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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
PROTECTING "PAUpER LABOR
Lawrence Conditions Show Falsity of Ar
gument That Tariff Protects the
American Wage Garner.

New York. Feb I9.--The significance
OF the situation at Lawrence and the con
dition of the New England wooden mill
operatives are outlined in an article in
The Survey by w. j. Lauck, formerly in
charge of the Industrial Investigations of
the United States immigration commits
sion. He says:
The labor dispute at Lawrence, Mass.
affords an instructive insight into exist
ing industrial conditions. Probably the
most significant feature Of the situation
has been the attitude displayed by the
southern and eastern European wage
earners. Strange to say, the disturbance
at Lawrence has been mainly due to
their protest against a curtailment By
legal enactment of the weekly hours of
labor, under. the impression that it would
lead to decline in their weekly earn.
ings. In other words, they have resisted
an Improvement in conditions of employ
ment because OF their lack of permanent
interest in the industry in which they
are engaged.
The Lawrence labor troubles have also
been of unusual interest for the reason
that the industry around which they
have centered is one of the chief bene.
ficiaries of our protective system The
argument has long been made that the
wooden and worsted goods manufacturing
industry needed a high tariff in order
to protect its wage-earners from the
products of the pauper labor of Europe.
The recent development at Lawrence,
however, has disclosed the fact that the
so-called American wage-earner whose
standard Of living it is claimed, must
be upheld by the tariff, is largely
myth, and that in reality the American
wooden mill operatives are made up of
"pauper workmen' of almost half-a- hun
bred of the immigrant races from the
south and east of Europe and from
Asia.
As a matter of fact, the term Ameri-
can wageearner is a misnomer, and in
no industrial locality is this better IL
Illustrated than in Lawrence, the principal
center of our worsted goods mills. Ac-
cording to the last census this important
textile manufacturing city had a popu-
lation of $1,000, made up of the various
races as follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
:
CANADIAN HAY IN DEMAND.
Shipments to the United States Increased
Threefold-Prices Advancing.

Montreal, Feb. l9.-The failure of the
United States hay crop last season has
increased hay shipments from Canada
as well as from Montreal itself mors
than threefold. Shipments have been
made direct to eastern United States
and also to the South as far as Florila
and Georgia. But for the car shortage
the amount would be still larger. Where
orders for Is cars have been sent, only
10 could be given, as the "hone" ears
were wanted in Canada and the cars
from southern roads have not been avail
able to any great extent Prices are
increasing with the shipments and Will
at first only 50 per ton advance wa
made. at present the premium is 80 per
ton above last years market pries.
Farmers throughout Quebec ere gath
ering every ton of hay they can spare,
and much of il is sold before the cars
arrive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Australia Fond of Lawn Tennis.

A report of the Australasian tennis
championship held at Melbourne in con-
junction with the Victoria champion
ship tourney furnished surprising In
formation. This joint tournament was
finished the first week in December,
when the finals of sixteen different
events were contested
In Newport last year at the United
States national championship tourna-
ment 202 entries required 200 matches.
aud in consequence the American au-
thorities are worried on account OF its
unwieldiness and movement is now
on foot to limit the number of COM
petitors. but in 1910 the Australasian
championship required 35I matches,
and last season the number exceeded
400 This shows the tremendous hold
the game has on the sport loving peo-
pie of that country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
A Common Skin Trouble.

Eczema is the most annoying and most
common of all skin diseases. third
of all skin troubles are eczema in one
OF its various forms. The best known
treatment is the new remedy Cadum.
1t is soothing and antiseptic, stops the
terrible itching OF eczema at once and
begins healing with the first application
Cadum can be used with confidence in
skin and scalp troubles of adults and
infants, and has proved a blessing TO
thousands who have suffered for years
from tormenting and disfgnring skin
diseases. Cadum is anticeptic, prevents
infection from disease germs, and should
be in every home for prompt use in
skin troubles. OF druggists, l0c and 25c
per box
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Fred Huntington, captain of the
Crimson hockey team, who played
center and fullback on the football
team. is Harvard's strong man. He
heads the list of the ten strongest men
IN the university for the first half of
the college year. made from tests par
ticipated in by over 500 students.
Huntlngton's total of 1903 points, how
ever is ten points under the record
of f. II. Leslie. who headed the list
last year and who is second this year
with 1909. Leslie aud Tudor Gardi-
ner. who is third with 1872, and II. b.
Gardiner. who is tenth with 1.040, were
also members of last years football
eleven.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
BIG FELLOWS POST $4,000.
Johnson, Flynn and Curley Put Up For
felt Money for Proposed Bout.

