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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26
PARASITES AND OTIIER PARASITES.

The Charleston Gazette is much exercised the fact that the
San Jose scale is injuring the citys shade trees. 1t dcvotcS two
Peril"
Th" San Jose scale is ii parasite. 1t gathers IL o substance for
itself Ii faSicnS itself on the bark of trees and sucks ont Tho
In proportion ~ the scale fouriShcS. the tree loses its vitality. Its
life strength is sucked out of it by the parasites.
The San lose scale is not the only parasite in Charleston. Not
by any means. The city is full of them, and they are sucking
IT'S me blood These human parasites produce III wealth them
selves. but devote their efforts to proving upon those who do. The
most CONSTITUENCIES and greedy of these corporate parasites is the
zen fastened leechlke upon the veins Of the city. grcedny feast
ing upon its life blood. waxing fat At the cityS expense. Every
year tins corporate monster robs the city of enough wealth to e.
place every shade tree III Charleston Il thousand times over: yer
panrS hlch enormous fortunes. but the Gazette has nothing to a
It's voice never raised on behalf of the people upon whose life
blood these corporate parasites are thriving. That Il shade tree
should be injured eNcitcS it to alarm and compassion. but that the
people OF the city should be robbed by these plundering pirates,
worryS it not ut all. 1t never refers to the Fact.
III reason is not hard to find. The owners of the Gazette are
Inc attorneys Tor the worst of these thicving corporations. and
fmN list IT SIMPLY IL IS an adjunct to their law and lobbying practice
II would indeed be lamcntabIc should the beautiful shade trees
Whirh add ;" much t F." tn" attractivcInSS of the city of Charleston
DE destroyed by this rrrIiciOuS scale. and every means should b,
used 10 prevent It's depreciation. but why stop AT parasites tmnt
prey upon vegetation? Why not Sav our city from the human
parasites H. we'll!
upon The" city can o hr lnnSrnc,l if The citizens of ClE,rI,Sinr
VIII haH" tn" intelligence and energy to dn It. Not satisfied with
'> twenty years Of monopoly. II o seeks To fastrn itself upu the
city Ton thirty Years more. that it may pile mp ncw fortunes nj the
l" 90 50: Mr." y"" willing to paw from three to four time. as
much Tor your wafer supply as other cities do. in order that thr
N'"rkholderS of th" kanawha Mater u Light Company may re-
rriN" TAT dividends! Will y"u not make Sum rnnrt to relieve
Yourself from this alomnihlo mounnoIv INTO who's Golfers r,rl
Year Iu pour Your earnings
,harlrSt"n : Peril. is not from SOM pest that may destroy
prrying upon its citucnS. and whic! the Gazette is saumchIy ~.
holding. VI"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

petition before tina body.
When YOU have read this. ""'
hesitate. IF you haven't any .''I-
ton blanks, drop a postal 10 III" \a-
tional Secretary of the Soria.'N
rarty. 2O5 West WashinCTSu stree.
Chicago. Illinois, askiu= iri'
supply YOU with them and he ".t
Immediately furnish you WIKI ="
you can use.
Let the voice OF the woliSIU= rld,'
be 4 in the halls of Con=Tt@S as
1t has tsen heard heioro. l".
the warning be sounded. ;uh. '..
WORKING class insists that Nj. -'
II workers shall be -''.
that the MONIES who toii viii H.
!oa&"r lie denieG the rriNi''-' ~
lighting shoulder to shoui0er WI"
til" MEN of toll in ,hc greatest '''-
Of all tina.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

working man.. every individual So
oialist should take hold in this mat
ter aud secure the signature {.
every person in his community to
these petitions.
Every one who believes IN free
don and equality before the law.
every one WIG. believes women ara
human beings as we'll as the men
viii sign.
1chsrcssman Victor l.. Berger.
inc INST genuine representative %
the working class in Congress. viii
submit this petition to Congress ana
hight Tor the submission of Tho
amendment. as only Berger can
fight.
Get busy and send Berger so MANY
SIGNATURES that he Will nav. to cm-
pioy the services of very ether con-
srcssman in the House TO brine fin.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

