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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15
THE COST OF LIVING.
Vu-TEE WAGE-EARNER'S SHARE.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

his product. When II is remembered that
this Is based on wholesale rather than
on retail prices and that retail prices are
from one-fourth to one-third higher than
wage-earner's part is not a large one.
Furthermore, the figures OF the bureau
or labor show that retail prices advance
more rapidly than the wholesale quota.
lions. Wholesle prices were 17.S above
normal when retail quotations were DOT
per cent above that mark
There are some who say that the labor
unions are responsible for the increases
in the prices
Aoquit Labor Unions of American
Of Blame for Prices. Tbsy h mve' .saa
that every successful strike or shut-out
Of the manufactured product to the con-
sumer in proportion sufficient to meet
the added cost Of labor to the manufac-
turer. This contention Is answered with
the information that the greatest in
creases in prices have taken place in COM
modities in the production OF which or
ganised labor does not participate to any
important degree. For instance. the great
est rise has been in forest products-4O
per cent-and the employees In this In
est rise has been in farm products
unmanufatcured. And the friend Of
the laboring man wants to know where
less organization exists than on tho farm.
On the other hand. in the mining In
dustry and the manufacturing industries
labor Is well organised. and the value
OF tho commodities Of the mine and fac
tory has advanced much less rapidly
than that Of the commodities OF the for
est and the farm. Likewise, the labor
ware IL well organized. and has had its
wages increased In keeping with the times
Yet the prices OF earthenware were less
In 1909 than in 1900 by nearly 5 per cent.
the labor unions have accomplished q
great deal In the way Of securing shorter
hours, better working conditions and in
upbuilding the standard OF labor all
around This has served. In connection
with the advance In wages. to attract q
vast number OF rural residents to the
cities and to secure their enlistment In
the forces Of urban labor. This. in turn.
mas served to depleto the supply Of labor
Tor Tor tho farms and to make high wares on
man 10 attracted from the country to the
city 1t subtracts one from the produciug
forces OF the country and adds one to the
consuming forces. One needs only to
sVVA 0OOuI uJlu ia u Ul8 SiS1 70 SEQ now
rapidly that process Of thinning the ranks
OF prime food producers and swelling the
ranks Of consumers IL taking place.
Another element tending to increase the
wages Of the workingman and 70 upset
the normal bal.
Workers Are Drafted ance between
By New Industries. r pOauu,,S% an =
the rise Of such new industries as auto
mobile manufacture. Tens OF Thousands
Of people have been drafted into the vari-
ous departments Of this industry. and In
evttably the number Of consumers has In
creased ana the number Of producers de-
creased.
An OF this has. tended 70 produce 9
scarcity of farm labor and to nnske Its
wages hinhef. It has been teetided IN
every investfontiou that whore the farm
hand once rot e13 . month ord "washtn.
ana meudinS" he d now able TO command
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15
Becker'S
Trunks
Are Best.

It's a pretty generally
conceded fact in Wash
ington that whether it's
a Steamer, a Dress, a
Skirt, a Wardrobe or a
Little Weekend" Trunk,
You'll find it at its best at
Becker's.
Becker's Special Steamer
Trunk, Eastwood box: all
trimmings riveted on; linen
lined throughout; conven-
ientiy arranged tray; at 80
and up, according to size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15

In seeking out the factors which
contribute to the cost OF living. any
investigation leads one to the wage
Garner. Everybody knows that he
contributes the major portion OF the
intrinsic value to almost every COM
modify. Iron ore in the mine Is worth
but few dollars q ton; manufactured
into hairsprings for watches 1t Is
worth thirteen times its weight in
gold. The lumber on the stump is
worth perhaps less than . cent per
board foot; made into q table 1t may
be worth fifty times as much.
II the wages OF the laboring man
increase 1t is but natural. then. that
the added cost Of his labors should be
reflected In some measure In the added
cost Of the product. That wages have
increased Is known and read OF all
men. IL the laboring man. then, In
tho last analysis. the culprit who has
fastened the great afaiction OF higher
cost Of living on his fellowman7
He pleads not guilty and offers UNI
usually convincing evidence in SUBJ
sanitation Of his plea. First and
foremost In his list OF exhibits are the
United States bureau Of labor. The re-
ports Of that organization. gathered
through painstaking Investigations
into the incomes and expense accounts
OF many Thousands Of workingmen's
families. show that the rise Of work
angmen's wages has not been as .reat
as the rise In the prices Of the things
they have to buy. In other words.
with all the increase in wages they
have enjoyed In q decade. the work
in1men ind that q days work today will
not purchase as much as it would ten
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15

