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able Of soliciting additional trade and
is therefore entitled to the same con-
sideration given to statesmen In other
lines II Is the laundry driver who
meets the women who constitute the
bulk Of the patrons, so that the Inn
portance Of having man to credit
ably represent the cstRblishmqnt has
lesscned the hardship the man up
on the wagon.
Since the laundry business has re-
Gently developed to the rank Of nth
among the great Industries Of the
country, Il has called into action an
army OF workers which have hereto
fore been unrccognised among the
wage earncrs OF the nation. A few
years ago, the census department in
cluded laundry workers with personal
and domestic servants, hut II now
lists them separately There arc
about 10000 peop'e employed In the
8 51S6 power laundrles OF the country.
in addition to those working IN the
smaller establishments. About 75 per
cent Of these are women. The cap
ital invested In these industries
amounts to 36s,936.000. besides the
utilization OF a large amount Of rented
property amounting as nearly AZ can
be ascertained to s3.0oo.OOo annually.
The value Of the laundry work done
last year by pubic laundries amount
ed to about 3105.000.000. The wages
paid In the laundries are rs yet be-
low that OF many other industries.
but there are increases being made
In most Of the large ,hties. The great
cost OF laundry machinery and the im-
provements constantly being made II
particularly responsible for the low
pay OF ethc workers. most Of whom
are not qualified for any other wor&-
Considering the comparatively recent
development Of the industry. II Il
reasonable to suppose that within a
few years the hardships now existing
will have been largely overcome.
The manufacture Of laundry ma
chinery In tho United states amounts
to millions OF dollars annually and Il
Is being exported to every civilized
country, Russia having been one ol
the last to call II into service. In
addition to the machinery. there are
other supplies required in the equip
ment OF a modern laundry calling fol
large expenditures. An item OF nc
small cost lis the wrappings for send
ing out the goods. The best firms
now have special envelope for each
shirt and the shirt is folded in such
a manner as to be readily put on. This
Is a great Improvement over fasten.
Ing It together with pins. as was done
until recently to the irritation Of ev'
cry man who wanted to dress hurried.
| ly. Most of the better laundries also
have dispensed with the small buttons
formerly used 10 fastcn the neck band,
and collars In place. There are long
slender envelopes that are designed fol
the collars which are ironed flat
while for those which are rolled. suit.
able boxes are provided. Many laun.
dries send all their work home ir
boxes instead of paper packages ant
this involves considerable extra ex'
pense.
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The Weekly Wash
W--Labor and Equipment.
BY Frederic J. Haskin

To the minds of most people, the
labor problem Is the one presenting
most difficulties as a public utility
While the majority Of people insist
upon quick service from laundry.
they are not satisfied to know that
IN giving this prompt service there
Is frequently violation OF certain laws
regarding the number of hours OF
work for women, or In states where as
yet no such laws exist, women are
subjected to such hardships in the
laundries that some legal restriction
seems to be demanded The laundry
management often is blamed for con-
ditions for which the public itself is
responsible. II Is frequently the rush
demand of the patron which calls for
the extra hours.
Last January there was strike
among the New York laundry workers
which called particular attention TO
existing conditions. For three years
or more philanthropic men and women
have been making Investigations look
Ing toward the relief OF some of the
hardships. The beginning of these in
vestigations was made by Miss Garcia
Woerrishofer under the direction OF
the National Consumers league. Miss
Woerrshofer was a young woman mil
lionaire who became Interested I'm
sociological work during her college
career. Immediately after her gradu-
alton from Bryn Mawr. she went to
New York and worked for months as
laundry girl In several different
lanndrics, studying conditions and liv-
Ing upon the wages she earned. Her
revelations were startling and were no
doubt largely responsible for the In
creased interest, Including the gov
ernment Investigations, which followed.
A number OF years ago there was a
law passed In New York prohibiting
women from working at night In that
state. This was declared unconsti-
tutional and an infringement upon
personal liberty by the judges OF the
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23
ON THE COB.