II seems that Cen. Holly reform is not working mt very well
h' ne Promised before election and while candidate. nm fin. r.f,r,,
the' II eIect', II would break up gamhlin. and other vice in the
''H- |"t ONLY are n gambling rooms fouUriShin~ in the CITY
"%ir.aIH running Wide open. but the writer had occasion to 20
\NHn"F livery stable. a Virginia street. last Friday ,rorr,iu,.
au I hHu. ne pieHSur" OF cc!n" IL city police dressed lin ruIl uniform
WIN a hG bright policeman badge on. that looked like = ,uio,yor
va " T:"r"lh negro. engaged in IL very interesting unEcr pam. for
I' MN! Imic- ms 5000 Il month mucccSSar appanlaue 10
'r my : pay roll. wh> recommended by that press agent OF tn.
20! "fitI"n< liI M"I"rkl". as humane officer. Nj. Marion
'hh"NfS- with ms brass buttons and nickclrl badge SHINING ILL.,,
me >'"rS IN tn" canopy of heaven. waS very bSiIv earning his
>lhN ~ nhhEhiciN separating some country mcn from their hard
'llfhtH collars IN Il poker -am Can the fax ruy,rv of 4b, 49,.
'''' 10 pay a humane officer $1,000 II month to loaf around =
iN'fN stable" and gamble? 1t seems We are only ,L. =, ,,, a.
street. lands n do" necessary work - cents am hour l,t We cr
iH, " pam ctn1h'$ policeman 100000 II year for STANDING a,,u,,I
ana frNln" Il" look wise. and Il humane officer the sam amount for
ai''iln'n" Ito" ms OWL business and playing poker with TN. f,rr,.r>
for pastime. Say. Mr.. Taxpayer. here is 81 500 90 = ynr e 49,
hhl earned money being spent for no other pu,1poSc th,r +, r.,.,mI
The ward hcclcr. ''"" '"" 10 ware
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26
y LETTER TO THE MEN or DON
W(nn

| have lived in Donwood for ten
months My h~usbanod has worked
for the Eureka Coal Company for
that length of time. He is a good
and Industrious man, but he has
never drawn pay exceeding $4,000.
Why? Because he. like lots of 9th
ers. does not get his turn of cars.
They lave the union here, but what
good does it do? None at all, be-
they don't live up to it's rules. There
are some certain men in this to WI,
who live around the tippIc. Thcy'
work in the best places in the
mines, and get from six to ten cars
to where my husband gets two to
three per day. They have good air,
while other men are compelled to
quit work on account OF smoke,
There is one man who shoots four
or five times a day between shooting
hours. but the other men must shoot
at the hour set or not at all, and
must work two in Il place, unless
1t is to their benefit to double up.
Wednesday the air inspector came
to the mines. There were seven
men came to one of our men for
lard oil. and cmptied out their
black strap and horse oil SO they
wouldn't be caught.
For heavens sake. for the sake
of your wives and children, you men
of Donwood that call yourselves I'M
ion men. call Il meeting. enforce the
Union laws. DIRK by them. live H.
them. and don't disgrace the union.
or else drop it, You would do as
we'll without the union as you are
DONG with it. at the rate Won arc
going now. For heavens axe
YOU men of Donwood. Wake up.
We women. you wives, are tired
soul and body. trying to make ends
meet. We cant get a good substan-
tlal meal. for You don't furnish the
one Our children must 90 to
school. They have 10 walk almost
two miles. and have to have warn,
clothing and shoes. and something
for their stomachs. 1t is a shame
the way we women and children
have to live. some of us without 8.
second dress.
Now, it is not altogether the mine
foreman's fault. 1t is the superin-
tendent's. also for the foreman must
do as he says. Men, wake up. Hold a
meeting. work and live by the union
laws. or throw it down and live
without ii. Have your turn. have a
place that is half way fit for a human
to work in. and be able to go to the
Office and draw a pay half as big as
those chosen men of the
so your wives can ask for scrip with
out being refused
| am Il oman Il wife and mother
| know the rules and laws of the
union If | didn't, ! would not
write this. to show You men that
you are asleep. or are afraid. one
of the other hope this will show
YOU men where You are doing
wrong by not working and living ID:
the union rules. / wish We womer
had Il union. so we could helD vo.
fellows ont. for Won certainly nee,
us. Now. don get of, 1ded. I'm,
enforce the union rules. work II,
them and YOU will all have Won,
turn in the mines. and have a eoot
meal waiting for you at night. w.
women wont have to deprive orr
selves and children to keep hing,
for your dinner bucket.
y SUBSCRIBER
/ NJ
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

"IltINTiRS INK TIE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY on
ADVERTISING. SAYS: 'AETER THOROUGH lNVESTIGA-
TION OF THE SUBJECT. y LABOR PAPER IS \ FAR
BETTER ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAN AN ORDINARY
NEWSPAPER IN COMPARISON OF CIRCULATION: \ La
Dor PAPER, FOR INSTANCE. WITH y CIRCULATION OF
1000 IS OF MORE VALUE TO TIE MERCHANT MILO AID
NERTlSES THAN AN ORDINARY NEWSP APER WITH
1000 CALCULATIONS"
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