XNOLW1JuSS0uOAu8 lilo A0St lA9S LAC
American workingman employed in the
factories Of the coun-
American labor try receives only 16
$50, per cent on the gross
- 0est 1s1u' wholesale value Of the
products he turns out share which ID
probably Ii per cent when compared with
the prices the consumer pays. he is still
about the best paid laboring man In the
world. The report Of the British Board
Of Trade cited In q previous articles. I'M
reservedly comedies that he 10. This re-
port. made after labor conditions all over
Europe had been studied. says that II
tho European laborer could come to
America and adhere to his former stand
ard Of living while drawing an American
standard of wages he could lay up money
for a rainy day. But the fact is noted
that the immigrant from northern europe
becomes "Americanized" more rapidly
in his standard Of living than IN any otner
particular
with the labor engaged in the manu-
featuring industries receiving only Ii per
cent Of the consumers price on .ne
manufactured commodities OF the coun-
try. with the laborer between the manu-
facturer and the consumer probably re.
ceivinx an even smaller share. ana with
the wages of the workingman increasing
less rapidly and always In the wake OF
increasinR prices, the case he presents
~ his defense against responsibility for
the Increased cost OF living Ia at least as
stronr a. that Of any other class of peo-
Die who figure at all In the ultimate price
OF things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15
Laces aft Sc and lOc Yard.
Values Are to 2sc Yard.

German Vale Laces:
match sets; 2. inch to 3 inches wide:
edges and Insertions; worth hANr
up to $3.50 for 12-yard pieces
Fine Wide Linen Torchon Lace
Edges and Insertions: fmita-
ton OF the real; Ice and 15o r.
vdIucS
Pure Linen Torchon Lace Edges
and Insertions: match sets:
up to inches wide; 100 to r.
l6o values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15

Platte and Shadow Valenciennes
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in IL to 5 inches wide: l5c n6nt~
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Pure Linen Cluny Lace Edges and
Insertions: imitation OF the real
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wide; l9c values.
Point Dc Paris Lace Edges and In
sertions; match sets: UP 70 8 X
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15

From this it clearly will appear that
the conditions existing today are not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Governor Hadley ys. Elihu Root

At the very outset Colonel Roose- welt and his field agent, Ormsbey Me Harg, will fight to finish the propo- sition to make Elihu Root the tempor- ary chairman and keynoter of the Chicago convention. The trouble with MT. Root is he is an out-and-out sup porter of Mr. Taft.
 The temporary chairman has small power, and ordinarily the choice of the national committee is accepted The convention of 1884 did, however, turn down the Blaine suggestion of Gen. Powell Clayton, and negro from Mississippi was elected tempor- ary chairman instead. But MT. Blaine's nomination for President fol- lowed, and this is not promising to Colonel Roosevelt. MT. Blaine was, however, defeated at the polls. No other case is recorded of reversal of the national committee.
 Elihu Root is not perhaps satis- factory kcynoter to the ultra progress sives. He certainly is not a dema- gogue, and taking him up one side and down the other he is a pretty good standpatter. He never spells reform with capital "R,' and he would not boom in any way the man who brought him into the public service. It is safe to say that Colonel Roosevelt admires Mr. Root much more than Mir. Root admires the col onel at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
THE WAY DE A MAN

