxAtss ~ 9cutA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04

friend OF the late Father Tabh
said in Ellicott City:
This fine poet and good man
thought that class hatred was due to
ignorance--that the rich knew too
little of the poor, and vice versa
He once illustrated this ignor-
ance with the story OF a Methodist
bishops wife who addressed a meet
ing of slum housewives on their home
duties. The address made the home
life seem all very fine and ideal. but
one housewife voiced the opinion OF
the rest, perhaps. when she sntd to
her neighbors with a sniff:
She's all right as far az goes; but
what I'd like to ask her is this: What
does she do when her old bishop
comes home pay night with his en-
velope empty and fightin' jag on?' !"
Minneapolis Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04

chance of winning as he. has at faro. True, be
may take the other side and sell short but the
average American is an optimist and rarely trades
on the "bear" side. The tendency is to buy for
rise rather than the sell for decline. But the
market may be manipulated in either way to suit
the bucket-shop and the chap on the other side
of the ticker with narrow margin is quite sure
to be beaten in the long run.
There is neither buying nor selling Not share
of stock is actually handled unless the purchaser
comes down with the full price of the stock and
demands that the scrip be delivered. Then to
save its face, the bucketshop must produce the
goods. But the who play the buckct-shop
game rarely have enough money to buy. The game
is bet, truly SO stake on horse race,
or in game of poker with the difference that the
commission, tax interest and other charges are
against the purchaser.
OF course the gambling would be the same, if
the game were fairly played. But the game is
the because it is played with loaded dice and
marked cards, so to speak 1t is one Of the mean
est games ever invented to catch suckers and
should be stamped out, wherever it be found and
in whatever form
And if the truth were known, we believe that
there is large percentage of bucketshop business
in some of the so-called legitimate brokerage