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New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
BY JAMES HAY, JR.

ment men would have to appropriate in advance a sum
Shghtly more than million dollars
At TINS the Senators and Representatives threw III,
thoir handS IN horror and replied That would bc cS-
tabllShlng civil pension list The voters would never
STAND Tor the eXtravagant proposition of putting on the
statute books law handing over a pension to every
man and woman who reached the age OF seventy in the
clerical service of the Government l. cannot be done
hen the clerks banded together as the Civil Service
RETIREMENT Association, asked that the straight civil
pension list be adopted This suggestion was not even
seriously considered by either branch OF Cvrgrcss
lew months ago the President and the strong advo-
CcS OF the retirement scheme through contributions
from each clerk were told that it hopeless attempt
to put the plan through the House and Senate They
got their information from such influential men as
Senator Hale OF Maine, and Representative Tawncv of
Minnesota chairman Of the House Committee on
appropriations. Il was The same story they had been
told in the last session
/, was then that strong effort was made bv the
Treasury Department TO rid itself of the men and women
who mad spcn, their lives in its service Word wen, forth
down the long corridors and through the crowded Offices
that the aged clerks had 10 60
Immediately there began procession to the offices
OF the Secretary and Assistant crcarcs OF the Treas
ury Nobody who that line of march can ever for
get IT, Men and women went panic stricken and trcm-
bling out of Offices in which they had worked for twenty
thirty or forty years past swinging door, tha, were
Younger than they because doors ont at conpaf
lively short intervals and into corridors that had led
them 10 their daily bread since their youth There were
IN the line men and women who had been broken the
wheel of the hopeless routine Of their work All had seen
their ambition die and The power Of their initiative fade
into nothingncSS. Many in debt All were dcspcr-
ately afraid OF pcnnilcSs old age.
They went to their >upcror> o. ask merely tha, they
be retained in the grucng groove Of their work because
they knew there was no other work they could do.
They had eaten up their lives handling every day the
same kind of documents counting every day the uncni
ing piles Of money. They had worked hard and had abb
solu,ey nothing but their present fear show for it.
Some Of the stories that NJ. MaoVeagh and his as
sstants. Charlie, ID. lllles and Charles Dyer Norton.
heard will never be known Some were repeated By the
clerks themselves later for il W., % time when they
We're moved 10 talk.
The result Of i, al was ,ha, they won q temporary
victory. The message sent around that Mr.. Mac
Neagh refused 10 make slaughter house Of the depart
mcn by ousting and killing of tn, aged clerks that not
one Of them should be dismissed and that al Of them
would bc cared for in some way
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

three thousand five hundred dollars year. My idea
was that could improve my legal knowledge by the
work in Washington | stayed too long. The practice
had accumulated at home had melted away, OF course,
and gone into other hands. Here had tiry-vc hum
drcd a year as a sure thing. and out there ! should
have had 10 start al over You know, the routine
here always destroys a mans initiative, and that
means il kills his nerve. I'm getting only fifteen
hundred year now, and have family. IN debt and
don't know where should turn if were dismissed
Still another had held position in which he had been
responsible for milon- OF dollar Of Government money
every month He had asked to bc relieved Of the work
because his health had broken After that he had
gradually gone down to twelve hundred dollars year,
while the cost OF living had steadily gone up.
Such storic these told one after the other and
q man who heard many of them said aficrward. No
with "a human heart could have W,hstOod the pleas
Of such hopclcs,ncss and misery.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

ulbea highly orb .,l ,iokc, admitting the holder toa
sbiong niche In .., ,,,crng Iowcr Of Fame. They not
i. 6cleyc rms, .e. write /, daily to their Senators
ol .n5 Reprcan.a.yes IN Congress- These men, hastily
sr3bbinc their pens wttly debating to their Ste
ss"rranbcrs write back tina. the Government service is
ne most killing, uurcmonerative, devitalizng affair
known to modern times.
Champ Clark one, v~.. IN applcan, for a Job in
Washington I'D rather >ce YOU mauling rails on the
arm back home than drawing fifteen hundred dollars
wear in the service Of the Government.
But the aul,.a-y inclined refuse 10 credit any such
.boo and t. 'u.v- step 90 the front with the second
y.arsr Of the oil. o't song. Give Us that Job
II these thousands %. Young men and women could
.sIe one look a t.,oI- as they in Washington.
Sajder hu, NIGH, ,nvcop their dreams. and the fair
ty instead o. being headquarters OF the rainbow fac
,o-y. Nigh, ...o distinctly gloomy and iuncrca They
world see the p-esiicn, and members OF his Cabinet
gathered round their big mahogany council table at
f6e White H.a-. and hopelcs>ly propounding to one
sno,ber the question: What shall DO with the aged
Goyernnen, G. .rtss They would see old men and
women who-e stories would make life on the farm or in
private bu,.ne-- look bright and gorgeous as an
o. chautet castle.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

