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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04
FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
The Free Employment Bureau
Of this city was opened for the
first time June /, 1907.
On the recommendation of Or
ganized labor, and the endorse
ment of the Duluth Federated
Trades assembly the late Governor
johnson appointed Mr.. James
Walsh as manager of the bureau
with Miss Pearl Ettinger as as
sistant in ladies' department.
Mr.. Walsh exhibited degree Of
skill and business sagacity in the
conduct and management of the
bureau that elected much favor
able commentator, not only
from the authorities at the state
capitol, but from the business
men Of Duluth generally regard
less of their party utilization.
The working men who were
most interested in Mr.. Walsh ad-
ministration of the affairs of the
bureau were the most jealous of
all in extolling the merits Of the
management.
It is most extraordinary copsid-
ering the former as we'll as the
present history of employment
bureaus in Duluth, that of the
43, $50 men for whom Mr.. Walsh
found employment during his in
cumbency, not one word of COM
plant was ever heard against Mr..
Walsh from any Of them, but on
the contrary words Of praise.
The woman's department under
the charge Of Miss Ettinger was
equally fortunate. We must cor
rect ourself. The happy condi-
ton of affairs was not due to any
vicissitudes Of fortune but to good
business like management Up
to date Miss Ettinger procured
positions for 8,543 women and
girls,
In obedience to the motto, "To
the victors belong the spoils,' Mr..
Walsh has recently been super
seeded by the appointment of Mr..
Martin Cole as manager. Mr..
Cole will no doubt give a good
account Of his stewardship. It is
not probable that Miss Ettinger
will be disturbed, although there
is no certainty as to that, only a
strong probability.
The members of organized labor
endorsed Mr.. Walsh for re.
appointment, and many Of the
leading Republicans as we'll as all
the Democrats were favorable tc
him, but the politicians decreed
otherwise.
1t is to be understood of course
that not one word said herein is
to be construed as a disparage
ment Of the new appointee, Mr.
Martin Cole, for we believe hi
will make a good officer.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04
THE UNION LABEL.

The Illinois legislature has or
dered that theunion label be or
all printed matter for the legisla
ture. Minnesota might do vel
to follow suit. ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04

and would decrease the represent
tation Of the other thirds.
Naturally, the two-thirds of the
districts are not exhibiting any
particular eagerness to increase
the representation of the other
third at their own cost.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04
LEST WE FORGET.

How little do we realize the
world wide distribution Of the
factory products of this wonder
full country of ours!
The contributions which the
people Of the United States are
making to the comforts and re-
quirements Of the daily life of
those in other parts of the world
are scarcely realized even by those
supplying the articles so con-
tributed.
How little does the girl or wo-
man employed in the factory re-
alize that the cotton cloth being
manufactured with her co-opera-
tion is to become a holiday dress
for some other girl or woman in
China, or India, or the Philip
pines, or South Africa, or the
islands of the East or West
Indies!
How little does the boy or man
who engages in the daily round Of
farm life realize that the bacon to
be made from the pigs which he
feeds is to go into the homes of
Liberia and Portuguese Africa,
and French Oceania, and Asiatic
Russia, or that the eggs which he
collects may be exported to Brit
ish Guiana, or Peru, or Cuba, or
Central America, or the various
countries of Europe!
Yet these and many other curl
Gus and interesting incidents of
the neighborly interchanges be-
tween our own people and those
of other and distant parts of the
world are shown as part of
the every year, all-the-year-round
routine Of trade recorded by the
bureau of statistics of the depart.
ment Of commerce and labor.
Correctly interpreted, a know.
ledge Of these things ought tc
make us better and nobler men
and women.
A few days ago a Duluth wo
man who had just returned from
trip to the British Islands, tolc
us that her affections were cap
tivated by a pile Of flour barrels
on dock in the city of Glasgow
because the -four contained in the
barrels was manufacturers in. Du
luth, and the barrels have .the,Du
luth company*s name and brand
She said she,*felt more. proud,
secure on her Journey abroad
when fortifedawith the thought!
suggested to her on meeting!Du
luth flour on Glasgow docks,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04

The rounding out of fifty years of
existence of the Troy, N. Y. Typo
graphical union, No. So, was interest
ingly observed by the holding of a
banquet at the Windsor hotel.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04

The Bible says 'the end cometh."
Il the end Of our bank ron IL referred
to- "it has came" z=.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04

II you mind your own business, you
will be so busy you won't think about
anybody else's. z35
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-04
A NOBLE TRIBUTE.