Here Is a gem. When we read 4,
yesterday we hastened to p. Kenny's
restaurant as the nearest place of
ietnge and ordered some corn on tho
COD. Inc man who wrote the follow
'hg lines for the Chicago Tribune has
our thanks; he deserves the thanks
o. all who like something good to eat
and who enjoy reading the proper ex-
preston Of their own sentiments. we
mold that he has produced a classic.
Perhaps when Hebe trlpped and
spilled the nectar a few drops of II
bounced off crag of Olympus and
came. down in Vermont. Possibly
'acchus' our Tor cosmic JOY ride
Oh New Years eve, dropped bottle
out OF his car--if II was his last bot
tie he must have yelled in dismay-
ana, leaning out over tie tonnea,. saw
1t hit New England hill where a
grateful people were to find it grow
Ing In vegetable. shape.
Possibly II was the original Gift OF
eCrn Demeter gave to men after
Persephone had been returned to her
ana the scourge OF barrenness lifted
from the earth
Possibly the bees make IL In the
light OF the moon when the warm night
is pulling the sweets out of old fash
Toned pinks and distilling the roses
Some miracle produced Golden BAN
tam corn.
1t IL OF no avail to hunt for It in
western markets.. You might find
dealer wise enough to handle 1t, but
search probably would be futile. II
was intended for discriminating eat
ers Of corn on the cob. for persons
Who enter upon the fullness and rich
ness Of life when they sit down to
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points brought out Is the relation that
existed between Bryan and the rich
ana powerful New York delegates.
TO his face they were friendly, but
behind his back they rcviled him. Ds-
recial attention was pal to the al
legged great fortune that Bryan has
made, The article goes on:
1T was IA scandal md must be
denounced. ideas 1T the extent of the
scandal varied with the various no.
iicns of what constitutes surtune.
Southern bankers and iawy. = put Il
At about million. Their more pros
pexous brethren from the north could
not call million scandalous end they
estimated tho Bryan pile at ftvc mill
aions.
"'And every cent Of II made out OF
the democratic party. He has capi.
TALKED tho notoricty We have given
him. II ru,nors Of these conferences
reached. Mr.. Brvan they must havo
made him pens've. for he u said to
.,tertain respect for the dignity Of
v dollar that would meet tho approval
Of Mr.. Rockefeller. Il never occurred
t. those conspirators that 70 save even
miserable million dollars from the
proceeds ~ lccturing and writing
would be impossible. We know lit-
tie about Mr.. Bryan's stock lecture
except that II Ii said 10 appeal to the
kind OF intelligence that adorcd tho
late Ian MacLaren. No doubt no u
we'll paid for his platform appear
=. arances. No doubt he IL over pail
for his writings. We admire Mr..
Bryan as a public character and as =
first-clas. fighting man. but we feel
hound 70 say thai II we were advising
any young man who wished to cuAi-
vate an English style. wc should most
certainly advise him to give no part Of
his days or his nights to the volumes
of Bryan. The truth 10 that Mr..
Bryan by very hard work with pen
and open face. by saving and luckily
investing has gathered together about
s2Oo. 900. The writer personally re-
cards this as scandalcus fortune. but
he carnn understand why Il should
be 70 regarded by Mr.. T. + Ryan.
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HOW SAMSON DID IT.

Occasionally there comes a ray Of
light on some Biblical story, on what
people are prone to consider an al!e-
gorical myth of the Scriptures, and
shows lack of exaggeration and a
great plausibility. The London Athen-
acum, In commenting on researches
by Professor Macaiister. says: "The
pulling down of the Philistinc house
by Samson is explained by remains
Of a dwelling where the roof beams
are supported by wooden posts resting
on stone slabs from which they
might without much difficulty be dis
lodged by an exceptionally strong
man."
Professor Macalister went n little
farther with Samson. Even the Jaw
bone an ASS story Is made more
likely by the discovery of jawbones Of
animals set with flint teeth and used
as reaping hooks. which might be
welded as formidable weapons.
While Palestine seems never to
have developed an art or culture Of
It's own. and to have been content
with the most degraded survivals OF
successive masters. yet the Egyptian.
Assyrian and Greek antiquities found
there, poor as they are, frequently
illuminate that greatest of all histories
cf early man, the Bible.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23
RoosEvELT's "oEFEAT."