Chicago, Feb. l9.--,Iack Johnson. the
champion pugilist, Jim Flynn and Jack
Curley posted $4,000 yesterday in eur.
rency and certified checks with Al Tear
ney. as forfeit money for the worlds
heavyweight fight between Johnson and
Flynn.
The time and place for the bout were
not made public, but Curley said that
several cities were bidding for the fight.
He intimated that he could not decide
on a place until May /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
PHONES SPEECH 1000 MILES.
President Hadley Talks Over Wire from
New Haven to Chicago.

New Haven, Feb. l9.-With a special
through wire from his home in this city
to the hotel Blackstone in Chicago. Pres
ident Arthur T. Hadley Saturday night
delivered the longest long distance teie.
phone speech to the largest number of
listeners in the history of the service,
when he addressed the Chicago Yale
alumni at their annual banquet. Each
OF the thousand or more diners had a
watch ease receiver The wire was re-
served for Mr.. Hadieys exclusive use for
one hour between Q and 10 o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
6 DROWNED,
4 MISSING
From British Ship Wrecked in
Hurricane
SURVIVORS TO NEW ORLEANS
Had Neither Food nor Water for Three
Days, Some of Them Going Insane
and Jumping into the
Sea.

Liverpool, Feb. 10.-The British steam
err Cuban, arriving here from New Or.
leans, brought nine of the crew of the
British ship Erne, wrecked in hurricane
February 8, while bound from Boston to
Buenos Ayres.
Six of the Erne's crew were drowned
and Captain Pickett, his wife. the second
mate, and one passenger are missing.
The survivors had neither food nor
water for three days. Some went mad
and jumped overheard, others dashed
themselves to the rigging, where the
Cuban sighted them February s and took
them off with difficulty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Miss Fownas Leads.

Pinehurst, N. c.. Feb. l9-Miss Mary
Fownes OF Oakmont, sister of the ma
tional golf champion in 1910, easily won
in Saturdays qualification round in the
February tournament for women. the
gold medal offered for the best score.
Her score was 90
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Muscatine, Iowa.-During the button
workers strike in this city, Chicago slug
gers were imported for the purpose OF
intimidating the button factory strikers.
The county assumed the responsibility
of paying them. An injunction was Sc
cured prohibiting the county from max
ing the payments and decision has just
been handed down declaring that the ex-
penditure of the money for this purpose
Is unlawful. This decision has had an
electrifying effect on the strikers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Minnesota 10 Meet Penn State.

University of Minnesota's football
squad will meet the Pennsylvania state
team in Minneapolis next fall. 1t has
been announced. in one of the two
games with eastern teams for which
the Minnesota athletic authorities are
planning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
New Workers Pay Fortune For Fights.

wow Iorkers ray fortune ror Tlgnts.
During FIVE months New York state
eight fans has paid 1856. 40S.70 to see
boxing bouts. From this sum the
state treasury has been enriched $17,-
10.
About 1000 boxers have earned
money under the operation of the
Frawley law. About 1000 club at
taches are regularly employed under
the Frawley law supervision of box
pg.
Since Sept. last 62T boxing shows.
Or more than 1900 bouts. have been
conducted In this state.
There are ffty-three regularly H.
rensed boxing clubs In the state, thlr-
ty-four of which are In Greater New
York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Col. T. w. ZONES to Be Retired.