A NOBLE TRIBUTE.
The following tribute of res
pect to the memory of our, de-
parted friend Thomas j. Madden,
by Claude Atkinson, editor of
1.-THE Mesaba Ore," is so just to
the character and virtues Of Mr..
Madden and so creditable to the
ability and humanity of the edi-
tor Of the Mesaba Ore, that we
need offer our readers no apology
for reproducing it.
WAS THIS MAN A CHRISTIAN?
+ There died in Duluth the other
day a saloon-keeper named Tom
Madden, and he was a bowery
saloon-keeper, too, consequently
the newspapers of the city didn't
have much to say about him be-
yond the bare facts of his life
and that he dropped dead while
preparing gift for shipment to
friend.
Though Madden was saloon
keeper in the very toughest dis
trict of the city he was a man,
every inch of him, and when he
shook hands with you, you felt
the warmth and tingling of good
fellowship and the good cheer
that is lacking in the hand-grasp
of many man in the more higher
walks of life.
Tom Madden was a kindly
spirit, too, and there is no man
| who ever heard him speak i'll of
his neighbor, and it cannot be
! told Of him that he ever accepted
idle gossip as truth, or even a
half truth. He was honest and
| upright in all Of his dealings with
his fellowmen, and his word, too,
was as good as a double-rivited
bond every day in the week.
There never was man or wom-
an to 90 to this same Tom Mad
dent for assistance that went
away empty-handed-he was a
big-hearted, whole-souled man,
and his hand was ever outstretch-
ed to give a lift to those in need,
and he never asked the cause of
the needy ones misfortune or
downfall. He did a great good
because of his love and sympathy
for his fellow creatures.
He was silent about his acts of
mercy and charity, but it is
known that his generosity kept
him always poor man, and there
is many family in Duluth today
that weeps because Of the death
of Tom Madden, a good man and
a true friend of the oppressed.
| Every lumber-jack in the north.
west knew this big, whole-souled
saloon-keeper, and loved him be.
cause he was ever square and
honest with them, and when the
news Of his death penetrates to
the depth of the forest there will
be many a Mackinaw sleeve moist
with tears.
! Duluth lost a good citizen, q
mighty good citizen, when Tom
Madden passed out, and the poor
and unfortunate of the city lost 6
good and true friend.
Who, now, is there to say that
Tom Madden, though a bowery
saloon-keeper, was not thorough
and practical Christian man, anc
who is there to doubt that thi.
soul will be received with ope1
arms Of welcome by Him-th<
just God-who gave it,
If you and I, neighbor, cal
leave behind us as good a RECORD
as that of Tom Madden the worl(
will s11ro1v he hn++o, e.. o,,r bax,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07
BOSS" Gets Less Than the Boss

gets $50 less for every thirty days that he
works. The conductors check may be as
large a. or even larger than the engine
drivers
Think of leaning back in an easy chair
and telling a man that youn give him $50
more than you get II he works for YOU.
Then. II he doesn't suit you after he's
been on the road for q time, you call him
IN. take his Job away from him. and give
some one else the 500 a month, while you
struggle along on the measly $50"
According to the trainmaster, half the
railway Officials whose names appear In
big print on the time cards are recsiving
less wages than those whom they employ.
The average chief dispatcher. who does the
major part of the real work in operating .
railroad. earns $500 and gets SITS a month.
! The division passenger agent. who gives
orders to the passenger conductors. ar
ranges for special trains, acts as a buffer
between the travelling public ana the com.
plant department. and who has otheI
troubles, varied and numerous, finds his
pay check amounting TO t12S. $50 or s17S.
There are exceptions, Of course, to the
general rule OF low paid officials. The
superintendent. who has charge OF a few
hundred miles. may receive anything from
5000 10 5000 annually. for running tn,
division. But under him are half a soor,
men who aid In managing the road and whit
receive much less than those they employ
Ia. L. Renniek In Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07
Bad Eggs Cause Heavy Loss