In an article in the June Womans Home Companion, entitled "The Vanishing Hus- band,' the author presents an interesting study of the inequality that exists be- tween men and women. Following is an extract showing how men will leave tho finest homes imaginable and go off by themselves to enjoy each others society.
 Tn the community where my friends live the saloon was unknown. and mans love of enjoying himself with men undis- tulb by the-female-o -the-speces was symbolized by a meager and virtuous pool table at the back of some grocery store. Yet that pool table was frequent eli daily by d coterie of law abiding men, married and other. The men of the town for want of a club gathered themselves together at a barbers or at fruit store, Or, after the days work was finished. stood in groups at the end of wharves, spitting out to sea and conversng, far sway from the unsocial feminine atmos- phere. In these various uncomfortable and unsympathetic spots they talked to- gether about politics, the days catch of fish, the National and American leagues, business and all the interests of men.
 eIaost of these men had comfortable homes-homes with porches where rock CT sand piazza chairs spread wide arms vet when, in going through a small town, do you sec a group of men socially as sembled in such a spot? Yet you may see four or five men gathered, not about one another's hearthstones, but leaning over pigsty in eontemplat ton of the new pigs, or in the stable-again in q spot where woman, the invader, is no apt to come and spoil the conversation.
 How true this is in the little village wnere a mans gregariousness finds smal outlet. the eloquent and even patheti. signs in any of the stores can testify Drop down in any rural community, ant you will find signs like these: Pleas, loaf in the back room;' 'Loafing not ap preclated.' Does it refer to the wome, of the community? Surely not. Womer almost never loaf for woman is a sol, tary, ungregarious creature, undesirou. of the presence of her own sex.
 And here you have the true superi crity of man. This is his great strong, hold: herein lies his Samson like power From this root springs the subjection n woman. He is able to, nay desirous O. enjoying himself without the presenc, of the other sex. Not so may womai enjoy herself without man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29


 it can soon crush the negro rebellion. Only 800 of the negroes are well armed. If Cuba really needs aid from this government it will be forth coming. In 1906 we sent an interven- tion army of 5000 men to Cuba, and it was sufficient. Twice that numb,r can be sent, if need be, against the negroes in Oriente and that number might be needed. The army of 1906 was really one of occupation, and no fighting took place.
 The fear in Cuba and in this coun- try is that a third intervention would mean annexation. Some think that the Panama canal calls for it. And yet we do not want an additional mill lion of undesirable citizens. The island could not be anglicized in less than two generations, and Senator Bacon was right when he said that he never wanted to see Cuba become part of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
THE RED MANS LAST STAND

Richard Barry, in Harper's Weekly.
 At last the white man has started pro- eeedings which may take it's lands from the, only remaining tribe of Indians which still inhabits its aboriginal haunts-the Navajos. One of the first acts of the New Mexico legislature, passed within q few weeks of the admission of the state to the union, was a memorial presented to the President and to Congress in the latter part of April, asking that the vast acreage now held by the Navajos be opened to white settlement.
 This is the last chapter in that history of conquest by which the Caucasian has all but obllterated the Indian from the continent which was once his. It is a history which no conscientious American i shappy to read for it contains, in its final analysis, much that is not credi- table to our Humanitarian spirit.
 It will require the approval of the Pres
 dent and of Congress to consummate this final seizure of the red mans last prinl- tive habitat, and, as that approval has not yet been granted, and is only being sought, a short inquiry into the condition of the Navajos and their home is inter- estins now.
 The Navajos are the only tribe of In- d'ans living today without subsidy from the government They are the only h. dians who do not receive rations from tha plblic stores They are the only Indians who still maintain their primitive tribal conditions, both of economic life and of government They are the only Indians who have developed commercially their own handicrafts-b blanket and basket weaving-without aid from the white man. Moreover, they are law-abidine and have given us no trouble for over 40 years. They are living down there in the southwest, free, happy, prosperous, self supporting, and physically and nor ally clean. Tuberculosis, which has at tackled every other tribe of Indians, once it has come in close contact With the white man. has passed them by. Sexual diseases, which have ravaged every other tribe once it has been corralled and placed under the restrictions of governmental supervision, are unknown among them They are an aristocratic people, proud in their aloofness both from the whites and from other Indians. They do not inter marry with other tribes, and, of the 4s clans, A punish marital infidelity with dfath
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
John Tyler Morgan