Washington. Feb. 10 President Taft
Saturday approved the voluntary appli-
cation for retirement of Col. Thaddeus
W. Jones, commanding the tenth cav
airy at Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont, aft
eF forty years service.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Goddard Defeated the Logan
Squares, l6 to 10, in Barre
IN AN EXCITING CONTEST
Referee Was Not Obliged to Blow His
Whistle During Entire Game for In
fraction of Rules--Both Teams
Played Out at Finish.

In what proved to be the most ex-
citing and the fastest game of basket
ball that has been played in this city
this year, Goddard seminary took In
the Logan Squares, Montpelier athletic
organization, measure to the tune of 10
to 10, Saturday night, at the Church
street gymnasium. The game was the
cleanest, that, is free from unnecessary
roughness and violation of the rules,
that has been contested in that gym
nasium for years, although the playing
was desperate at times. The referee
was not obliged to blow his whistle
throughout the entire game for sim
gle misdemeanor.
The team work of the two aggrega-
lions was about on a par. The basket
shooting of both teams was somewhat
or color, with the seminarians having
tho most shots. The absence of Me-
Lay deprived the Goddard team of its
truu strength, although Lindsay, who
is ineligible to play against the school
teams that are governed by the Vermont
School Masters rules, having graduated
from McIndoe Falls academy last June,
played a good game in McLeay's place.
There were many excellent shots during
Tho game, to which Laird, Darlington
and Carroll contributed Bone" Car
roll was again the individual star of
the game. Besides having the most
baskets to his credit, which numbered
six, he worked the floor with such
ease and cunningness that the Logan
Squares found it Impossible to stop him.
The guarding and passing Of McIver
was well worth mentioning. The play
ing of Craig at forward was good. Laird,
Buck and Cullen were the most aggres-
sivo players for the Montpelier team.
With the game about two minutes
old, Carroll scored for Goddard on an
easy shot directly under the basket A
few minutes later, after nearly every
member of the Goddard team had
chance to score, Carroll tossed the ball
through the loop for the second score.
Carroll Gagged the ball for two more
taIlies later on, and this lead was over
come when Montpelier took brace and
after some brilliant playing, counted
four times and thus evened up the game
The play during these few minutes was
fast and hard. Carroll and Craig scored
again for Goddard at the close of this
period which ended IL to in Goddard's
favor.
The scoring in the last half was very
light. The best Goddard could do was
to land the bah safely into the net
twice while the Logan Squares efforts
resulted in one basket, With this period
about half over, Carroll and Craig count
ed for Goddard. Lair soon tossed in
basket for his team on long shot
nearly the whole length of the floor.
The two teams at times in this half
seemed to weaken under the fast pace
being set, which slowed the game to
certain extent.
Throughout the game the manner in
which the seminary's backfeld was
closed brought forth deserving com
ment and the Montpelier team was
forced to resort to shots that measured
half the length of the floor.
The lineup:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
BENEFITS LOCAL PEOPLE

Barre people have discovered that A
SINGLE DOSE of simple buckthorn
bark, glyeerine, etc, as compounded in
Adler-i-ka, the German appendicitis
remedy, removes gas on the stomach and
constipation AT ONCE. Kendrick & Co,
druggist.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19


dicted for dynamiting the hall of records
in Los Angeles, Cal, has been acquitted.
When the men and women that toll
for wages realize trade unionism is 4
living, throbhing protest against existing
social conditions-against the avarice
and soulless greed--the capitalist class,
that thinks more OF coupons than hH-
man happiness; that robs childhood Of
its joys and wantonly filches the years
from it that ought TO be spent on the
playground, and places it in the factory
to be sweat into profits. The trade uni II,
makes work the criterion of worth and
viii relegate to obscurity and starvation
the lazy and worthless and on-prodat-
tive, In summing up the aim and oh
ject of the trade union, il would enforce
the divine dietum, III We work not, n@-
Their shall We eat Therefore trade nm
ionism offers no apology for its exist
ence and glories in the good it has done
for the workers Of all ages in the past,
and ia more hopeful for the future, for
It works for peace and harmony and for
brotherhood. Its whole object
is to elevate the class from which it re-
cruits its force and to give to labor
brain or brawn--the complete
product of it's industry.
Alex. Ironside. correspondent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
TWO STUDENTS DROWN.
Cornell Men Lose Their Lives While
Skating on Lake Cayuga.

