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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-29
RETURNS FROM TWO
WEEKS TRIP TO COAST

! M. Reinhart, of "The Toggery,' re-
turned last evening from two weeks
trip to San Francisco and other coast
points.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-29
CATHOLIC BAZAAR
TOMORROW night

The Catholic Bazaar will be held
in the Nixon opera house tomorrow ev-
ening,and the grand ball and supper on
Thursday evening. For the past month
the various committees of ladies have
been hard at work, training the child.
rem for their various parts in the en-
tertanment and getting the booths
ready. Tomorrow night exercises
will begin promptly at 1880.
FAIR OF NATIONS
Mrs. p. b. Roberts, President General
Committee.
JAPANESE BOOTH
(Fancy Work.
Miss Amelia LaVoy, Chairman
Committee.
Mrs K. A. Leach, Mrs. T. J. Ryan,
Mrs. A. w. Card, Mrs. Sinclair, Mrs
II. Bonnfeld, Mrs. H. o. Rollins, Mrs.
Ayres, Miss Alice Byrnes.
GERMAN BOOTH
domestic work)
Mrs. A. Roddy, Chairman
Committee.
Mrs. f. Mulcoy, Mrs. J. P. Grandel
Mrs. +. German, Mrs. G. A. Krenkel
Mrs. A. Seeliger, Mrs. p. J. O'Carroll
ICELAND BOOTH
Miss 10 Staunton, Chairman
Committee.
Mrs.Daisy Lorentz, Miss Ella Lying,
Miss Alice Byrnes, Mrs. A. Ruck-
teschler.
FRENCH BOOTH
(DolD
Miss May Staunton, Mrs Edna
NORWEGIAN BOOTH
(Fish Pond
Mrs. f. NJ. Bosch, Chairman
Committee.
Mrs. Phil Bume, Mrs. II. o. Rollins,
Mrs. II. Bonnifeld, Mrs. Walter Dwy
er, Miss Electa Hurst.
PROGRAM
THE MEETING OF THE NATIONS
A CANTATA
With a series of Folk Dances.
Overture -. By Leonard Is Orchestra
/ Chorus of Greeting America
Dainty Step.
2. Danish Song ...... Choral Club
Dance-Danish greeting by pu-
pills of the First Grade. Shoemak-
er's Dance.
Dance-Chimes of Dunkirk, by
pupils of Second Grade.
4. Scotch Reel .................
Misses Mayetta Alley, Alice Stauf-
fer, Louise Miller and Mabel Reil.
5. German Song ...............
And Klap Dams, by pupils of
Sixth Grade.
6. italian Song .............
(D Polka, Pupils of Third Grade
(2) Tantoli, Pupils of Sixth, Sew
enth and Eighth Grades.
Norwegian Selection .... .
Mountain March-By Louise Ruck-
tschler, Fern Lowry and Doris
Cooney.
s. Holland .. ............
Clicking by Fourth and Fifth
Grades.
9 Spanish Waltz .............
10. Irish Reel ..... ..........
BY Ethel Brown, Velma Campbell,
Cecil Callahan Dewey Schreiner
IL. English Barn Dance ......
Seventh and Eighth Grades
10. Russian Dance ............
49, japanese Maidens' Song $3.50.
Final Chorus . Orchestra Selection
speeialty-Readng by Miss Gene
Guessford.
Songs and choruses by following
members of High School Glee club:
Misses Electa Hurst, Alice Wagner
Beth Warren, Theckla Wright, Eve
lyn Sheehan. Effie Piper, Beth Wrede,
Alma Hoskns, Beatrice Langwith,
Gene Langwith, Nina Roundtree, Veva
Crtes and Dora Waters
Miss MAY Staunton, aceompanist
Committee in charge of Program and
assisting: Mrs. Smith, Miss Vivienne
Warren. Miss Lear, Miss Helen Rein
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-29
Three Heavy Freignts Today.

Forty ears of manifest freight from
the east, destined for California, pass
ed through Winnemucca at noon tolay.
A fruit special of 30 ears, EN- route
from California to the east, passed
through town at l O'Clock this after
noon, followed at 2 O'Clock by train
of 80 cars, loaded with California com
modties.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-29

FOR RENT-Seven-room house on
Railroad street. Inquire at "The
Toggery."
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-29
KOERNER FAMILY BACK
FROM TRIP TO THE EA

F. w. Koerner and family returned
yesterday from trip to the east and
stopped off here over night, the guests
of DIR. and Mrs. G. f. Swezy. They left
or the Western Pacific noon train for
Portola, their present home.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-29
Freight Movements.