The presentation at the University of a portrait of John Tyler Morgan, the gift of his daughter, Miss Cor nelia I. Morgan, was the occasion of tributes to the services of the great Alabamian. The presentation took place in the assembly hall of the new Morgan building on the campus, and the tributes of Governor O'Neal and Col. Sam Will John brought before the people the career of Alabama's great senator.
 It would be well indeed if the state would take steps to place a statue to his memory in the vacant niche in the rotunda in the capitol at Washington. His services in behalf of an isthmian canal would alone warrant this ac- tion, and these services were sup plemented by long chain of other services to the state and the nation. Colonel John explained how faithfully he fought for the welfare of the Uni versity-how he secured for it a grant of public lands, how he strove to make it the place where young men could be trained to conduct the future busi- ness of the state.
 Whether his services as senator be looked at from a state or national point of view a statue to his memory should be erected by the state in the capitol at Washington, and the state should have the gratitude to do it herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
CHRIST IN REGENT LITERATURE

Notwithstanding the fact that the pres ent is known as materialistic age, there are indications that. under. the leadership of its foremost writers, the world will shortly take Christward trend. 1t Is significant that in recent years many ac- knowledged masters of fiction, each with a large popular following. have produced works in which the protagonist is either Christ Himself or some person deeply i'm bued with the spirit Of Christ. Thus Hauptmann and Sudermann in Germany; Fogazzaro in Italy; Rostand in France; Andreyef in Russia; Selma Lagerlof in Sweden. and Pontoppidan in Denmark have turned to Jesus of Nazareth for their theme and have produced works that have in each case enjoyed a distinct popular success. More significant still. perhaps, Of al, awakening of interest in the Christ figure is the fact that writers compara-
 lively unknown have leaped into favor
 through works having Him as ther. h. spiration. Gustav Frenssen. retired Ger
 man. recently emerged from obscurity
 with his Hilligenlei, 8 book of which over
 10o,000 copies have been sold since its pub
 lication in 1905. A novel reading public chemically averse to ''preachment liter ature" has in this instance singled out for. it's favor book which is in part de- voted to the retelling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth as revealed by the most re- cent research. The deep impression that Knnedy's Servant in the House made on theatre goers and readers alike gives promise that it will remain an influential which will be published by the Putnams | late in May, under the title of ''The Prom ise of the Christ Age in Recent litera' | ture, William Eugene Mosher, Ph. D. isinsies out for consideration 10 represen' | tative works indicating a Christward ten
 dency and makes allusion to numerous | others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Our Cuban Obligations

President Taft explains that in mobilizing war vessels at Key West he has no thought of intervention. Under the terms of the Platt amend ment the United States may inter vene only "for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of government adequate to the pro- tection of life, property and indigid- ual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba inn posed by the treaty of Paris upon the United States now to be undertaken by the. government of Cuba" The Platt amendment of 1901 was made a part of the constitution of Cuba, and the people of Cuba know when inter- vention would become justifiable.
 Cuba is now facing presidential election and it is also facing a negro rebellion based on opposition to what is called the Morua law This law aims to prevent the organization, or rather recognition, of any party on racial lines. In other words, negro party as such is not wanted. The ne- gro generals, Estenoz and Ivonct, say the revolt will go on regardless of in tervention or the rights of property until the objectionable law is repealed.
 The Cuban government is confident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
GRADUATION GOWNS
he Now York American.