"Of course. YOU
know. | haven't
been able TO save
anything
From a promi-
nent place at the
bar in a big Western
city TO fifteen hun
dred dollars a year
and obscurity for
ever, is a long cry;
but one of the old
clerks had this very
story TO tell. Il
came here TO take a
position as solicitor
in another depart
mcnt,' ne said,
and nv salary waS
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

and city, are tens
Of thousands of young
men and women who have
made up their minds that,
IN order to achieve riches
and honOrS, all they have
TO DO is to fight three fast
rounds with a civil service
examination and land on
the Government payrollS
in Washington. They
think the national Capital
is the place where they
will come TO the end of
the rainbow and find the
tabled bag of gold. More
over. attached TO the bag
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

THROUGHOUT this
country, in hamlet
and city. are tens
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

Try Principe dc Lees cigar for an
afterdinner s1o1A
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
MAIL CLERKS THREATENED.

Letters have been received by 10 car
rlers at the postofhce, and number OF
clerks, citing them to show cause why
they should not be discharged. The let
tiers are from postoffice authorities in
Washington. Those who received the
letters have been active in forming the
postal clerks union, and in voicing the
same sentiments against the postmaster
generals scheme OF retrenchment that
caused the arrest of Urban Walter a
month ago.
The men say that this is the method
that the officials have taken to get even,
and is also n part of Hitchcock's plan to
cut down forces of carriers and clerks
all over the country. Similar notices, II
is said, have been received in other
cities, where the carriers have incurred
the displeasure OF the department by de-
handing better hours and conditions. II
is. they say, intended as an object les
son in gag rule.
Postmaster Sours and Assistant Post
master Hannum say that the letters have
been sent direct to the men. and that
the once has not been officially notified.
Assistant Postmaster Hannum declares
that II is result of the investigation re-
Gently made by postoffice inspectors. and
that II any men are discharged. It will
be for cause He denies that orders have
been received cutting down the force.
He says that there are not now enough
men to take care OF the business at the
ONCE.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

La Belle. the best union-mads Sc cisal
IN the United States.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
CONFERENCE OF UNION OFFICIALS.
Pennsylvania Railway System subject
Of Conference at Pittsburs, Pa.

Organizers representing the American
Federation of Labor and the Interna-
tional Unions of Machinists, Carmen.
Boilermakers and Blacksmiths have been
engaged for some time in organizing the
men employed by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company in the various repair shops
on their system. Within the past few
weeks several hundred shopmen were
informed by officers of the Pennsylvania
railroad that unless they ceased their at
filiation with labor unions they would be
discharged. Members of the committees
who waited upon the management and
protested against the action of the Off
GERS of the company, were Immediately
dispensed with, together with officers
and members who refused to withdraw
from their unions. The company claims
that they are reducing their force, but,
at the same time, the men laid on were
informed that If they ceased their afhli-
alton with their unions they would be
placed back at work.
The organizers state that with few ex-
ceptions, reports from various points are
encouraging. The discharge Of the men
who are members of unions resulted in
the holding of several mass meetings
and a conference of the representatives
of Sheet Metal Workers. Blacksmiths.
Machinists, Boilermakers. Railway Car
men, and the representatives OF the
Brotherhoods of Engineers, Firemen,
Conductors and Trainmen, with a repre-
sentative of the A. F. of L. on Wednes-
day, April 5, in Pittsburg, Pa, for the
purpose of taking such action as would
result in preventing further discrimina-
ton against employees who were mem
bers of a union. 1t is expected that the
combined influence of all the organiza-
lions will bring about an understanding
that will prevent discrimination on the
part of the officers of the company In
the future
1t is asserted by the men that the
company has instructed its officers to
ask them whether or not they belong to
a union, or intend to. and that in laying
them or they should lay on the EN-
ployes who are members of an organiza
ton.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
rRENcHANT CRITICISM.
Boston's Foremost Publication Takes 10.
sue with Postoffice official.

