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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02

The statements that the Washing
on team is nor trying to win is hard
" based on fact. 1t tries no doun'
but when a team lacks the ability t'
AXE advantage of opportunities, II
1ppears 10 be indifferent. But, Their
! loser never does look good.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02

Fred Fought, OF Parkersburs, ".
Va. oas drowned yesterday evening
aear the foot Of Bleuncrhassett Island,
FIVE miles below Parkcrsburs, while
out riding in launch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
RAILROADS.
Washington-Virginia
Railway.
In effect November |, 1910.
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA.

for Washington, from corner Prince
and Royal streets, week days, at 40,
& %, %, 8 %, 40, 8 10, I %, I H. 7 20, 10,
80, co, 10, p, s IS, S 30 8 10, 8 30, 9 -,
10 10, 10 80, 10 90, II TO- II D, II 30, II 50 a.
M. T. 10, Il -, IL 80, y 50, ] 10. | %, / -
80, 10, > p, = 80, > ~, 3 %, 3 p, -, 80,
10, %, 20, 40 4 30, ) 10, ) -, ) -, 80,
6 10, 20, 6 30, ~, : ", : ID, %, ) %, 80,
900, 93H, 10 %, 10 80, IL 10 and 50 p. IN.
20, 9 &C 10 &c, 10 20, 10 40 Ii o., ii 70 and
II 40 a. M, l. % m, l. 20, T. 40, %, 20,
40, %, > 70, > 40, , %, 3 20 3 40, 4 %. -,
40 5 %, 20, > 40, & %, 10 s 40, I 60, I %,
40, 5 %, $50, 800, $50, 10 % 10 80 and
ITO p. n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
RAILROADS
Southern Railway.
I,ajns leave Union Station. Alexandria
In effect January u. 1911.

n, B.-Following schedule figures pub
Ushed only as information, ana are MOI
guaranteed.s
~ 4. M.-Daily local between Wash
iuctou and Danville
sa7 A. M.-Daily-Lncal for HARRISON
burg and way stations.
or a. M.-Daily-U. =. Fast Mail
stops only for passengers TOR points south
n which scheduled to stop. First class
coaches: sleeping cars TO Birmingham
and drawing room SleeDIng cars 10 New
Orleans. Dining car service.
61l17 a. M.-Daily-MallI train. Coaches
or Manassas, Charlottesville ynchburg
Dauyille and Greensboro. Sleeping cars
greensboro to Atlanta
4:4T p. M.-Week days-Limited foi
Warrenton, Charlottesville and Harri'
sonburg.
49, P. M.-Daily-Dlrnning lam spec
ial. Sleeping ears between New YORK
Atlanta, Admission 81" birmingham,
Through lirSt-claSs .uacneS between
Washing on, Atlanta ana birmingham
Dining ar service. ,.u.iaL 10 california
five time. weekly.
3552P. M.--Week days-LlnlLen Tor Har-
risonburg and way stations on Manassas
branch. Pullman buffet parlor car.
SIP P. M.-Daily-Loca' for Warren
ton.
G:37'P. M.-rhe Southern's Southeast
ern Limited for Greensboro, Denham
Raleigh. Columbia, Charleston, Aiken
Augusta. Savannah and Jacksonville
Through Pullman drawing room, state
raom sleeping ears. Coaches. Dihii'
rars.
1927 P. M-l,tily--Washing anu
chattanooga Limited (via Lynchburgf
Eirst-class coach and sleeping cars tI
Roanoke, Knoxville and Chattanooga
sleeper to New Orleans, Washington tC
Enanoke. Dining car service.
iIO2 p. M.-Daily-New York, Atlantis
ans: New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train club and observation ears to Ne"
Orlcaus Sleeping ears to Ashcville
| 4 Atlanta, Macon and New Orleans. sleep
mo cars 10 Charlotte Dining car service
jo7 A. -Daily-Mrmphis special
sleeping cars and coaches for Roanoke
Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga AM
| Memphis Dining ear service. wash
inglon sleeping cars open 1000 L. NJ.
Through trains from the south arrive
| l. Alexandria G:l3 and 622S, S:36 and lO:22'
!. M. 2:i3, Us lO:l3 and il:5S 7. NJ
laily, Harrisnnbilrg ll"is A. Nj. week
laws and SIS p. NJ. daily. From Char
louisville $3.50 y. NJ.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH
Leave Alexandria (W d O. Station
week days at ST. X. NJ, 800 and 40 10
| Bluemont: 0:.s3 Z. M.weck days for Lees
burg; / 81 +. NJ. daily for Bluemunt ant
~ 4. NJ, local, on Sundays only 10
iiuemont.
For detailed schedule figures. tickets
| .ullman reservation, etc., apply to
WILLIAM O.. LEHEW,
| Jnion Ticket Agent, Alexandria, va.
II. CGAPAIAN, Vice Pres & Gen. Mgr
/ II. HARDWlCK Pass. Trai. Mgr.
! =. f CARY, General Passenger Agent
i. y. BROWN, General Agent.
! IL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
STEAMERS
Norfolk and Wa shinsto n
Steamboat CO.