From the Now York American.
 If there is any way to make sensi- tive girl feel more sensitive. it is the sight of another and wealthier girl wear ing an elaborate graduation gown while she has to be content with something not new and not in the style.
 Throughout the country there have been many towns where this feeling has been eliminated by the uniform dressing of all the girls in costumes which even the poorest could afford.
 The latest example of this kind of hu- manitarian progress is to be found in Brockton, Mass. where the high school graduation finery will consist of dress worth $175. black shoes and stockings costing s3 and an absence of flowers. carriages and gloves. As a luxury therc will be large group picture of the class at 75 cents.
 This idea ought to be followed by ev- cry school in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29

capitol to consist of austere bare walls and unornamented floors? Perhaps 1t was due to some thought of Abraham Lincoln. But whatever it's cause. the expectation was naive and derogatory. The young guide, Jimmy, who by birth and genius evidently belonged to the universal race of guides. was there to keep my ideas right,and my eyes open. He was infinitely precious, and after his own fashion would have done honor to any public monument in the east. Such men are only bred in the very shadow of genuine his- tory
 :" See, he said, touching the wall. Painted by celebrated Italian artist to look like bas relief! But put your hand fiat against it. and you'n see it isn't carved! One might have been in Italy.
 And little later he was saying of other painting
 Although painted in 1se5--46 years ago you notice the flesh tints are as fresh as if painted .yesterday!'
 This. I think. was the finest remark ever heard a guide make-until this same guide stopped in front of a portrait of Henry Clay, and. after seconds hesita- tion, threw off airly, patronizingly: " Henry Clay-quite good states nant'',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
The Shakespeare Plays

That was an interesting article I read in The Age-Herald few days ago con taining a short interview with Mantell, the great actor" said an old theatre- goer. 'Mantell was playing Hamlet in the presence of large audience in Minne- apois or St. Paul, 1 am not quite sure which, as it is hard to keep those cities from getting mixed up An old news paper man met Mantell after one of the acts and asked him why he. played Ham let, intimatng that everybody had seen 1t, and that something newer would be more appreciated. Mantel said that he doubted whether 9 persons in the audi ence, as large as it was. had ever seen
 Hamlet before. The newspaper man thought that such an idea was absurd. In d little speech before the curtain the actor told of the conversation he had just had with newspaper friend and asked all in the audience who had seen Hamlet before to hold up their hand. Only 15 gave the sign.
 Twenty years ago the newspaper man would have been right in his estimate. l can remember when everybody who amounted to anybody had seen Hamlet. Most theatregoers who were as old as 25 years had seen Hamlet several times. It is different now. There are only two or three actors living who are up to the Shakespearean standard. l never saw Mantell play Hamlet but 1 have seen him in Macbeth and Lear. He is greater in heavy tragedy than Forrest or Mccullough, and both of those men were at the top of the histrionic profession. Mantell doubtless makes fine Hamlet because he Is a man of intellectual force and education, and of long experience on the stage.
 ''Sothern, who was in Birmingham re- gently, was highly acceptable in the role of Hamlet but Forbes Robertson, whom I had the pleasure of seeing play Hamlet two or three years ago in St. Louis was the greatest in that part since Edwin Booth.'t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-29
Autocratic Insurance Rates

If the Southeastern Underwriters association is not trust, then no trust exists in this country, for it has de- stroyed competition, and it puts rates up or down at will Its action in ad- vancing rates in this city where the fire apparatus has been rendered speedy and effective through the use of motor power is surprising. If su- perior equipment means higher insur- ance rates towns will soon cease to want better equipment.
 The Board of Trade proposes to as- certain how the rates in Birmingham compare with those applied to proper ty in Memphis and Atlanta. And the methods employed by adjusters in set ting losses is also to be looked into
 There is no protection against a trust as autocratic as the Southeast ern Tariff association is unless the property holders of a city act togeth- CT. The Board of Trade is proceeding on the right lines. Investigation is to precede action, and then when the hour to act comes all should act to- gether, otherwise the Southeastern Tariff trust will levy taxes on the insured up to the limit of its greed.
 The rates in Atlanta and Birming- ham should be closely compared and , iscrutinized