The Tories liked to tell of Roose-
velt's defeat In New York two years
ago. when the corrupt politicians OF
the republican and democratic parties
Of the Empire state united In under.
hand conspiracy against him and his
cause. The situation Is explained by
Professor +. M. Davenport OF Hamii-
ton college in an address at Utica a
few days ago:
when he went away to the su 1.
preme court Governor Hughes person-
ally asked MIR. Roosevelt TO take up
the fight which he was laying down
within the state of New York.
Against his own inclination. and
solely from u high sense OF public
duty. Mr.. Roosevelt led the republican
organization out into progress and lib
crty at Saratoga in 1910.
And then the Barnes element
Joined the Murphy element and the
powerful influences behind them, and
with lip loyalty to the progressive
ticket In the open. they steadily
knitted II at the polls. And they can
do II again and win at that game un-
I'll the forces of enlightenment and
progress. through sheer desperation,
are brought to the verge of revolution.
There Is. therefore. probably no
state I'm the Union which needs an or
ganized progressive movement 90
much as the state of New York"
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23
MOOSE LODGE PLANS
TO BENEFIT MEMBERS.

Kansas City. Aug. 22.-F'ive million
dollars to establish institutions for tho
benefit of It's members was voted by
the Loyal Order OF Moose In session
here today. The institutions will in
clude: A vocational and trade school
for children. home for the aged and
infirm. and a home for orphans and
members of the lodge. to be built on a
tract Of 1000 acres at anderson. Ind.
general sanitorium to be built in the
west. and tuberculosis sanitorium to
be erected In some city with suitable
climate.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

In the cheap, so-caIled hand shops
which are In reality only agencies
which collect the work for larger es-
Establishments There are about 5000
Of these small shops In New York, all
Of which collect work at a price below
that of the regular well equipped
laundry. They must secure their rent
and profit and provide profit to the
wholesale establishment doing the
work. The large places where such
work is done have few Of the mod
crn labor-saving appliances for the
comfort Of their employees and the san
itary conditions are often as bad as
could be Imagined. The hours of work
have been practically unlimited, SO
that at the last investigation made
before the New York state bureau os
mediation and arbitration ono starch
er testified to having worked 20
hours In five days TO get rush worl
out.
The abandonment of this rush work
calls for cooperation on the part OF
the public and II is something which
the women Of the country can largely
aid In bringing about. Different wom-
ems organizations are now co-operat-
ing with the laundrymcn's associations
In an effort to so plan the work that
there may not be rush and a conse-
quent strain upon the workers the. lat
ter part Of the week. The House,
wives league Of New York has Is
sued a recommendation to Its MEM
bers to have n certain part Of their
washing ready on Friday or Satur-
day in order that the laundry may be
ready TO begin work cary on Monday
morning. instead of gathering the
wash on Monday morning and having
the work begin in the afternoon and
continue until late at night as has
been the practice. when there are
two deliveries a week. the drivers
time should be saved by giving him
the second lot OF clothes when the
first is. delivered. instead OF rcqu'r-
ing an extra call.
The organizations OF laundrymcn
are generally in favor of a limited
working day as they wish to place
their industry upon the same stand
ard as others. but quite frequently the
employees themselves do not favor It.
One laundry company, operating model
steam laundries in three cities. ar
ranges with Its workers TO begin work
at 1880 o'clock In the morning and ia
continue working until up to Friday,
when the bulk OF She work Is finished
by 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The
workers are then dismissed until Sat-
urday noon, when they come back Ia
work for two or three hours to get
out the rush work of the hotels. This
firm has found that its emp'oyes
prefer working an hour or two longer
for several days and then having part
of Friday afternoon and the whole Of
Saturday morning, than to work the
regular hours the whole six days
Other laundry managers claim that
this plan Is impossible because Of the
lrregularity with which the worl,
comes In.
The drivers of the laundry wagons
In times past have been subjected tc
almost as many hardships as the
women workers, but the laundry own.
crs are awakening to the fact thai
1t is economy to treat the man who
collects and delivers the goods as :
person OF more importance than Tho
| mere driver of the wagon. With th'
best laundries the driver now really
ranks as salesman. He Is n man o.
intelligence and good appearance, cap
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

steaming platter with a huge pat Of
butter on one side and q dish Of salt
on the other.
They are canny lot. the discrim-
mating eaters of corn on the cob, and
they may not tell you that the. little
yellow ear which looks like stunted
and ovcrripe piece Of field corn is the
t,nderest. sweetest, most luscious,
honeyed, sugary, toothsome. the inef-
fable. indispensable product Of the
good rich earth.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23
PiLEsi PiLEsi plLesl

