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The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22
Bluegrass Fair Catalogue.

This Office is in receipt of a lot of the
Lexington Fair catalogues, which are
for distribution First come, first serv-
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22
Real Estate Transfers.

Sallie Wilson to Judge Hansford, Al
100 acres, sl35.
w. II. Porter to William Mcdaniel,
tract of land, $500.
s. A. ID. Jones to Speed Kennedy, IL
acres, $3.50.
G. G. Stocker to Louis Schlegel and
others, IL acres, $l.00.
J.W. Herndon to Jesse T. Gosnell. 34(
acres, exchange.
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BIRTHS

Born. TO the wife of Flavius ]. Lips
comb, on Laurel street, Friday, nth, a
daughter.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22

For tobacco hail Insurance see j. w.
Crooke. Office Citizen National Bank.
43-S
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22
Com For Sale.

Fine quality of white corn for sale.
Harvey Chenault. Phone Az. AS At.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22

Try Lackey & Todd's teas and coffees
They are good. Pheone 81. 32-tf.
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Wanted.

Two dozen pure bred White Leghorn
pulets. Apply at Climax Office.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22

Esther Martin, colored, aged 90, died
of old age at her home at Peytontown,
this county, last week. She was Abner
Martins mother, porter at Middleton
drug store.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22
p. A. c. Infirrnary Report

Following is the report of the Pattie
A. Clay Infirmary from April /, 1914, 10
July l, 1914:
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22

The Senate has provided by amend
ment for a years salary to be paid the
widow Of Senator Bradley.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-07-22

Insure your stock against lightning and
your tobacco against hail with ]. w
Crooke. Office at Citizens Nationa
Bank. 43-St.
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For Sale.

Lot of 1914 sheaf oats. Lumber for
sale. Green Clay, Richmond. Phone
3l9. 43-3t
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
INVENTIONS IN j. S.
REACH HIGH MARK
Applications for Patents in 1913
Increase 1926 Over Previous
Year.

WASHINGTON Nov. 1S.-Yankee
inventiveness is greater than ever, the
annual report of Thomas Ewing, COM
missioner of patents, would indicate.
In the fiscal year ending June 80
last, the number of applications for
patents and the number Of patents is
sued reached new high marks.
Applications for patents for inven-
tions numbered 69,311 and patents
granted 36,176, compared with g., 986
and a5,o2kt respectively for the pre-
vious year. tx ~...
There were also granted 1,773 de-
sign patents, It's reissued patents,
5,795 trademarks, 720 labels and 339
prints.
The total Of patents granted and
trademarks, labels and prints regis
tered was 45,080.
The patent office is one branch of
the government which shows a profit
Receipts totaled $2,169,98S.95 and ex-
penditures $1,929,132.52, leaving a net
surplus Of $240,S5643 The total sur
plus to date is $7,530,96O.20.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

k q TO LEGISLATURE
p
Vn e Shows Socialists to Be
E1.%ed Party in State of
%>%9oklahoma.

oKLAHe" GSTY. Okla. Nov. 1s.
-According$ @Qaily Oklahoman,
which has new. /fnittted the exist.
ence of the 500 Aists to be men,
toned in its columns until after elec-
ton. Socialists of this state now claim
between $4,000 and $1,000 votes and
have elected 21 representatives to the
state legislature in counties including
Garvin, Love. Carter, Atoka, Johns
ton, Marshall, Kiowa, Dewey and
Major.
The same paper gives the vote in
Becham county for state represen-
tative as follows: Joseph. Democrat,
956; Fox. Republican, 531; McLa-
more, Socialist, 1,o12.
In Garvin county the vote for gov
ernor was, Williams, Democrat, 1,s44;
Fields, Republican, $685. Holt. Social
ist, 1873.
In Johnston county the Socialists
polled 1880 votes to 1,1s0 Democrat
ic and 58S Republican votes.
In kiowa county the vote was 1918
for the. Socialist candidate for gov
ernor, and 1,019 and 1898 for the
Democrat and Republican candidates
respectively.
The Oklahoman claims that the
Socialists now admit that their can
didate for governor was not elected
but it is expected that the Socialists
will occupy second place, beating
out the Republicans.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
1875, 900 WORKERS IN 802
PLANTS LOSE THEIR JOBS