State of West Virginia, Kanawha
County, SIS:
At rules held in the Clerks Of
flee of II Circuit Court of Kan
awha county, on the first Monday
in the month of October, 1911
JOHN FARBEANN, Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancery, No. 2S63
EMMA J.. FARBEANN, Defendant
tThe object OF this suit is 10 brain
a divorce from the bonds of mat
rimony.)
This day came the Plaintiff by
his attorney II on his motion, and
it appearing by affidavit filed, that
the defendant is 4 resident OF
this state. it is ordered tina: she do
appear within one month after the
date of the first publication hereof.
and do wha is necessary to protect
her interest in this suit.
Teste:
IRA H. MOTTESHEARD.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

- am tired. ;" says Reverand f. p. Powell. IN an article in
Unity. commenting on the fact that the verag wages of the
merlca workingmanl are less than $6OOOO per Year. and the
average worklngwomIan : less than $4,000. of hearing the whine
Dol nVlng wages, and living income, ST long a. w e a take a
pmfe o. ground AMI, with Intensive farming. dig 1900 90 or $4,000
Oh OF each acre; Teach the people to go back to the land; rcrer-
Now then Mr.. W"rkingnnmn, quit your foolish whining. Buy
you Il one hundred acre farm. and begin at nce TO dig ont $4,000
per n Gro "a Let us &c. That will amount to the tidy little sum of
Ff'Uo"Ao pcf year. With economy YOU IA live very comfortably
III mat sum. True. You will have to give up some of the things
H"h ave bee USED 10. but then YOU know it is high time % were
ieaihlnS L" 1--we more simply. But say, it will be apt IL make farm
iam's ooIn Il bit wont ii. when the four million unemployed and
impoverished workinglncn in the United States each bv then !,
i'rhh! 1t VIII take considerable land. too. If we allow each of them
Only twenty ceres, 1t will mean S0.OOO,OOO acres of land, and if
.hrH produce $4,000 worth of produce off of each acre. it viii add
10 our hatlonal wealth the neat little sun of $4,000 100000. or
m mnn nan three times what the farmers of the country produced in
iJIo. And don t YOU feel like kicking yourself. Mr.. Workinrman
Whcn on think how YOU have been wasting your time tramping
me couhtrN W. hunting Tor work, when all YOU had TO do was
just SIMPLY 10 BUY YOU IL farm and go to work making S4OO 90 Nor,
acre. And won't those 81 T.l5O farmers who have been ,u,kinr
!cS IMAM Tpoonu gross per year feel silly. when they seq on max
ing as much III II Your acre AS they have been off of their whole
farms? " """c
HOW arc you going It" get ii farm. You ask. when % haven
money! " credit enough To buy IL lot in IL tenth rate grave yardq
On; dmi t know don ask me. ask Rev. Powell. lie is IA PREACHER
lie KNOWS But whatever you do. quit your Disgusting whining
"d learn I" reverence work. The noise YOU n making is worry
"SP'e'SIng L" reverend gentlemen of culture and refinement.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26
]. B. ELLISON, Sol.

NOTICE TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS.
ToENiS!A ]. FARBEANN.
TAKE NOTICE: That on the 10Th
day of November, A. ID. 1911. between
the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and 4
o'clock p. NJ, at the law office of J.
B. Ellison, % 1-2 Summers street n
the City of Charleston, in the Count,
of kanawha and State of w. Va, |
will take the deposition of myself ana
others to be read in evidence in my be-
half of a certain suit in %chancery now
pending in the Circuit Court for the
County of Kanawha and State of West
Virginia, in which John Farbeann is
plaintiff and Emma ]. Farbcann is
defendant.
If from any cause the taking of
said dispositions shall not be COM
menced or completed on the day afore-
said, the same shall be continued from
day to day. or from time to time, at
the same place. and between the same
hours. until the same shall be COM
pleted.
JOHN F'ARBEANN,
BY Counsel.
J.. Il. ELLISON,
Attorney far Plaintiff.
10-5-4 Issues.
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pay nue. larger profits than their reports show. N they conceal
% III public the enormous dividends they receive.
Every year the people of Charleston pay to the Kanawha Water
y iIsht company nore than Sixty Thousand Dollars for DOING
NoilllNG- I is now demanding Of the City Council that it
""" me people to cuntm"e paying this tribute for thirty Years
more" more. f &c present license to plumber does not expire for three years.
Het 20 eariul Is 1t that its prey Will escape. that the people will
learn now they are being robbed and cheated. and rebel. that it is
every method a its command to quietly sneak through the
ancilS without the knowledge of the public.
ne L0ard II Affairs it owns That body has already passed
ne faholi>c rs "a expected. Now it is left to the City Council.
= % are tired Of being robbed. if YOU believe it would be bette.
iof that more thai Sixty Thousand Dollars to be paid into the CITY
nrciSnrF than mi" the pockets of the stockholders of the Kanawla
Nate q Light Company. then urge Your Councilman Il urn down
MS lhlIWlouS franchise. and vote for a city owned water plant
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lNIs WORKING.
WOMEN LISTEN.