Williams' Indian Pile Ointment win
cure blind. bleeding and itching piles.
It absorbcs the tumors. ..llays itching
at once. acts as a poultlce. gives in.
stant relief. williams Indian Pile
Ointment il prepared for piles and
itching OF the private parts. Drug
gists. mail SOC and 800. Williams'
Mfg. Co.. Props. Cleveland. O. roe
sale bv George Freisheimcr. drueyisE
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MleSoULA OFFICE.
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We take issue with the conference
81 eaker who declared, Tuesday night,
that no true reform can come through
'he influence of the newspaper. We
agree with him, however that the
Newspaper can accomplish more II II
has the church back of 1t.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

Discussing the optimism of young
Mr.. Hilles, the Chicago Tribune sug-
gests that he may be the reincarnation
OF the man who told Noah there
wasn't going to be n flood.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

casabianca Hilies IL doing the best
ne can. but the destruction of the ship
u certain and all he can do is to
stand on the burning deck and watch
the fire.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

We differ with Professor Davenport
Ia only one particular. lie says there
Is no state which needs the third
party as much as New York. We
maintain that Montana needs II more
than any other commonwealth.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23
BRYAN'S FORTUNE

In the September American Maya.
Zinc there Is an article containing o
great deal of "inside" information
about the Chicago and Baltimore con.
vrntions. One Of the interesting
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

Mountain trout relieve much yearn-
ing and make a man well satisfied
that he IL alive. That Is, when they
lite right and are cooked right.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

Those of us who found the traile
ALREADY blazed can show our apprc-
ciation of the work of the tlaHers ny
Keeping on the right road.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

II the Methodist people will give MS
the secret of their control OF the
weather man. all will be forgiven and
no questions asked.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

We are pleased to learn from con-
ference headquarters that the yellow
legged chicken supply Is holding out
satisfactorily.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

The bull moose, just about this
time of year. finds his horns coming
out OF the velvet and getting into con-
dition for real fighting. Watch out.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

Optimism, however may be carried
to extremes. Witness the mental
alteration OF casabianca Hilles.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

We cannot all be pioneers. but we
can do the best We know how to con-
tinue the good work which the pio-
neers started.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

Mr.. Taft will find In November that
the people, for once. have attended to
their political duties very thoroughly
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23

The republican local leaders already
view with alarm. falling into the ways
or their democratic rivals.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-23
SUBSCRIBERS, PAPERS.

The Missoulian is anxious to give
the best carrier service: therefore. sub
scribers are requested to report faulty
delivery at once. In ordering paper
changed to new address, please give
old address also. Money orders and
checks should be made payable to
The Mlssoulian Publishing Company
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19
Just Between You and 1--WE"
About Things That Subject More or Less Thought

eliminated; the murder trials, divorce
proceedings. crimes without number
in all their revolving aspects, and what
Lowell calls the 'stagnant goose-ponds
of village gossip But since fathers
and mothers read the daily paper, they
our daily paper we wish might be
cannot consistently prohibit their
children from doing the same. In its
way, the newspaper is great edu-
Gator 1t brings us each day in touch
with the whole world. Its recapitula-
ton of current events is timely and
helpful. The newspaper is a neces-
sity. We could not spare it from our
table. in spite OF its faults. There
are newspapers and newspapers. 1t Is
for each parent to bring into his
home as clean sheet as he can find,
knowing that the innocent eyes of HIS
little children will scan it's pages."-
Suburban Life Magazine for Septem-
Der.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19
GETTING ALL THE NEWS