During the past "a hours there have
ben received at the Southern Pacific
station a ear of lumber for +. Reinhart
& Co. and one of hay for the Verdi
Iumher cOmpany
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
TAYLOR SYSTEM HEARING !
y" OPENED BY COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.--The fed
eral commission investigating the
Taylor system obtained an extension
Of time in which to make its report,
from Jan. 1 to March 10, 1912,
The commission obtained an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 to meet the
necessary expenses incurred during
the investigation.
A hea ring will be granted today to
employees Of the Rock Island arsenal.
who will represent representing the
machine =, shop the small arms depart
carpenter shop.
On Jan. q delegatio Of work
men will appear before the commits
sion from the Norfolk navy yard. At
these hearings officers OF the ord
nance bureau and. /. the navy depart
ment are also.. expeeted to. o.,testify.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
HIGH SPEED system
FORCES WAGES DOW n
Census Report Analysed Shows
Productive Value. Raises
More Than Wages.
Foundry and Machine Shop Pro-
ducts Increase 162 Per Cent,
Wages But 9.

The speeding up system is fall
ing of it's own weight. 1t is Of benefit
only to the employer. Labor's share
for increasing the output is much less
than that which the employer: re-
ceived.
The United States census bureau il
following it's usual custom of hurling
stupendous totals at the public. It
always carefully avoids furnishing H.
Illuminating analytical details, such
details as would intelligently portray
what Is really taking place in the In
dustries Of the country. " -.
An analysis Of its table on foundry
and machine shop products discloses
that in the year 1904 the average
wage paid to employees in this indus
try was 1856. >@= r.
In the year 1909 the average wage
was increased to ,$S05 per. year, IAN
equivalent Of about per cent. in
crease in wages. 49, ~@..-
The productive value of the EN-.
ployes averaged $1.ss5 per capita in
1904, and i'm 1909 this value had in:
creased to $2,313 as speed systems
prevalent in this industry show de.
ficiency Of about z " per cent less ii
increased wages than in productive
values. " ~ =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
IA AF0lLfI'IF'SQ OHIO
TOUR WORRIES TAH|) 1
Reception 50 sconsin Senator
Indicates That People Want
Change.
PRESIDENT WILL MAKE
EFFORT TO STEM TIDE
Believed That. Progressive senti-
nent s Too Strong. TO Be
9: - Overcome.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.(Progres-
sive News Service. president Taft
has at last been forced to realiza-
tion of the fact that Ohio--f1is native
state-is against him. This is DEM
state-is against him. This is dem-
on'strated by the fact that the presi-
dent has authorized the announce.
ment that he will go into Ohio the
latter :partsof January for the purpose
OF making several speeches.
This announcement comes on the
heels OF. the remark abless receptions
being accorded Senator LaFollette IN
Ohio is. regarded in Washington as a
politicalS situation of: unusual signifi-
cance ~ 'sstsss !, ST -: s.: .. ..s
Up to date the administration adj
the feeling Of antag gonism against Taft
III. his own state has been exaggerated.
It4has remained for Senator La Fol-
lette to demonstrate that instead OF
being exaggerated this feeling of hos
tility toward the administration has
been under-estimated. :*>
Conditions Against Him.
| Senator La Toilette made his
| speeches in Ohio under conditions
which might we'll have ruined the
meetings which have been arranged
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
STRIKE talk GIVES. !.
PRETEXT FOR. RAISE
Coal Dealers in East Use Familiar
.Subterfuge to Boost up the
Prices.
No Hint Of Increase in Duluth,
Believed There Is No Danger
of Strike.

Claiming that there is grave dan
ger of strike in the coal mines of
Pennsylvania. the companies are US
ing this claim as an excuse to raise
the price Of coal. .s -.
The raise has not come in Duluth
as yet, but in several other. parts Of
the country, principally in the east.
rs cents ton has been tackled on the
regular price per ton for, well-let's
say for good luck.
There is nothing that would indi.
cate that there is to be strike. Ac-
cording to latest advices the men and
the employees as we'll are perfectly
satisfied with the present arrange
n1ents. i r. %,.'&,s e. Ii - E.
This is the way labor unions are
sometimes put in false light before
the public. What can we do" the
operators say. I'VE are not to blame
That's what you get for having labo,
unions .
It is all rot. Simply an excuse to
raise the price of "a commodity mos,
useful in cold weather. There is n.
danger of strike. The companies
know it. It is simply q way of bleed.
ing people and laying it thick, on the
labor unions.
The miners of Pennsylvania are no
responsible for the additional 2t
cents If it does come. Don't forge
that. ..s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
NO CHANGE IN WAGE
SCALE THIS SEASON
Carpenters Union Votes to Re-
tain Minimum Scale at As
Gents Per Hour.
Union Holds Big Meeting-smok.
or After Session-Installa.
tion Next Week.