continued from Page Four.D
! Every Labor organization. ever
iocal, every individual
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-26

From the guard ridden Russiamiucd hell of West Virginia omcs
another account OF Il sovereign citizen of u State being subjected
" I VIII caI "uf readers attention to the letter from Comrade
Meadows IN another column of this issue. Comrade Meadows was
Inc nan driven away from Wakeforcst some lime ago for distriI-
"'i"S my. Hapor Ia! EtHl"n OF The Appeal to Reason. There are
some matters IN connection with the treatment accorded this work.
H that the public should know. SC they can form IA fair idea
o. ne laws and otfcIals of this SO called civilized State. What right
Id in ms man. Oda. have TO order Meadows off the railrohd track
IT." did not own the railroad. Neither was he a railroad detective
lie was nothing but II hircling of the Coal Baron. with moro hr,ss
thai brains. What right did this man Anderson have 70 enter n
N"fklng man $ nome that he was paying rent o and order his
company out The right only Of might They vc,r ARMED ill.,
t"irade was unarnn"d these men had no right to carry arms ard
t" brutaiIze this od man who has spent his best DAYS creating wlaIth
10 he ponpious plutocratc pirates who forced him in his declining
where where tncI some Of their thugs to rob him. Read your OccIo-
ration II independence and the Constitution of the United States
" rn ht mi eIt" opportunities and your political freedom.
s ran rant TO You. the sovereign citizen. by that Constitutions. then
"In Inc home OF H." brave. Your land of the free is IL slave pcn.
where the mills of Manmon arc grinding into profit the lives Of
"Nlei 10y inc corporations. mt" which their hireimgS can % al
m TIM" and drive your friends away. Your hoastci liberties are
Imaginary |M'ilhtancrrS are always free You are free to toll
.,n "r r Vt" 10 sun ana 1" wear Your life away creating wealth for
me N"' harnn- III are fire." TO be dubbed by the omuan thugs.
on are Tree t" he robbed by their thieves. You are free to Sturyr if
VI" pltEN; III are Free 10 think what YOU please. providing vm
don't think about brttcring y6ur economic conditions Won ur.
rec 1" be let hindly t." the polls like ii blindfuldcd mule into the
cMh bank II You will vote Il Democratic or Republican ticket I,ut
'Enr' think for Yourself. dare To exercise that blood bought priyiI,nc
vi l"''hi freedom and free speech and your job. your bread
Your very living would be taken away from you. The D,rrnrr,tI.
are eve responsible for them. They have been traitors TO thc
people who elected them. Both of our dali ;tnr,x tnnn r tbm,
Il" Chiffon Gazette and the Dixon Man-lmt they
are t"" cowhrdly t" fight them and we ,larr them 10 Irf,,,1 tI,r,i
IL rests with IN" w"rkingn"n of Kanawha County and West Viz
l;H> % our history amy longer. You have brought these con-
''li"n> ON yourselves by allowing the old party srcIIhinders 10
Gives by ISIng your ballot intcli"entlv in the comm, cIcti,r
=" Moses Will lead u mt of bondage: IL Lincoln will frrc Won
Socialist ticket i'll 1912 and watch the guards move to nryy ,,strrns
anu 'e i"'hIn"uS C"a Rar'nS come t" terms.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-06
Fallacy Of Sea Level Canal Idea
Is Shown In the Work At Panama

The Reason Is Found Culebra Cut Which Has of
Losing It's Sides
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-06
IA Years Ago, To-
From The Herald OF 1au
= This Date 1897 DAY