'rncle Sam has declared war on the bad
esg. He has put 1t on the defensive. But
Il is altogether probable that the govern
~S4ent will succeed IN making the bad egg in
The market a, rare thing.
This win result In two things, according
TO the egg experts OF the bureau Of animal
Industry of the Department Of Agriculture.
One is an Increased value for the egg supply
TO the farmer and the other IL an Increased
consumption of eggs in the large centers Of
population.
"A conservative estimate of the loss to the
egg trade every year due TO carelessness
and ignorance, based upon the most care
full Investigation by government experts, is
II per cent This is made up of per cent
OF dirty eggs, per cent Of broken eggs s
per cent of eggs in which chicks have be-
gun 70 grow. per cent OF shrunken or held
Yggs. 2h per cent OF just plain rotten eggs
knd y per cent Of moldy and bad flovored
Aggs,
When IL Is considered that in the states OF
Nebraska and Kansas alone. where the egg
business is very extensive, the loss repre-
sents between $1,000 900 and $S.OO0,OOo a year,
the gravity Of the situation from a business
and economic standpoint may be realized
to say nothing OF the patience and palate
OF the ultimate consumer"
The total value OF the egg crop Of the
United states every year is approximately
$500 200. 900, OF the II per cent OF loss, 1t ID
AStated by the Department OF Agriculture
Z that fully Is per cent is preventable loss. In
other words. $6,OOoOOO is lost to the egI
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07

producers through the fault OF themselves
and those who handle their eggs In taking
them to market. II the eggs were improved
In quality. as Uncle Sam desires, this ad-
ditional money would. OF course, come out
OF the pockets Of the consumer, but II
would not be a loss 70 him. for the govern
ment has figured It out that countless num-
bers of people spend their money for msa,
and other articles of food when they would
prefer to eat eggs II they were sure OF get
ting good ones.
Under the supervision Of DR.. A. d. Mel
win, chief Of the bureau OF animal Industry.
and the Immediate direction Of George M.
Rommel. chief OF the animal husbandry
division the work Of eliminating the pre-
Ventaole 10 per cent Of loss to the egg trade
was actively begun last summer. So en-
couraRing have the results been that - vv,I,
be carried forward on q much larger scale
this summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07

gun to emit slow, thunderous sounds
HE must have broken through the wire
screen and followed u.s." exclaimed Wool
Woofs mistress with ill-concealed elatiOn
at her dogs exploit.
The collie's master now had him by the
collar.
The hostess had seized the Great Dane
and held him until her husband snapped on
a leash
When Olaf had been locked up and
Woof-Woof crouched, whining and shiv-
ering with baked fury, at his masters
feet the Hopeful Housewife asked a
hopeful question.
"woof-woof didn't bite Olaf, did her.
moi" answered the Confirmed Commu-
ter, with painful look, as he bent over
and rubbed his left leg. HE didn't bite
Olaf; but one OF them-I don't know which
one-took a piece out OF my legI"
I'm glad he didn't bite Olaf, after all"
she exclaimed when they reached their
own home.
Copyright. 1911, by the N. Y, Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07
LOrettas Looking Holds it Up to the Grlie" Girl

You have the old faithful geyser of the
Yellowstone beaten. He Eushes every flf-
teen minutes or 80. And his enthusiasm
takes liquid form and Is hot. You gush-
all the time you are awake. And It's warm
molaGses.
Some time or another In the history OF
people and their speech. the word ''girlie"
may have had a kind OF intimate and
charming tenderness. But since your ac-
tive jaws have seized II and slapped and
shattered and slushed 1t all over anything
female that happens to come in your way
without doing you actual violence, the
word has grown obnoxious. And that quaint
Scotch word 'dearie." How you have de-
based II.
A well seif-impressed lady, in a satin
suit that showed the press lines OF q 500
tailor. was buying lace at q counter. She
debated between two pieces and. finally,
flung one ever each shoulder and stood be-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07