At the meeting of the Carpenters
union Tuesday evening the members
adopted As cents an hour as the regu-
lar wage scale for 1912.
This is the same as in 1911. Build
ing conditions are not particularly ac-
tive at this time. OF the year in Du-
luth and while the price of living is
steep, the carpenters are fair enough
to see that to demand more than
this amount would work hardship
upon their employers.
The members in attendance voted
against the proposition of making
members of the national executive
board organizers, so as to keep, them
on the pay roll all the time instead
Of only teh time which they actually
attend quarterly meetings. The Du-
luth union declared against the pro-
posed constitutional amendment.
The meeting Of the carpenters was
most enthusiastic. The record of the
year Past was very fair considering
the inactivity of building lines, and
1912 gives much promise Of better
things. 81
William e. McEwen spoke at some
length on the open Shop and the
labor union cause in general. q z
The installation of officers was
postponed one week. a:'.a.
A social session followed the regu.
lar meeting. Cards were played and
refreshments We're served. Prizes
were given for those who were tn,
4 winners at he card games
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
SHIP OWNERS OPPOSE
sEAMEN's LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 = There has
been one hearing before the house
committee on Merchant Marine ana
Fisheries on the seamen's bill, H. r.
j 1,372 81. s. .. .5
The hearing lasted all day and de-
veloped the undopbted necessity for
Legislation OF this kind.
There will be q hearing for the op-
position in the early part Of January.
Ship owners seem to- be especially
opposed to any laws that will 1 com
pei three-f ourths q! the crews OF
vessels to understand ordersS and to
have enough expe renee to be able to
obey order y hen they are under
stood.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
|D0ES BIG BUSINESS
RUN STATE MACA|NE2
Tberhart- Smith Simpson Contro:
) \versy Exposes system-serving
e Politics.
PEOPLES MONEY SPENT
IN STRANGE FASHION
Some State Employees Who Draw
Two Salaries-Light On Du-
luth Mans Work.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 4.-(Special Cor
respondence to the Labor World. -
The story which was printed in these
letters three or four weeks ago, in
which Attorney General Simpson
asked Ed Smiths permission to run
. for governor and was refused, was
printed this week in the dailies of St..
Paul..
The Eberhart people, in retaliation,
came back with the statement that
Mr.. Simpson gave out this interview
in revengeful disappointment because
he had twice asked the governor to
appoint him as justice Of the supreme
court and had been twice refused.
This is probably true, but it does not
explain nor do away with the fact
that the man who wants a nomination
in the Republican party must go. to
| Ed Smith for it, not to the members
! of the party at large, nor to their
delegates in convention.
Col. Goodrich Sat In.
In this case, Cal Goodrich of the
Twin City Railway company sat In
with Mr.. Smith when the refusal was
! given. In other cases it may have
been James J. Hill, but the result is
the same.
! Mr.. Smith is there, and the man is
! told whether or not he can be a can.
didate. and if the answer is re.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
1896 HEBREWS COME;
ITALIANS ARE NEXT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The Bu-
reau of immigration and Naturaliza- :
ton, under the Department of Com
merce and Labor, has just issued it's
bulletin giving the number of i'm
migrants entering the ports. Of the
United States during the month Of
August. During the month mentioned
6O.l1O immigrants were admitted by
nationalities as : follows: Hebrews,
1896; Southern Italians 5,B03; Ger
mans 4.19S; English 4,OS7;s Polish
E3.677; Mexicanss 2.s03 and sthe srea
mainder divided among; SO other ma
@tionalities. The total immigration
for the year ended June 50. 9l1. va.
x7S, 587.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
SOCIALISTS OF CITY
START HOT CAMPAIGN
Candidate for Mayor Opens Bat.
tie at Well Attended Park
Point Meeting.
Richard Jones' Aldermanic Stock
Goes Up-Expected Large - :
Vote Will Be Polled.