When you have read the regular
news columns of the Saturday News,
you have not read all the news in the
paper by all means. There are the
several columns of advertisements,
which are just as important to the
reader as the other columns.
Supposing the grocer never read
the produce reports he receives-he
would be as ignorant of the "doings"
of the produce people as you are OF
the doiuss of WATERFOWL merchants
by not reading their advertisements
Suppose the coal man did not read
the coal news--he would be in poor
shape to do business.
Surprising the hardware man did
not read his trade papers-he could
not last long in his business-and be
a success, which is the natural out
come of being progressive and np-to-
date.
Surprising the dry goods merchant
passed up the columns of his trade
paper-where would he stand a chance
of getting next to the newest and
! best in his line. ~.
5 Men in all lines OF trade are ever
alert in keeping posted as to what is
new and best in their respective lines.
The Saturday News has been COM
PEELED to increase its number of pages
OF reading matter at different times
on account Of the increase in its adj
vertising columns giving you the
usual number of columns of reading
matter The Saturday News stands
head and shoulders above the average
weekly newspaperthe merchant Is
aware Of this and that is why he adj
vertises In 1t. It costs money to adj
vertise-and that is one Of the ex-
penditures OF the wise merchant,
The wise reader will read the offer-
ings of the different merchants and
thus keep posted on what Is doing
among the business houses Of the city.
That is store news. It is just as i'm
sportant as the other news n
The advertising columns of the pa
per are the messengers between the
stores and the people. Let the mes
scnger do his work for you.
Take the time TO read the ads
you will then understand why It is
that some OF your neighbors are al.
ways so lucky In getting bargains.
when they do their shopping They
Fave read the columns of the live
newspaper,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19
BY ipEAKoN sENRABI

y II yon wear glass and hays hi4
your appendix and tonsils renoS
You are quite up to date.
The corn i on ito ear because
frost his 80 early not.
The state over perhaps @
can discuss politics little nov rs
81 The politicians are experiencing y
sensation over the Rinhards
they win experience more when the
voter gets through with some 81 them
NJ The democrats hope to carry Pennsa
sylyania they must think they ara
some big TO want to attempt snch
thing. Reader, the foregoing can ia
taken either way
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19
THE DANGERS Of COCAINE

q n e DAN GERS OF COCAINE
sFrom Charles B. Towns The Peril
OF the Drug Habit in the Century
The most harmful Of all habit form
ing drngs Is cocaine. Nothing so
quickly detesio crates its victim on pro-
ATides SO short a cut to the insane asyl.
UNI. II differs from opium in two mn
portant ways. IA man does nor ac,
qnire d habit from oeaine In the sense
I that 1t Is virtually impossible for him
to leave 1T on without medical treat
nnent, He can dc SO, although ha.
rarely does. On withdrawal, he ex-
periences only an intense and horrible
repression, together with physical
ianguor which results in 81 sleepiness
that cannot be shaken OF.
Opium withdraw avail, GA the other
hand, results In sleeple ssness and III.
IRENE nervous and physical disorder
~ action, TOO, cocaine Is exactly the
opposite 81 opium, tor cocaine IL al
extreme stimulent. It's stimulus wears
o. quickly ana leaves i corfeapo nding
depression. but II confers half ali
hour of capabi lit ot intense effort.
that y why bicy Hers prizesn light,
en- hnd race ho1ssliss j sre often doc:
I tored ~ ioped ssst6 cecasaes
When cocnine igiiyes gu. ~ victim
"A III ~ 81 n y II f;ss u4t,,,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-19

NJ
The success Of the Mellette- Nc
Pherson irrigation plant at Tt Pierre
a year ago, and the very large amount
OF propaganda work induced q great
many men with lard located adjacent
to the Missouri and its lateral streams
the past summer to attempt to water
their ground. 1t has been found this
fall that in some cases where the work
was done in haphazard and ln-ss
scientific manner that the results have
not been what was anticipated, but in
every case where the irfigator used
his head the return on HIS Investment
has been good. For the second year
the original 6o-acre tract in Ft. Pierre
has nrndnce ga bonntif fully George
Philip, the manager oi the large pros
iect on the Missouri bottom below the
buffalo pasture above 1T. Pierre ex III
presses himself as wen satisfied with
results and contemp iaIes 4 I'M 81
turns another year on account of his
create experience The same is.
true 81 the Knapp Crew proposition
below Pierre. II