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 13.-John
Price Jackson, commissioner of labor.
has found that in s02 manufacturing
plants used as basis for computa-
ton, 125, 900 workers, or one-fourth
Of those employed in them, lost their
jobaL
Figures were taken a year ago and
again recently. It. was found that an
overwhelming majority were dis
charged within the past few months.
A considerable number Of workers,
naturally. was not compelled to leave.
jackson says that he believes the
relative proportion of those losing
their employment in tens, Of thous-
ands ofs places he had no means Of
investigating is even greater.
The commissioner has come out in
favor Of the Immediate establishment
of employment bureaus, which in Eu-
rope, he says. are proving of un-
doubted merit in their operation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

this line with all the best elements
in human society, and we begin to
see the dawn Of the day when chill
dren will not be industrially exploit
ed in order to reduce the labor cost
Of production, but will be protected
from this exploitation, because peo-
pie will have been taught to realize
that the cost to humanity Of the de-
struction of men and women through
child labor is Of much more import
ance to- the human race than is the
question Of the cost Of production. I
feel as though the work of unions
for the protection of. the children,
keeping them out Of the factories.
mills, and shops; in order that they
might have an opportunity for educa-
tion and play, entities the unions to
g place among the great ethical forces
Of. our time. ~~''~, - -" ~~'-.
F.. Along the same lines the unions
have struggled, and are still in the
fight for the protection of women in
industrial life. We maintain, and
some day we are going to win the
fight, that If a woman does work
equal to q man, she is entitled to the
same compensation. We are in the
contest for the teachers as well as
others. Women are. still exploited In
Industrial life. simply because they
are women, and because Of the cir
cumstances Of injustice, hardship,
and almost slavery surrounding them,
that have been imposed upon them
through all the centuries. I know
personally Of many caves where wonn-
en-: in. Offices, factories, shops, mills
and school houses, are doing work
fully equal to that OF a man, both
as to quality and quantity, and vet
receive from, 10 to 50 per cent less
wage. The unions maintain that. In
this contest, they are performing .
real service to the human race, and
Il that Is true, the service must be
ethical .s$ . : =. .5 n :1 ..l
Our unions stand for universal sui q
frage. We have co-operated with
eyery effort that has been made IA
this Or aray other country to extend
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

Is municipal ownership a
good thing for the workingman
in Duluth?
Does it put money into the
pocket of the workingman in
Duluth?
If it does put money into: the
pocket Of the .workingman:== in
Duluth, just how much money
in dollars and cents does it. put
there?
Well, let's figure little in
simple figures.
And, in order to get our fig
ures correct suppose we get
them from the manager of tn.
Water and Light Department
of Duluth, and from the man.
ager of the Superior Water,
Light & Power company, of
Superior: then we will know
that our figures are correct.
Nothing like being able to
prove things, you know.
The people of Duluth own
their own water and gas plants
The people Of Superior, just
across the bay, are compelled to
buy their water and gas from
a privately owned plant.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

the suffrage to women since the sub
tect was first broached, great many
years ago.
We are now particularly engaged.
along with other forces. in the en-
deavor to secure for every worker
one days rest in seven, and We have
found in the efforts to secure this
that in most cases, >law and custom
have already fixed Sunday as the
rest day Of the world, and we are
trying to secure blythe power Of our
organizations and to educate the peo-
pie by agitation, that all unnecessary
work should cease on Sunday, and
this day shall become a universal
restday. :,
Our unions protest. and we are
making our protest effective, against
the old theory that the law Of supply
and demand should, apply to labor.
Wherever we: have strong unions the
fact that there is only one job, and
three workers ready. to perform 1t
does not bring about any reduction
in the wage to be paid for that job.
This law has been largely set aside,
not only by the organized efforts Of
the wage-workers, but by. the great
modern combinations in industry.
When applied to labor, any such law
is inhun1an and wicked. It may pos
sibly apply to corn and coal, but GER
tainly. can not apply. and should not
apply, to mon and women who have
minds and souls, and who must, In or
der to live the best possible lives, re-
ceive tor their labor u lScompensation
/ t1.ax =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
Does Municipal IOUnership Pau?