Every day in the year for Fora Mon
roe. Norfolk. Newport News and points
south, via superb, powerful! steel palace
steamers.
Leave Washington. 8. 10 p. IN
Leave Alexandra 100 p. III.
Arrive TT. MonrOes 1.Ooa. mi
Arrive Norfolk 500 4. III.
Arrive Portsmouth 500 a. III.
Leave Portsmouth 800 p. IN.
Leave Eorfulk coo p. III.
Leave Fl. Monroe 1.e0 y. IN.
Arrive Alexandria q. 20 a. m
Arrive Washington 700 a III.
Through connections made at NoriOIX
with steamers of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company Tor New York and
MSrchants' and Miners Steamships for
Boston.
EGcucrai Ticket once, 30 i4Li st i ".
Bond Building, Washin- ~ -. c.
Phone Main 1920.
Seventh street wharf. Phone Main $50
Alexandria wharf foot oil l'rIncc erect
W. III. CALI.AiIA>
tprl ~ General Passenger A.ci,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
SPORTING GOSSIP.

dropped it, it has been mysteriously
changed TO a new one.
Further il ii is the ball, why
change a pitcher when he is being
batted all over the lot?
Surely il is hard task to write
for paper. the owner OF which is
President OF the ball club.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
WaShInQlOn and Alexandria Ferry Co.

Ferry service resumed March II. 1911.
by splendid iron steamer "ALEAAN-
DRIA.
Leave Alexandria G.45, 500, 9l5, 1915
A. m; l2.lj, Lbs, 300, 4.l5, $40 p. m.
Leave Washington 20, SIS, 1000, il.3O
a. m; l.O), 20, 3.I0, 800, G.l1 p. IN.
Schedule especially inviting for school
children.
Sunday-Leave Alexandria 500, $50,
il.OOa. m: i2.30 30, $50, 800, $50 p. IN.
Leave Washington SD. 1918, ll.4jG.
m; LIZ ~, i.lj, 5.io, 1.lj p. III.
FARE FIVE CENTS EACH WAY.
Low RATES FOR TEAMS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02

After the exhibition OF Tuesday
afternoon it is doubtful whether an
other attempt should be made TO play
double header. The big crowd evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed the first game, even
though it resulted in a defeat. Had
play stopped there. the fans would
have said, Tough luck boys, but you
made game fight" As it was, many
left in disgust early in the second
game. All the pleasure of the real
game was lost on account OF the bur-
lesque that followed. True, the visit
rrs were responsible for it, but that
fact does not afface the result.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
EnR MOUNT VERNON.

CLeaye Alexandria for Mount Vernon
week DAYS, At ) -, q ii, ~, 81, 10 -,
IL - "A. m. l. -, / -, b. 90, 49, IS,
s -. 81, ; 80, 9 -, 10 - and ii ~ p. III.
Sundays o. : ~ . 20. ~ ID, II - a.
m, l. 30, 80, , 80, 3 -, 3d. ) 30, i 80, : ~,
: ~ and 10 lG p. IN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02

Detroit fans and critics proclaim
royineton and Lafitte pitching wond
RS. In 1910 the same claims were
made for Peroroll and Stroud. though
the latter phenoms failed 10 las
through the season. 1t is possible
har history may repeat itself anc
ind Covington and Lafitte in the
bushes before fall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02

1t would be we'll to open the local
park at least half an hour before
came time. Tuesday afternoon the
gates were closed until 2.10. thougl.
crowd was waiting 10 enter at Las.
Including Tuesdays game the bait
ing averages OF the boys who have
PLAYED in five or more games are as
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
ERA OF MUTUAL RESPECT
CAN COME NONE TOO SOON

We are told by the SNUG and
special privileged and their pros
tituted press, :pulpits and attor-
neys to respect the courts.
We should respect no institu-
ton and no man, be that man
gowned like a granny, frocked
like a preacher, uniformed like a
soldier, or enthroned like a king,
unless, and only unless, that man
respects the people.
When the courts receive con-
tempt it is because they deserve
contempt. The~courts of this ma
ton have so frequently shown
contempt for the people and sub
servience to the: special privileged
that the thinking citizen looks up
on their decisions with suspicion.
The time is rapidly approach
ing when the courts will be made
to respect the people. When they
do the people, will respect the
courts.
Haste the day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
GROCERYMAN IS MERELY A
COG IN HIGH PRICE WHEEL