The Socialists of the city mean to
'whoop' it up from now on until the
city election in February is, over.
They promise not only to whoop
but to make each particular whoop
mean a vote. There are a lot of
Whoops and it looks as though there
would be the heaviest vote in the his
tory of the city.
In Duluth the party is becoming
stronger by leaps and bounds. It is
progressing faster than those on the
outside are willing to admit and it
intends to keep on growing in num-
bers until it can elect it's candidates
and put some of the principals it
stands for into practical force.
Socialism is political religion. 1t
it preached by enthusiastic members
of the Public Ownership party in hot
and cold. bright and stormy weather.
| 1t is preached by the side of the fire
and on the street corner.
| The Socialists are untiring in their
efforts to make the great mass Of peo-
pie see their view point. That's the
reason the growth is so rapid in Du-
! luth. The little band that got to-
! oS>"'SA ~ DuluIu Low years ago mas
grown until now there. are several
hundred enthusiastic members Of the
party. BY the February election they
will be counted by thousands instead
OF hundreds if the work is kept up.
]. A. johnson, the candidate for
mayor is as yet the only candidate
for this important office who has had
the nerve to declare openly for owner
ship of the electric lighting plant
Both other candidates state they will
follow the wishes of the people, care
fully refraining from expressing ex-
actly where they stand.
Wednesday evening Mr.. johnson
addressed large crowd of voters in
Mission hall, Park Point. He made
a good impression, too. if comment:
of prominent Park Pointers, wht
heard the talk are to be believed.
At the same meeting Richard Jones
candidate for alderman in the Fourth
ward, also spoke. John A. Keyes. q
prominent local attorney, gave a few
remarks which were well received. 1
The Socialists have a candidate fol
nearly every office at the Februar,
election and from the way each can
d1date IS working, the candidates o
the other parties had better look t,
their laurels. "-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
Meeting TO: DISCUSS
CH|LD..LABOR ABUSE:
National Child Labor Conference
to Be Held This Month
At Louisville.
Practical Workers in Crusade
Plan to Take Up Fight
Against Evil.

The eighth annual conference Of
the National Child Labor committee
will be held in Louisville, Kentucky,
January 25th-2Sth. Announcements
are just being issued from headquar-
ters by the committee in New York.
The program will be devoted to
"Child Labor and Education and
elaborate preparations are being made
to bring together leading experts on
child labor reform and on new meth
DDS in education from all over the
country. - ::
Many prominent educators will be
present who are solving the problems
of how to make the school. so inter
esting and useful that children will be
eager to stay in school and not to get
out:
The National Child Labor commit
tee which has helped to get better
child labor laws in 80 states this year,
will bring together representatives of
its ~ affiliated state committees and
has also invited the governors of all
states to send delegates to the con-
ference:
!; The conditions in which children
work in cotton mills, glass factories,
coal, mines, sweat shops, oyster and
shrimp packing houses, street trades
and other industries will be described
In addresses and by an extensive ex-
h1bit OF chart and photographs.
The sessions of the conference will
be devoted to the discussion Of prac-
tical measures for reducing the
| abuses of child labor and for keep.
ing children in school until they are
l. equipped for efficient citizenship
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
RAILWAY DEATH i<x
IS ALARM|NCLY>SXA 81
Year Closed Under Unfortu z
: Circumstances-Life Loss
Was Tremendous;
LAST TWO WEEKS ADDED
FRIGHTFULLY TO NUMBER
Broken Rails Cause Largest Num-
Der of Wrecks-Northwest
Suffers Much.

