The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-20

one would kick at that-3000 mile
across America to San Francisco ant
then across the Pacific ocean for o.
cents. Great thing, this United States
postal service. Now here's the same
thing for Auburn, fve-pound package
How much Can't take it, Can't take
t2 Limit on packages for transmissio,
by mail four pounds. You'll have to
send it by expressf But you just took
a e-pound package to go to San Fran.
cisco and thence to Japan, and you won't
take one to Auburn at any price That's
right. Why' Postal regulations. BY
Jovel Uncle Sam is a corking business
man, isn't he?"
A suit for $4,000 was entered against
Detective William J. Burns for libel al
Montreal, Can, by the celebrated detec-
tives, William and Allan Pinkerton, on
Jan. 4. Burns had worked up case
against the Pinkerton agency for one
David Russell, a Montreal millionaire
who claims that the Pinkertons had been
concerned in a conS@i-acy against him.
In spite Of hi. eff =, Burns was I'M
successful Now the Pinkertons are SUI
ing him for damages.
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/ The molders and Others employed In
the naval gun factory in Washington,
d. c., have entered vigorous complaint
against the poorly equipped ventlating
apparatus in the building in which they
work. The fumes from the converts
escape into the foundry and seriously
hurt the health Of the l72 men EN-
ployed. The men have complained many
times and now insist upon the apparatus
being thoroughly overhauled and brought
up to modern standards.
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The iewelry workers international un.
ion reduced working hours from so to
50 and 81 per week and increased the
minimum wage scale % per cent in
many iewelry factories during the year
1911.
Eighteen thousand servants belonging
to the national telephone service of Eng
land have Just passed into the govern.
ment employ and in future viii be
chased with the $4,000 postal servants.
This is a great transfer, but all arrange
ments for the change were well worked
out, and no hitch is likely to occur, The
total business which is handed over
means the naturalization of the tele-
phone service and will represent sso,0O0,-
900 of capital All the men and girl
telephonists will become civil servants
and there win be added to the present
postal telephone service about I,253, 500
more miles of wire and nearly 600,000
more subscribers to telephones.
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Men teachers cannot be obtained in
the high schools and the graded schools
of Washington, D. c., largely because
of the fact that the salaries offered are
entirely inadequate. Many efforts have
been made in the past to raise the SAL
aries of high school teachers, so that the
positions would be worth while for men
to seek.
Members of the paper makers union !
employed at the Elkhart Paper company
at Elkhart, Ind, received an increase
in wages of 10 per cent January l. The |
Elkhart Paper company manufactures
only union-made paper. 1t is hoped by |
the members of the papermakers' union
that the fairness of the company in |
dealing with the organization win be so
highly appreciated by the members of
other organizations and the general pub
lie that a greater demand will be made
for the uncontrolled product of the pa.
permakers.
William f. Terry, general organizer
of the A. f. L., succeeded in organizing
the first union OF white laundry workers
in the South, the same being recently
established in Atlanta, Georgia. Several /
locals of laundry workers have recently
secured increased wages and improved
conditions.
During an animated debate in the
United States Senate January 9, on the
children's bureau bill, Senator Borah
warmed up to the occasion and answered
some of the directors by remarking:
of we have the constitutional power
to gather statistics and facts with refer
ence to diseases of hogs and cattle. we
have the constitutional power to gaiae.'
data with reference to diseases of chill
dren. The United States constitution
was not made for hogs alone, but also
for men. We are devoting three million
a NtdA w AHN ShNhNAiHk vi SldttS-
tics referring to the treatment of dis
eases of cattle and hogs; certainly we
can afford thirty thousand dollars for
the purpose of gathering such informa-
ton as will enable us to deal intelli-
gently with dependent and delinquent
children" Senator Borah is making
most estimable effort to procure the
passage of the ehildren's bureau bill and
is deserving of all the support which
sympathetic citizens can render him.
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The iourneymen tailors gained an
eight hour day for $50 members in
D. c., with an increase in
wages. including time and one-half for
overtime. They also secured the week
work system
II has been customary for the govern
ment to pay all per diem employees in
d. c., or any other section
Of the United States, including employees
Of navy yards and arsensls, double time
for work performed on Labor day. The
of the treasury handed down
a decision on Dec 2l that such extra
must be discontinued, be-