The Boston Globe has the following
editorial on the order Of Second Assist.
ant Postmaster General Joseph Stewart:
ITO say that Mr.. Joseph Stewart, sec
ond assistant postmaster general. was
disingenuous In trying to make 1t ap.
pear that the union OF the railway postal
clerks is a secret organization, is to put
II mildly.
"Mr. Stewart certainly knows that the
railway mail clerks union is not secret
body and that It Is afHliated with the A.
F. OF L.. one of whose fundamental rules
regarding government employees is that
they must obey the rules OF their depart
ment, despite what they may think Of
the justice OF such rules. In Joining a
union the postal employees take no secret
oath or obligation. and Mr.. Stewart is
guilty of lack OF candor at least In say
Ing that It is Incompatible with the pos
tai clerks obligation to the department
that they should assume another oath
with n secret organization in the service
which may at any time interfere with
the obligations which they have assumed
upon entering the service.
ut ia short-sighted policy. It will
not result in getting the best men for
the service or in improving the service.
Postal employees. being American citi-
zens, will hardly submit to It."
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

Beats them all. La Belle SC cigar.
Union made.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
Labor Committee Of National House Has
Four Union Men On Its Roster.

The assignment of members OF the labor
group to the various committees by the
Democratic caucus has been agreed to.
Up to this time the Republican minority
has not selected its members on the
various committees, therefore only Dem
ocratic labor member assignments are
available at this time. Labor has the
Craftsmanship of the labor committee, 1t
going to W. B. Wilson. Assignments are
as follows:
w. B. Wilson. chairman labor COM
mittee; also mines committee; also mer-
chant marine committee.
Richard E. Lee, chairman mileage
committee, also member naval affairs
and liquor traffic committees.
John A. Martin, member interstate and
foreign commerce. territories. also COM
mittee on expenditures in war depart
ment.
William Hughes. member ways and
means committee. This committee also
is a committee on committees.
Frank Buchanan. member naval affairs
and labor committees.
David ]. Lewis, member military az
fairs and labor committees.
Charles B. Smith. member Indian af-
fairs. liquor traffic and irrigation COM
mittees.
Carl C. Anderson, member invalid pen
sions and District of Columbia commit
tees.
Isaac R. Sherwood, chairman invalid
pensions and member expenditures in
navy department
James p. Maher. member public lands
and labor committees.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
LABOR PRESS COMMENTS.

Commenting on the recent strike of
the printers on the Chicago American
and Examiner the United Mine Workers
Journal says:
GAS a result of the strike all the Chi
cago daily papers issued only a four
page issue on Wednesday morning with
n supplementary statement Of the cause.
1t does look like the strike fever Is per-
meating even the most steady-going
unions. This is not to be regarded as
healthy sign. Strike first and reason
after sometimes makes reasoning impos-
sible. Better keep on reasoning first.
then II reason fails the kicking propensi
ties are in order. Thrice Is he armed
who hath his quarrel just, and reason
ing will establish the business more fully
before the strike than after II Is entered
into. The strikers have gone back to
work pending settlement by arbitration"
The Rochester Labor Journal says:
James NJ Lynch. president OF the In
ternational Typographical union. can't
be bluffed on UNFOLDING strike when It
is uncalled for, as was the Chicago
strike"
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

La Belle. the best SO Cigar On the mar
bsld.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
PROHIBITING SALE OF LIQUOR.