The death toll on the railroads Of
the United States has increased some
thing tremendously during the past
two weeks, and we in the northwest
have had more than our share.
Most Of the railroad accidents are
due to broken rails and imperfect
construction. One railroad reported
that an accident from which it suf-
fered was caused by the fact that the
locomotive was too heavy for the rails.
What an awful admission
The trackmen Of northwestern
railroads receive wages from $3.50 to
$3.50 per day. Can competent men be
secured at this wage? After all it is
the labor problem over again that en-
ters into every casualty, and labor
usually makes additional sacrifice in
loss Of life.
Great NOrthern's Wreck.
On the Great Northern on Saturday
last wreck occurred on it's fast train
to the coast in which five persons
were killed and 20 were injured. This
wreck was due to broken rail.
Criminal Negligence.
On the Minnesota & International
north of Bemidii a broken rail caused
an injury to Is people. So far as is
known no one was killed.
At Glencoe. Mimi, the Columbian
bumped into the rear end of local
freight. The engineer was killed and
two others were seriously hurt.
Six men were killed. five men in.
jured on the Pennsylvania railroad al
Devils Bend, near Manor, Pa, be-
cause of a collision between two
freights; and later, a west bound ex.
press smashed into the freight wreck
age.
At Odessa, Mimi, on the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad, /:
persons were killed and over 20 in.
jured when the second section of {
passenger train from the west crashed
into the first section which had beer
stopped on signal. The blame in thi!
=s.ease* is placed. upon the brakeman o
the first section, who did not run tal
enough back to signal the second sec
ton. But the press is silent as to wh,
the second section should be in tn,
same block as the first section. Rail
road management of this kind is Grim
inal in it's efficiency.
At Gate City, Va, on the Virgins
were killed and three injured becaus
the air brakes failed to work and pre-
vented the engineer from controlling
his train in plain view of a landslide
Another case of carelessness.
Other Bad Cases.
At Haddonfield, N. j., on the Penn
sylvania railroad, two men wer
killed and seven injured while at
tempting to replace wooden struct
ure with a new steel span, which CAV
way during installation and brough
these men to their death.
At Pottsville, Pa, OH the Easter
Railway company, 81 passengers in
car were tumbled into a creek, fror
which they were dragged with frac
tured limbs, broken skulls, wrenche
backs and other serious injurie
caused by broken rail. Desire fc
profit incites cheap construction an
inefficient management
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
PRISON CONTRACT IS IS
Ere FROM STRIKES
Leslie n. Shaw, Former Cabinet
Member and Governor Of
Iowa, ii Now Roll.
PLEADS FOR cAPITALIsTS
TO FOSTER PRISON LABOR
Strange Admissions Made in. Pros
pectus Issued by Stand Pat
Politician. ....s

PTIILADELPHIA, Jan 4.-I.eslie
NJ. Shaw, for four years governor OF
Iowa; for six years a membersof the
president s cabinet AZ secretary of IS
the treasury; for many years one OF 4.
the chief stump Oartors for the Re- S
publican party; for many years a. SUM-
day school superintendent--in short,
is an eloquent, thrifty. pious, stand
pat gentleman. who believes In doll
lars first, and men to come In as s
chance. may permit. ~ -
Leslie has also world wide repu-
tation as most charming versatile
story teller-heS knows how to mix j
humor with business. - &.
g s Shaw On Prison Labor. "a,
At present he Is the influential. ).
president *of the First Mortgage Guar
antee & Trust Co., Of Philadelphia,
and is also the chairman Of the board
of directors Of the American Fibre
Reed Co. ss E3si -
Mr.. Shaw has given to the world s
prospectus of this company, which he s
evidently intended to be considered !.
a happy >com mbination Of humor and ].
thrift. but which when ana1yzed,
shows this scheming politician up in !.
his true nature.
He says in his prospectus, amongst
other things: .eThe Fibre Reed COM
pany's factories are located inside
prison walls, with 500 prisoners under
contract in hMaine, Illinois and Ken
tucky. sz.#- s5s'.
No Strikes in Prison.
"Our prison contracts are made for
eight years and. generally continue
! Indefinitely. We pay for our labor 50 !,
cents per man per day.
| "Our competitors, who employ free
/ labor, pay an average wage Of 81 per
day. There are no strikes or labor
! troubles in prisons s. - - ssss So
] Our company is supplied with fac
tory buildings, storage warehouses In
side the prison walls, free Of rent. We
i have free heat, free light, free pow
acquirs similar 1acflitfes al
these would necessitate an extra in
\ yestmelft of a million dollars Seven
\ per cent IS guaranteed on the pre-
ferred stock and 10 per cent. on the
common; bu the company expects it's
net earnings, to be double these be-
cause 1t is seeking prison labor in
other states, so that the company can
control IS per cent of the fibre and
! so per cent Of the reed business in
the United States
l Contracts Come Strangely.
Leslie quantity adds: "The COM
pany's experience enables it to OBJ
tain contracts and advantages in pref
erence to other manufacturers who
have not had prison experience"
And in another part Of this pros
pectus he says, in words more dam
agingly truthful than poetic. These
are ideal conditions of profitable
manufacturing"
These excerpts from the gifted Mr..
ShaWs prospectus should be enough
to make labor so; indignant by the i'm.
/ position of contract convict la Dor, that
a louder and more insistent demand
} would go forth to representatives and
senators in the 62nd congress. for an
immediate passage, Of the bill H. r.
56O1 for. the purpose of protecting
free labor as against the abominable
competition Of prison labor
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-01-06
INSULT TO FLAG .SIlRY WAS FALSE; !;
ATTACKS ON GoMPE b NOT " lNlTIED

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