Ithaca, Feb. 1.-two Cornell stu
dents, Perry A. Converse of Buffalo,
ard Charles r. Getman OF Richfeld
Springs were drowned yesterday after
noon while skating on Lake Cayuga.
They tried to leap crevice in the
ice, and went under IL.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Seventy five Worlds Records Made.

SeVenty-fiVc WorId's Records Wade.
Counting odd distance events. nearly
seventy-fve worlds records in all lines
of sport were established during 1911.
It affords n striking proof of the grow
.ng love for the great outdoor activi-
ties and appreciation of the pleasures
Of physical exercise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
Russell Boston Opera Director.

Boston, Feb. l9.-Henry Russell was
re-engaged for the next three years as
managing director of the Boston opera
company at meeting of the directors
saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

The teamsters in Fall River, Mass
have organized local union with good
membership and Immediately thereafter
commenced an agitation for an increase
in wages which has been successful All
drivers of single wagons procured an in
crease of 81 week and all drivers OF
double bitches Sl.50 week, together with
an agreement which calls for time and
half for all labor performed on Sun
days and holidays.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

OF the foreign-born employees, about
one.fifth of the males and two-fifths of
the females have had experience in the
same kind Of work before coming to this
country, while two-ffths of the male
employees and one third of the female
have been farmers or farm laborers in
their native countries. The average
weekly wage of the male operatives Is
wears Of age or over is only 5000, and
of the female employees SS.lS. The aver
age annual earnings of male heads or
families employed in the industry are
only $500, and all males Is years of age
and over S346. The average annual in
come of families is 1861. Slightly less
than one fourth of the families of the
operatives derive their entire income
from the earnings of the husbands, while
about one-sixth are supported by the
earnings of husbands and the payments
of boarders or dodgers, and one-eighth by
the earnings of husbands and the eontri
buttons of children.
The effect of these low earnings is
shown in the bad living conditions and
the high degree OF congestion which pre-
walls in the households of the operatives.
The immigrant households supplement
the wages OF the husband by taking
boarders or dodgers, more than one-third
having one or more boarders or dodgers.
Among the households whose heads arc
native Americans, the average numjer
of persons per room is OIL and per sleeps
ing room i.6l. as contrasted with liz
per room and 3.03 per sleeping room
in the households whose heads are OF for
eipn birth. Some of the foreign-bora
households use all their rooms for sleep
ing purposes. In the latter class of
households the average monthly rent
payments per capita are sl.a7, as against
"a 81 in households whose heads are ma
tive Americans. The prevailing system
of living among the southern and east
ern Europeans is boarding group sys-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

The officers of the New York State
Federation of Labor are engaged in
campaign to induce all the local unions
in the state to affiliate with the state
body. Much important legislation will
come before the present session of the
legislature, among which is workmen's
compensation bill in the shape of an in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

The employees of the Chicago railway
companies have demanded the immediate
dismissal OF new superintendent. 1t
is stated that this new manager is pre-
pairing to dismiss all of the men who are
earning thirty cents an hour. The men
receive pay in accordance with their
length of service, and it is stated that
the evident purpose is to dismiss the old
men in order to secure a reduction of
wages for the company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

dustrial accident insurance law and a
ffty-hom work week for women AMI
children. With all the unions Of the
state members of the state federation,
it is claimed it will not be difficult to
secure this legislation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Summary: Baskets from the floor
Carroll. g.; Craig, 2; Harrington, 2;
Laird 2; Pape. Referee-Reed. I'm
pire-kurtz. Timers Keith; Grady
Scorers Witt; Tomasi. Tme-20m
halves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