Under the present system Of
distribution of groceries, especial
ly in the Northwest, it is question
able if the retail dealer is much
better off than an agent of the
manufacturer, and if his lot would
not be preferable were he work.
ing on salary instead of invest
ing his money in products and in
business which he cannot con-
troll. He is no longer a free agent
in the matter Of fixing prices.
They are specified for him by the
man who puts up the package and
unless he sells at the fixed price
the manufacturer will sell him no
more goods.
The problem is being solved in
various European communities by
the establishment Of large grocery
and general merchandise stores by
wholesalers and manufacturers,
who thus become direct distribut-
ers Of their own products and are
reducing the cost of living to the
consumer by eliminating the i'm
necessary profits of the middle
men.
The law of some states which
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
TO MERCHANTS INTEREST
TO HELP WAGE-EARNERS

The wage-earners of any COM
munity are the+ backbone of it's
trading life. Merchants know this
to be self-evident. Yet commun-
ity Of interests has always been
a frail cord in the linking of the
merchant with the wage-earner.
Instead Of working in harmony,
too often there has been friction
in the past. Usually this. has not
been of the making Of the wage
Garner. If he is organized-a
part of labor union-he may
at times have been jealous in his
demand to have the merchant do
things that the, latter considered
an encroachment upon his rights
as to how his business should be
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
The Little Man With;
the Big Mission

The following interesting sidelight
on the character, and aims of Joseph
Fels, philanthropist de facto, is from
the Chicago Public:
A little man with a big mission and
big pile of money-it is estimated
at $4,000, 0O0-with which to carry it
out. went through Chicago yesterday.
He is Joseph Fels Of Philadelphia,
soap maker and Single Tax apostle.
If you're an honest reporter, I'm
glad to meet you,' said Mr.. Fels as
he looked up at his visitor in the
LaSalle hotel. On being assured that
honesty was the chief aim in life of
his visitor Mr.. Fels displayed a news
paper clipping and said. Read that"
Here is what the headline said:
CONFESSED ROBBER!
Joseph Fels, Millionaire, Tells ::
How He Got It. {:
49,. 49,. 80.
Mr.. Fels was assured that the re-
port was shocking. But it's true" he
said. SO are all millionaires. I
haven't so much fault to find with
the way Rockefeller and Carnegie
are giving away their money as I have
with the system that permitted them
to get it, Swollen fortunes for the
lew and prohibitive prices for the
many are the direct result of special
privileges. am for Single Tax and
low tariff. The tariff is about as
insidious a. crime against the pros
perity Of a common people, as could
be conceived by fathead govern
ment, which allows itself to be con-
trolled by Big Business. A box Of
forty matches is sold in an average
grocery store in America for l cent.
Six boxes of forty matches in a box
are sold on the streets of London for
penny. Eggs in England, % cents
a dozen. The day I landed in New
York eggs were As cents a dozen
there. They were cold storage eggs,
too. Cost of living! Why look at
this suit of clothes! What do you
suppose I paid for it in London? Just
500. To duplicate it here, it would
cost me $35; and I do not consider
that the average wages of the CON-
mon people in America are much, if
any, higher than in Great Britain,
cost Of living considered"
Asked concerning his interest in
politics, Mr.. Fels said: Il am not in
politics. I am working to push along
the economic philosophy of Henry
George. That is my purpose in ira
Yelling to the Pacific coast now. We
shall have something like single tax
in Oregon in 1922
II have heard you intend to dispose
of your fortune in benefitting human
1ty,' was suggested
This will tell you all about the
Fels fund.-" said he, handing out some
printed literature. Read that care
fully
One OF the pamphlets said Mr.. Fels
is giving in England $4,000 a year;
in Denmark. $1,000; in Canada, $5,-
OOO,' and so on-altogether, $780,
600 year. And he has offered to
give $4,000 Cor more) a year for
five years Cor more) in the United
States on condition that Americans
who see the LAND cat' will match
him dollar for dollar. The money
lis to go into a fund which will be
spent in taxation movements which
seem to be making most directly to-
ward the cures of poverty:
Il want to spend my fortune to
make such fortunes as mine impos-
sible,' he said "And that's a serious.
worthy, happy occupation for a man
of executive ability
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
A PARABLE AND A FABLE