The San Francisco Chronicle. In speak
ing OF absolutely forbidding the manu-
facture and sale Of liquor. says:
Between the ethical and the practical
aspects of prohibitory legislation there
is a wide distinction. and one which no
one except the Prohibitionists. in the
usual sense of the word, can fail to dis
Germ No one will think OF denying that
the excessive use OF spirituous liquors MS
beverage Is m unmixed evil. But,
when those advocates take the next step,
and demand that the use and manufac-
ture and sale OF such liquors shall be
absolutely forbidden by law. new ele-
ment Is Mt once introduced into the Ques-
tion-that OF practicability-and the
the subject of prohibition passes out Of
the domain of pure ethics into that OF
sober, matter-of.fact, everyday business:
and they who do not favor this kind OF
legislation are entitled to ask those who
do SO to show the beneficial effects OF
prohibitory laws. and to demonstrate, II
possible. the success OF the kind OF leg
islation upon which they SO strongly In
sist. The opponents OF prohibitory leg
islation say, with entire reason. that the
only valid argument that can be used to
convert them must be derived from
actual experience and observation in
some community where such law has
had n fair trial. In the state of Maine
sthe advocates OF prohibition have been
given every possible assistanc by the
legislature for over 30 years to suppress
the liquor trafic. Civil and penal stat
utes have been enacted and carried out
as thoroughly as human Instrumental
ties could permit. The question is: Is
the state OF Maine prominently notable
for sobriety and abstinence from intoxi-
cants? And this question must be an
swered In the negative. Drinking Mt
home has taken the place OF drinking
abroad and in public: and II Is, asserted
as a fact. and very solemn fact, too,
that the keeping OF liquor In the house
has led the sex which would not drink in
a saloon or public bar into private in
diligence. and has actually made only
too frequent that most horrible of all
created things. drunken woman"
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
EIGHT HOURS FOR WOMEN.
California Legislature Enacts Shorter
Workday for Women.

The legislature of California has just
passed a stringent eight-hour workday
law for women and Governor johnson
has signed it, The provisions of the
new statute cover all occupations, save
the exception that the law shall not af-
feet the harvesting. curing. canning or
drying OF any variety of perishable fruit
or vegetable. The penalty attached for
violation cannot be less than $50 for
each offense. and may reach 5000. with
a Jail sentence of from FIVE to 80 days.
the latter discretionary with trial court.
Another bill was approved which pro
vides for the manufacture OF supplies by
prison labor to be used exclusively by
the institution conducted by the state.
Safeguards are provided that convict la
Dor will not come into competition.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

After dinner. try Principe de Lees
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13
When purchasing Cigars do you see that this
Label IS on the box1 IF moi, 1phy not3
UNION CIGAR FAcroRlEs.

The following IL . list Of cigar fac
tories In Denver and vicinity entitled u
use the BLUE LABEL Of the Cigar Max.
ers' Uniea:
J. w. Sanford. sec.. 2o1 Railroad Bldg.
Phone Main 74b9.
In Denver.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

Ellis. F. A. Hdwe. Co. ;. .1645 Arap- St
Mayer. George Hdwe, Co..15se Arapahoe st
Krehbiel & Edelnan Hdwe Co.1404 18th st.
Daniels & Fisher stores Co-1sth & Law. St
rIuIoJIyeo y ulsr--'op spoo2 SIq isAusd
Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co--1eth & Iaw'ce-
Hurlbut Gro. Co. -112S 18TH st
Palace Grocery Co. Ills 18th st
You can always secure q broom with the
union label on II by asking your grocer for
it The firm below is entitled to use the
label:
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

Go to Baur's. 1872 Curtis. for fresl
candies and bon bons.
United labor bulletin., 1911-04-13

La Belle &c cigar. the best rnion-made
SC cigar in the United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29

Hong Kong has an American
equipped shoe factory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29
BRIDGE PARTIES
PERPLEx A TOWN
For the Sake of Charity
Montclair, N. j., Women
Make Hard Pledge.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-Can the wo-
men OF Montclair, y. j., get up 9s,761,
419 afternoon bridge parties this sea.
than once? Or are they good for even
13,716.s64 bridge parties, with such
bridge centers as Caldwell, Essex
Falls. Glen Ridge and few other
places thrown in?
To make it even easier yet. can they
finish the fifth round OF the presen,
great hospital bridge whist chain with
its 1864 bridge parties without show
ing signs OF distress and without
breaking any of the rules?
On the trains the husbands OF some
of the links Of the great hospita
bridge whist chain for several days
have been covering their newspapers
manner to be able to show upon their
arrival home in the evening that il
cant be done.
Women who want to get the butcher
, by telephone have just had to give il
up. The telephone is in use and its
somebody trying to get somebody else
who hasn't been asked by somebody
else to come to her bridge party anC
. become a link in the chain. Like {
prayer chain, once you start bridge
whist chain there's no end to the
thing.
1t seemed simple when it was start
ed. Just one bridge party after anoth
er. with only two tables and prizes
optional Each woman was to pay {
quarter and each woman was to take
a pledge. That pledge was that she
| would lose no time in giving a two
| table bridge herself, inviting sever
women as guests who hadn't played
at anybody else's hospital bridge
| then, of course, pledging them to d.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29