A device has just been invented, de-
signed to make it impossible for trains
to run past danger signals and effective
ly prevent collisions. II is stated that
it is an invention in which the human
element. which plays so vital q part in
present railway workings, is entirely
obliterated, for neither the engineer, the
fireman or trainman, nor any other per-
son has the faintest responsibility in It's
workers. 1t is claimed that by means
of this invention, train travelling at
any speed can be brought to standstill
by very simple automatic electrical
device, which is worked in conjunction
with the other signals. The apparatus
consists of plunger, or shoe, attached
to one of the railway lines and connected
with the signalling box. A contact brush
underneath the cab of the engine and a
magnet and tension spring connects with
the throttle of the engine. When the
signal is put against the train, the shoe
or plunger is thrust upward from the
metals so that if the engineer fails to
notice the danger signal, the contact
brush underneath the cab of the engine
touches the plunger This completes the
electric current and automatically the
tension spring forces the closing of the
throttle. BY the addition of magnets
coil the same apparatus can operate the
air brakes, which can be put on auto
matically when the contact brush touches
the plunger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

The number of ballots cast BY the
miners on the question Of establishing a
minimum wage and to back up the de-
mand by strike, if mutual agreement
cannot be arrived at, was very large.
The total vote cast was 56l,722, OF
which 445,S0l were affirmative votes, as
against 1921 negative votes At pres.
emit the outlook is good for an amicable
adjustment of the controversy, appar
emily the coal mining opera tors realizing
that with the tremendous vote cast, thar
feeling is at such pitch that if it
comes to the point of strike the entire
industries of England will be paralyzed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19
SECOND VICTORY
OVER COLLEGE BOYS
Goddard Seminary's Fast Hockey Team
Winner at Mortified Saturday by
Score of q 10

Goddard seminary's septet iouneyed to
Nothfeld Saturday and captured the scalp
of Norwich university for the second
time this season by defeating them at
hockey by the tune of to /. The game
was played on the rink on the parade
grounds, the ice on which was in a rough
condition and, therefore, the skating was
poor. The game was the fastest and the
most exciting that has been played there
this year. The team work of both teams
was very good. The Norwich team
guarded LaCasse, the star center of the
seminary aggregation, who played such
spectacular game when the seminary de
feated the cadets in this city week ago,
and he had two men covering him from
the start to the finish of the game. The
local lads proved that their team was not
a one-man outfit by the manner in which
they won.
Before the game was five minutes old,
Richmond, center for the cadets. scored
for his team on an easy shot, which was
soon Offset when Witt sent the puck
into Norwich's net for a tally. The first
half ended an even thing, one all The
only score made in this period was when
Sherburne on pretty shot from the side
of the rink tailed what proved to be the
winning goal for Goddard.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tab
let's. Druggists refund money if it fails
to cure. Z. w. GROVES signature is
on each box, 25c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Washington, d. CT am satisfied
that the cause of organized labor has
not been injured in the least by the tes-
timony ! gave before the federal grand
jury at Indianapolis asserted Secretary
Morrison upon his return. gave the
grand jury all the information at my
command and the books of the A. F. of
L. were thrown open to the probers. II
anything, I am confident that the cause
of labor will be benefited by the results.
Quite naturally, ! cannot divulge the
nature of the testimony / gave before
the grand jury. We have nothing TO con-
ceal and quite willingly gave the probars
all the information possible.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Bert. II. Connors, one of the men in
dicted for dynamiting the hall of records
in Los Angeles, Cal, has been acquitted
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Paris.--There is at present a strike
being conducted by the gentlemen and
ladies of the ballet" Several dancers
have demanded an increase in salary
They at present received between $500
and 5000, and they want an advance of
from 500 to $3.50 The cost of living
in Paris has grown enormously, and this
is assigned as the reason for demanding
higher wage and endeavoring to get
same by strike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

At Sacramento, Cal, the cement work
ers obtained the Saturday ,;alf-holiday
and increased wages.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-19

Olaf Tveitmoe, Anton Johhansen and
+. A. Clancy of San Francisco and J. o.
Munsey of Salt Lake City pleaded not
guilty, when arraigned before Judge olin
Wellborn in the United States district
court, on ind ictments charging them with
entering into a conspiracy to transport
dynamite on railroad trains in violation
of interstate commerce laws. The at
torney for the accused men informed the
court that his clients desired speedy
trial.