time for which they paid"
did you ever ask for an increase
in wages?" asked Peter.
ooh, no, indeed. I understood the
struggle Capital has to get along, and
as Labor and Capital are brothers I
did not QUARREL Besides, 1 feared
would lose my job"
Did you get high wages?"
mo, oh, no. Some of the malcon-
tents, some of those who were bitter
against Capital and attacked it's sa-
cred rights got much higher wages
than did I. I always hoped, but, well,
somehow I was overlooked"
did your family ever suffer?'
Eth, er, yes. One boy had to go
to work at thirteen. But as I was
known as steady, sober, reliable
man I had no trouble though my
employers, in having the factory in
spectors overlook it. I had to have
his wages added to mine in order to
get along. And one girl went to
work at sixteen, and another girl was
crippled so she was burden"
Did you always have enough to
eat? Always have decent house in
which to live? Always have warm
clothing.
Il am sorry we did not. But those
things cost money, and I had but
little. Yet never rebelled.''
Peter looked at him thoughtfully
for moment and then said:
MAN was given intelligence and
self-respect. You exercised neither.
You allowed yourself to be duped, to
q t@ T.
that you allowed your family to be
wronged. Your wife was overworked
and underfed. Why, you contem pit
IDLE, mean-spirited whelp-' 49,
The irate, saint reached suddenly
through the consulting window of the
pearly gates and thwacked the Hum
Die Man. such a blow with the golden
Key that the Humble Man tumbled
headlong down, down to ~:
Well. down to where he belonged.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
THE LABOR WORLD.
SAYS PURITY or WOMAN . Z. Il
OBSTACLE 70 SUFFRAGE

A young ,neWspaperman recent
ly wrote to an officer of the Ma
tional Equal Suffrage association
whom he had been sent to inter-
view: my conversation with you
today cleared up a number Of
points that have perplexed me,
and | am henceforth and for
ever an advocate of woman suf-
frage. II When / think of how
my mother loved me and of what
she would have done to make me
the kind of man she wanted
me to be. I know that if she had
had any influence in government,
through the ballot, this country
would have been a better place
today for her son and for all
other young men. And there are
millions Of mothers like her.
How much good we are letting go
to waste! The more I think Of
this matter the more certain I am
that it is only an evil influence,
in fact it is only THE evil in
fluence that has already placed
this country in jeopardy, that is
keeping woman's voice silent at
the pools. I believe that women
are not allowed vote because they
are good"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
The Lion and the Boar.

Certain we'll organized trade un-
ions (momentarily forgetting the
loftier ideals which brought them in
to existence), each of which desired
to grab off as much work as they
possibly could for their own particu-
lar organization, one day came upon
piece of Work, at a time when
there was much idleness, owing to
lack OF work, among the member
ship in both their unions.
They fiercely disputed which of
them should do this work; and were
soon engaged In the agonies of 4
mortal combat over that jurisdiction
question. They never even stop
ped to take breath for the fiercer
renewal of the strife Gas the original
Lion and Boar are said to have done),
but they kept at it, hammer and
tongs. Overhead. from every direc-
ton Of the compass, Vultures were
seen flying toward the scene of the
combat, and when these arrived there
they circled around in the air just
above the heads Of the combatants.
BY their plumage it was clearly to
be seen that these Vultures belong
ed to. the family of Manufacturers
associations, and union busters. They
smiled as they circled around above
the combatants and one Vulture was
heard to say to another. What a
fine feed one of these fellows will
make, after the other fellow has
killed him for ''~' -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21

upholds the wholesaler in declin-
ing to supply the retailer who sells
the package at less than the fixed
price is a rank injustice to the
consumer, operating as it does to
maintain the high cost of living,
and is all enslavemtnt of the gro
Ger in destroying his freedom as a
dealer and making him a mere
agent working with his own cap
ital.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
P. T. BARNUM SAID THERE'S
ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE

"Profit-sharing'' goes right on,
it seems, despite the rough ex-
periences those workingmen have
seen who have been fooled into
it.
The United States Steel Cor
poration, one of the first corpora
tons to start the scheme in this
country, is at it again.
Employees of the steel corpora
ton have received circulars from
the management Of the company
announcing the profjt-sharing
plan for 1911.
According to the circular en-
ployes can subscribe to either
common or perferred shares Of
the company, but not both.
The subscription price for
common and perferred stock is
fixed at 70 and ia respectively.
It is announced that employees
who take common stock will be
allowed 81 per cent interest on
money paid in in addition to the
regular 5 per cent dividend.
The company will also distri-
butte $2,700,0O0 as "bonus," 60
per cent in common stock at 70
and 40 per cent in cash.
But, mind you, it is specified
that employees cannot come into
possession of the stock for five
years.
Also-and here s another rub
employees must work five years
steadily for the corporation be-
fore they will be allowed a look
in on that bonus.
In other words, only the
thoroughly tanned and subdued
workers will be allowed share
in the generous distribution Of
the profits smeared with the
blood Of countless men slain in
the steel mills and of the work
ers shot to death by hired Pink
ertons in the battle of Home
stead.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21