chanical aids in diagnosis, says the st.
Louis Republic. Their elders had 10 look
at their patients. had to go over them with
trained fingers ana keen eyes in order TO
find the disease traces that were written
on the hands, over the body and espe-
cially upon the face. The face to them
was as significant ss the pulse of pa
tent The veterans arV Stili able to pick
out a case of cancer og tl,N stomach when
they pass It on the sts.E and get Just one
glance at the pAin-carved lines about the
mouth and the lower nostrils.
Their powers Of walking through a crowd
and picking out those marked for death
are disconcerting 10 the ordinary indl-
vidual. They Will admit that they might be
mistaken in many instances; that their
predictions are guesswork In many cases,
but these sight diagnoses in the clinics and
in the hospital observation wards are in
many instances borne out by the subse-
quent history OF the case.
The older medical text books speak OF the
''tactus eruditis," the Learned touch &"
The later medical practice does not do
much TO develop 1t. This was one OF the
main reliances OF the old practitioner who
had no microscopes or stethoscopes to aid
him in arriving at conclusions. He was
brought face to face with his patients.
without any exact and scientific aids In
determining their ailments.
Facial colors mean much TO these men
Of the old regime OF medicine. They can
detect the hectic flush OF the tuberculaT
patient from that ruddy hue Of health that
cosmetics cannot give. Pale, pain-drawn
ashy- colored facial masks mean brain tu-
mors. pneumonia or cancer in many In
stances. The waxy pallor tinted with a
delicate lemon hue means to the old prac-
titioner the last stages Of cancer. II he
can get close enough 10 glimpse the eyes
! he may be ebla 70 ct least Eusss a. thG
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07

Giving orders to men who are earning
twice as much as you might seem bit
strange TO any one but a railroad man"
a trainmaster on one Of the many western
railways remarked.
But that's just what one has to DO" he
continued Take almost any railway In
the country and you will find that the men
who are, giving orders are getting pay
checks that look mighty small beside the
checks OF those who are 'bossed'
Take the trainmaster. for instance He
gets a title and $50 a month or 30. He
plunks down in his office and tells the con-
ductors how TO run their trains and the
engineers. how 10 take the sidings and
calls them down when they make mis-
takes. And the chances are that the en-
gineer who Is getting the orders makes 500
month. He is being bossed by a man who
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07
MILDRED STEPHENS,
lass South Eleventh Street
Name end Address.

Did you meet up with Arachis Hypogoea
at the last ball game you saw in Rourke
park? You probably did, at least cents
worth. His everyday working name is Mr..
Peanut, and the youths companion, after
a careful survey, asserts It is now recog-
nized as the great national nut OF the
American people. For It is a nut in flavor
as we'll as in name, although botanically IT
is an own cousin Of the pea and bean, and
in cultivation a sister to the potato.
Only within the last forty years has the
peanut become Of commercial importance.
Its early story is yelled in obscurity, but 1t
came to this country from tropical America,
like the potato, in the earliest days Of
colonization, and carefree youth and hale
old age have shared together the delights
which came with it-Rnd now the peanut
crop is worth at least S12,OOo,OOO each year
to the farmers Of the southern states.
The peanut is Of many varieties, and
locally 1t has many names. Sold hot In
paper bags from the whistling rooster, Il
is best know to the consuming public, but
the fact 10 more and more appreciated that
1t. has numerous other uses. AS meal, as
butter, as oil and in CONNECTIONS the nut
becomes a human food, and the vine OF
T'peanut hay" is literally used for fodder
and bedding. Moreover, the entire plant II
often used In place of corn for fatteninl
stock
The peanut is proving a most profitabl,
crop for the southern farmer, especially
where the boll-wesvil attacks the cotton. Il
has the added virtue of not robbing th'
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07

to call her any one OF all the other worse
names that I consider appropriate-calls
me grille" I am seized with malignant
intentions.
No real lady 'girlies". any one she does
not know any more than she kisses people
she meets on the street. 1 dropped my
purse the other day and some affectionate
thing-with more complexion than she
could carry to advantage-picked 1t up and
handed 1t to me with, "Girlie, you dropped
your pocketbook." And / reckon she
thought I was a savage because I glared
at her in unmitisated rage. She had been
rude to me. Her impertinent affectionate-
ness was an affront. So I was rude to her.
No excuse for II. of course I am
ashamed of myself But wish 1 could
DO sure she would read this and have a
serious attack Of such ashamedness that
she would forget the "girlie" foolishness
forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07
aRnh MY RnnI,. %