Perhaps no modern remedy has
sprung into favor so quickly, and re-
tains its prestige so securely. as
Wade's Golden Nervine. the great rem
edv for Nervous Debility. Insomnia.
Weak or FACILITATING Heart, or any
weakened condition OF the Nervous
System. brought on by Worry, Excess.
or OverwOrk.
This great \ervine is now handled
hv druggists everywhere. and costs 81.
So many thousands of men and WON
en- the country over have used this
remedy with success that it appears
. strange that anyone should continue to
drag out miserable nerve-wrecked
| existence when it Is possible to feel
again the JOY and satisfaction OF full
and complete nerve strength and vi
tality.
Nervous Debility has been called the
curse of America. Hysteria. Neuras-
thenia Insomnia. Extreme Weakness,
j Trembling. Forebodings of Fear. indie.
cision, Dull Mentality. etc, are some
of the symptoms of Nervous Debility,
! or Nerve Exhaustion.
t Wade's Golden Nervine acts SO
promptly and positively in all such
cases that if it is desired to test II
before buying OF the druggist. a trial
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29
Roast Turkey and Oyster
Dressing at Ed Roser's, on
Thanksgiving Eve. 2s-2t
BORDER TOWNS.
Many That Are Partly In Ono state
and Partly In Another.

Many That Ars Partly In One state
and Partly In Another.
A number Of towns and villages in
the United States are situated on state
boundary lines. The names of some Of
these are formed on the model of what
Lewis Carroll called "portmanteau"
words. Delmar and Marydell. for ex-
ample. are on the line between Mary
land and Delaware. Pen Mar Is on the
Pennsylvania and Maryland line. Mo-
ark il named from Missouri (Mo.) and
Arkansas (Ark). Texarkana is partly
in Texas and partly in Arkansas. ILL
ana il on or near the Indiana line
State Line. which is half in Connect
cut and half in New York. with nu-
merous instances Of the sort In other
states, Is a self explanatory name.
Other border towns whose names do
not indicate their position are Port
Chester New York and Connecticut),
Blackstone Massachusetts and Rhode
lsland). Westerly (Rhode Island and
Connecticut). Kansas City (Nlissouri
and Kansas. Guthrie and Fulton
leach partly in Kentucky and partly in
TENNESSEE. Harrison and Union City
Tin Indiana and Ohio). and Great Falls
New Hampshire and Maine). What Is
virtually one town on the border
boundary Of Tennessee and Virginia il
legally known as Bristol on the Ten
nessee side and Goodson on the Vir.
ginia side. A number of smaller towns
might be added to the list-New York
Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29

! crowded. Many love their city homes
homes; yet we believe that down deep
in the hearts Of most of us-city folks
as we'll as country folks-there is
found the more tender feelings for the
old Farm Nest
We wonder if Riley could set to po
etc music the spell and beauty OF the
city as well as he has set to poetic mu
sic the joys and spell Of the Hoosier
countryside?
! Reverend Frank Crane says that he
loves the city best, because by day he
can hear the roar of the elevated
trains, the rumble of the truck wagons
the rattle of the street cars, the occa
sional mad rush of the patrol wagon
or fire engine, the turbulent river OF
men and women coursing the side,
walks; and, over all, the grim cliffs OF
steel and stone full of driving business
it is all as if he were in the engine
room of civilization and listening to
the crashing looms that are weaving
the future.
, like the country. However, Reverend
Frank Crane may have the rattle and
bang of the city if he so desires; but
we prefer the soothing influence of ma
ture as found on a Hoosier farmstead
He may eat his Thanksgiving dinner
at some fashionable cafe, or wherever
he may choose in the city: but give us
the farm home StirrOundings-eSDp |
ly at Thanksgiving time, when We
think of home, We like to bring tc
mind picture Of the most restfu
place on earth-the place where one
can 90 for complete relaxation from
the nerve racking strains of the busy
marts of trade.
| 1t is on Thanksgiving day that mos,
countrybred city men and women Ions
! to go back to the farm home, and thai