conducted. It may have been i'm
possible for the, merchant at. all
times to have. conformed to the
requests made of him, but as his
business sense broadens so is he
beginning to realize that between
him and the wage-earner there
may be promulgated a relation
ship that can be made of mutual
benefit to both.
The merchant knows that the
better paid workingmen are his
most profitable customers. It is
not the wish Of such men to con-
tract debts, desiring whenever
possible to pay cash, and when
debt is incurred effort is made to
meet all bills promptly-some-
thing many of the so-called "bet-
ter classes conveniently forget
about with any shock to either
memory or conscience.
The merchant also knows that
if he is engaged in business in
a community where wages are
high his volume Of business is
greater in proportion to popula.
ton. Like all other classes the
worker lives in proportion to his
income.
Any merchant would rather be
engaged in business in city
where the average wage was fiji
teen dollars week than in a
community where the workers
were paid less than that amount.
While it is true that the worker
who makes the larger wage is
more provident than his less fort
innate brother, yet his greater af-
fluence enables him to buy the
more staple articles Of merchan-
dise-the kinds that most honest
merchants desire to handle.
This being true, it is to the in
terest of the merchant to assist
the wage-earner along lines that
will better his conditions :.
whether it be securing higher
wages, shorter hours of labor,
better working conditions, or
carrying a stock of merchandise
manufactured under conditions
that give to the operative so en-
ployed a living wage.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21

An illustration Of the rapidly
growing interest in labor legisla-
ton is found in the tall 461-page
volume recently issued by the
University of California, and
called "a History of California
Labor Legislation.'' The book
was written by Lucille caves, now
associate professor Of sociology at
the University of Nebraska, and
is an impressive account Of the
obstacles to be overcome in OBJ
tanning and enforcing labor laws.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
Ma is an insurgent;
Pa is standin' pat;
Sisters a Progressive,
I'm a Democrat.
Sandy Is a Socialist;
Janey wants to vote;
Buster isn't anything
Busters just a goat.

Bus Driver-Me and that off horse
has been working for the company
for twelve years now.
Passenger-Is that so? The COM
pany must think great deal of you
both.
Driver-Wen, I dunno. Last week
the two of us was taken i'll and they
got a doctor for the horse and
locked my pay. Gee up there now
Betsy!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
LAPSE OF TIME REMOVES
STIGMA FROM UNION LABOR

The Western Federation Of
Miners won a distinct victory be-
fore the state for the destruc-
ton of it's stores and the Victor
Miners union hall during the
great Cripple Creek strike of
1903-1904 by state troops.
The last session of the state
legislature appropriated 100000
for the payment Of the claims of
the federation auditing board of
Colorado recently, with the stipu-
lation that the federation must
prove to the state auditing
board the business of it's claim.
All the claims were proved, and
the auditing board authorized the
payment of money, being $780,
420, for destruction of stores and
$4.28O damage to the miners hall.
While there must be consider
able satisfaction to the officers
of the federation in being award
ed this money as damages to it's
property, yet the greatest victory
is in the fact that both the acts
Of legislature and the state audit
ing board show to the world that
all rioting and destruction of pro-
perty during the great strike has
been laid at the doors of the
state itself. In all great indus
trial strikes in this country, af-
ter an honest investigation was
made, it has always been found
that rioting and bloodshed and
destruction of property came
from the hired thugs Of the en-
ployers or the state troops, which
are used to break the strikes Of
the wage workers who are strug-
Cling for betterment of condi-
tions.
This is the modern method of
breaking strikes, as nothing will
so well turn public sentiment
| against the workingmen in indus
trial struggles as .rioting and VIC
lence. -
Of course, usually all police
powers are on the side of the en-
ployers, and there is no chance
to catch the culp rits during the
troublesome times, but: after an
investigation is made labor is vim
Dictated, as it has been in the
present case Of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners. = j." =.
| -: =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-01-21
&E0RETS OF u. s. ARMY ARE
HID ONLY FROM AMERICANS

1t the army and navy are wholly
unprepared for war, what have
the heads Of these departments
been doing with the more than
two hundred million dollars fur
nished them each year by con-