The weekly bath at some of the private
schools In Sweden is a very funny affair.
Running hot and cold water is unknown,
and, that the pupils may all battle at the
same time and help each other, round.
shallow tubs full OF water are placed on
the floor in a circle
Each boy is given a pair of cloth mittens
and q piece of soap and told to get into q
tub. The tubs are close together. When
the boys have been in soak few minutes,
each one Is told to set to work on the back
of the boy in front Of him and give him a
good scrubbing
Nothing could be more ludicrous than the
sight OF two or more dozen boys vigorously
belaboring each others backs with their
washrsgs. Occasionally one will take this
opportunity of paying off an old score, and
will dig his neighbours back with ven
geance. All look forward to the bath hour
with pleasure and the greatest hilarity
prevails amid the splashing OF soap and
water.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07

fore mirror studying the effect
II think this suits me best" she said.
with a declsiveness that indicated that she
was q law unto herself and fully satisfied
with the finding.
But the clerk was a 'dearie" friend.
Yes. I think so. too. dearie," she
amended.
For one glacial instant the satin sowned
lady stared at her.
IF your taste In lace is not better than
your manners, 1 do not care for IT," the
satin-gowned said, with the cool and calm
Of the politely -enraged.
| She laid the 1aces down and went off.
The saleslady stared now. It was funny to
watch her. She had no more eomprehen-
sion of the ill-breeding she had revealed
than the satin-gowned had of the fact
that the clerk thought the intimate style
and address was indicative of sympathy
and appreciation.
II you grille girls and 'dearis" girls
DO not know any better than to smear
your sloppy affection words over strang-
ers let me tell you that you could hardly,
by q devotion of days and nights and ali
your climbing ability, scale to greater
heights of bad FORM
| I told you once about the woman who
called the butler dear" And here is this
saleswoman saying "dearie" to a lady
whose dignity resents the familiarity and
losing a customer. Why not keep your
love words for those who need or want
your affection7
You need not be thinking that the satin
gowned one was a snob. Maybe she was;
but women who are not snobs would have
felt the same way, even II they did no,
| say so.
When a person-yes, call her q person
when she does It, because am too polite
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-07
g The Bee;8 H0me Magazine page x
Who's Who in the Ho me

Every dog has his day. and every com
muter has his dog-else why commute?
The watchdog OF the Confirmed Com
muter's household was a young and
frisky collie who viewed life with the ex-
= asperating optimism Of a real estate agent
or a millionaire telling young men how to
live on IS a week. With the impartiality OF
a wholly promscuous affection, he loved
nearly everybody and everything There
was one exception. however, and this was
the Great Dane living and barking across
the way.
For this huge and amable, though dan
gerous, neighbor he cherished an ever in
creasing hatred, and whenever the big dog
came within his sight the colles banks
Of fury and defiance would rouse the vii
lage.
The canine feud was complicated by the
fact, that the owners OF the two animals
We're friends
Moot Wool must have some good rea-
son for hating that. dog So" observed the
Hopeful Housewife after one Of the collie's
outbursts Of rage. Hes such Jolly
~sweet tempered animal as rule. But l
Just know those two dogs are going to
have fight sooner or later!
"Nonsensel reioined the Confirmed Com
muter in his most superior manner. "woof-
Woof is only a long distance buffer! IL
he should once meet that Great. Dane Olaf,
face to face, he'd never peep Why, Olaf
could paralyze him with one wag Of his
tall"
The Hopeful Housewife glanced with in
dignant pride at her collie, whose fac,
had assumed the fatuous expression which
q dog wears when he knows he is being
talked about.
II know Wool Wool will never think OF
the result OF fight before he undertakes
it-he'll Just sail in And what's more,
III bet he'll winl'
Then they both remembered an engage
fment to call on the Great Danes sponsors
and owners that evening.
y I've half a mind to take Woof-Woof
along with us, just to show you that when
he and Olaf get within fighting range
neither of them will even growl."
Nevertheless, when they sauntered
across the back lawn to \the domain OF
Olaf, woof-woof had been locked safely
In the kitchen.
:, The Great Dane was the first Of his fam
ily to make the callers welcome; and
when every one was seated, he stationed
himself beside the Hopeful Housewife and
Nextended a huge and friendly paw.
1 You've made mash" commented the
/ Confirmed Committeeman at that mo-
nent frenzed sounds scrapings, leapings
barks and mournful cries arose outside the
door. - ,gry -
''whyi res woof- woof!' exclaimed the
Hopeful Housewife.
The Confirmed Commuter strobe to the
door and a whirlwind OF black and yellow
Al.
made for the Great Dane which had be-