A carload Of Cinnamon passed east
on today's train No. 10.
Lee QuOng Hong left for Hong Kong
this morning over the Santa Fe.
The Ell Paso laundry is still out OF
business as a result OF the flood
A transfer OF SO cars was made from
the G. H to the Corralitos road this
afternoon
The clerks of the city meet at the
Y. NJ g A. rooms this afternoon at 5
o'clock TO discuss a Sunday closing law.
Deputy collector James MagOffin and
bride and Harry Kelly and bride were
serenaded last night by the McGinty
band
The will of Refugia steffian was
filed in the probate court yesterday BY
its terms she leaves $4,000 to her
children
Collector Davis and his daughter,
Miss Alice, returned this morning over
the T. P. The collector has been at
Abilene and his daughter is returning
from college
1t was determined at a meeting be-
tween Drs. Villas and Race and the
mayor this afternoon. that the best way
10 distribute the relief fund was TO
laborers in exchange for work
The State National Loan and Trust
company OF Fort Worth has organized
a branch in this city with E. Krauss
as president. ]. h. Little. vice presi-
dent. ]. A Smith, secretary and treas
urer, and A G. Foster. attorney.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-06
What 1t Means-FS-uous People That Bore the
Name-The Name in History, Literature, Etc.
lCopyright, 1910. by Henry W Fiseher.l

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-06
The Manual Training Question

Los Angeles. CAL, June 1.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
AS you have always shown yourself
to be friend Of the public schools
and everything else having as its basis
the welfare of the people of FL Paso.
write you the following concerning
the manual training department of the
Ell Paso schools.
All of the men Of this department
have decided that under the present
unfavorable circumstances they can
not afford to remain longer in FL Paso.
This fact is not generally understood
by the people of the city. and it seems
to me that it might be conducive to
the best interests of the children were
the people generally 70 be Informed
as to our rasons for leaving the city.
enclose herewith copy OF a letter
which has been sent to the board OF
education, and I believe if same is
published In full in The Herald it will
give people exact information which is
rightfully theirs, and will prevent poll
ticians from obtaining general ere
dence to false reports which they have
already started to circulate.
Personally, several OF us, including
myself, expect to locate in California
Any reply which you wish TO make TO
be addressed, to me. 442 East goth
street. Los Angeles. Cal
Thanking you for all past favors
shown to the department of manual
training, I am yours very truly.
D. c.. Cole.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-06

~ ULEBRA, Canal Zone, June g.
e Usually when there is a choice OF
two or more plans for a great en-
cheering work there is little chance of
demonstrating to the satisfaction of ev-
erybody-lay and professionalism
the one plan adopted is the best. But
no one comes to the isthmus OF Pana-
ma today and goes over the work with
out agreeing that a sea level canal
would have required more patience than
Is possessed by the American people,
and that the engineering difficulties
involved would have been vastly great
er than those encountered in the build
ing of the lock canal
An Impossible Task.
The reason for this unanimity Of
opinion lies in Culebra cut Anyone
who sees the vast slides that slip like
glaciers into the cut-one of them
having an area of more than AZ acres
and who observes the hills on either
side OF the cut slowly sinking down and
forcing up the bed of the canal-ex-
actly as water in curved pipe will
find its leYel-can understand, even
though he be no engineer, that it would
be next to impossible to go 85 feet
deeper than at present is planned. Two
good sized mountain peaks would have
to be removed, and nobody knows how
uuCH lHOIc.
The engineers frankly admit that
Culebra cut has been full of surprises.
Slide after slide has come down into
the cut; some moving 50 slowly that
their progress is imperceptible, and
others so rapidly that their motion has
caught steam shovels and disarranged
every track leading out OF the cut.
Nothing can be done to check them.
They are simply allowed to slide in
and are taken out with steam shovels
and dirt trains.
Formation is Peculiar.
The rock formation N the Culebra
hills is peculiar. The underlying stra-
tum is of sandstone which disinte-
CRATES as soon as it Is exposed to the
air, and is so soft and weak that it is
not able to support a heavy load. Above
this Is kind of volcanic rock which
was deposited cold and never united
firmly with the sedimentary rock. The
result is that there is nothing in the
geological formation of the hills to
hold stable the weight above when the
pressure becomes unqualified, and the
earth breaks loose and slides into the
lower level of the cut. 1t is such a
convincing sight that every original
cut goes away thanking his Stars thai
and for the lock canal
No one thinks the sea level canal
would have presented any engineering
problem that might not have been met
in time, but the amount of material
which would have to be moved is 50
great that the canal never couit have
been finished by the same genera zion
that began it. The amount of money
it would have required--he engineers
all admit today-w ould have be N past
estimation. and the length of time be-
yond, prediction. m
What would have been the result if
sach a canal could have been quilt
within the limits of American patience
and Uncle Sans pocketbook- For the
greater part Of the distance the width
Of the canal would have been go feet
or less. and any ship that lad CHOSEN
to do so could have scuttled herseI;
in the big ditch, as effectually blocking
traffic for the time being as If Culebra
mountain had reared its head AGAIN
Experienced seamen say that in such a