! -
Both the m!unicipally owned
plant in Duluth and the pri-
vately owned plant in Superior
buy. their gas from the. Zenith
Furnace company of West Du~
luth Both plants get their wa
ter from Ike Superior:
= :..SSThe=ayeraae Duluth: citizen
20 consumes ;70T cubic feet of wa.
ter every mQnth for which he
pays $1.06 of~ $12.75 per year.
He consumes 1:29lO cubic feet
of gas; which costs him $2.1s
per month, i $26.16 per year.
Thus, his ! gas and water
costs the Duluth average man
1884 per year =
Now suppose this Duluth av-
erage man should ' move his
house, just as it stands, over to
Superior. And suppose he con
tinued to use the same number
Of cubic feet of water and gas
in Superior that he used in Du-
luth.
His Ton cubic feet of water,
supplied by he private plant
in Superior. would cost him
$1.95 per month, or $23.4o per
year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
BULL MOOSE LEADERS
TO MEET DECEMBER 2

CHICAGO. Nov. 13.-The meeting
here Dec. IL Of the executive COM
mittee Of the Progressive party as
sumed added Importance with the an
nouncement that a full attendance of
party leaders of all the western states
was expected
With the chiefs in conference it
is expected that the defeat of No.
vember will be carefully analyzed,
and new campaign plans based on
the result. Local leaders insist that
there is no thought Of amalgama-
ton with the Republicans.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

His 2910 cubic. feet of gas,
supplied by the private plant in
Superior, would cost him $2.91
per month, or $34:92 per year,
Thus, the same amount of gas
and water, for which he paid
$38:88= in: Duluth would cost
him, if. he moved to Superior,
the sum of $58.22zper.y
So that the municipal owner
ship of the water and gas plants
pays the average Duluth. citi-
zen $19:44 per year. =: +,
He saves the price of a suit
of clothes every year on his
water and gas bills.
He can buy more than half
his winters supply Of coal from
his savings.
Or his winters supply of po-
tatoes. -,
Or clothes for the new baby.
Does municipal ownership
pay in Duluth? ?
1t certainly does pay.
1t pays big dividends.
And it pays them monthly,
and in CASH.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

masses. We know that if the best
things for the race are to be obtained,
it Is absolutely necessary and essen
tial to reach the common people,
those that work, every day, and to
instill into them the highest ideals
Of human duty. Education of the
portant factor in real human pro-
gress, and progress is being continu-
ally made in that direction. For the
last few years the organized labor
movement of our country and Of the
world has become d very important
factor in promoting vocational edu-
cation. We maintain that the boys
and girls who attend school, and who
are to become farmers, machinists,
carpenters, etc., are entitled to an
education from1ti1e~ state, at public
expense, fitting them Tor their pro-
fession,- as Is the. case: now with
those who are toxbecome' teachers in
our schools. In this we are: making
decided progress: That II will mean
a wonderful improvement: In intelli-
gence and q marked advAnce~i skill,
and will promote higher aspirations
and ideals, tending TO" the ethical up
lift Of mankind, there seems to be no
doubt. - .--..- =" -: -.
The" first efforts made for the pro-
lection Of the children against the at
tempt to force them at tender years
into Industrial life,swere made by the
worlds organized labor movement,
with Of course always some aympa-
thfzers who cannot be c1assed among
the wage workers. The effort in in
dustry has been. and still ts.1-.to make
the labor. cost sof, production: as low
as possible, and this tendency
brought into the factory. the mil, and
the mine, into all :, industrial life
wherever possible, the employment of
children. To Offset this the trade
unions have fought many, battles to
secure the necessary LEI egislat ton, ana
through /: strikes an d boycotts to- put
a, stop Il to- this inhnma al a .pratice.
Great =, progress has been ma sde. and
we s*noWy x, yvork SIS coop ton alenE
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
~
(By JOHN b. LENNON }

Among the definitions of ethics I
find this one, The science Of human
duty The evidence that demon
strates that we are performing our
duty as men and women towards
each other is shown by the real SER
vice that we render in the world pro-
noting real human uplift. Whether
or not the labor movement, past and
present, is entitled to a position
among the moral uplift movements
that humanity has witnessed, must
therefore depend upon whether or
not the labor movement has been Of
real service to the race.
Tho labor movement is as old as
humanity. The exodus Of the Jews
from Egypt, led by Moses, was pos
sible> because of the Industrial injus-
tice that had been for centuries i'm
posed upon this people by Pharoah
and. his hosts. These injusticee had
united them in a determination for
relief. Consequently, when Moses ap-
peared, he found the people ready
to cooperate in order to relieve them
selves from the bondage imposed
upon them. Certainly no one can or
will dispute the ethical. character of
the service that has come to human
ity through this rebellion of the Jews.
1t gave to the world moral standards
that : are still recognized as para
mount to all others. The laws and
usages developed by this people dur
Ing their 40 years pilgrimage through
the wilderness are still the standards
! governing the laws and usages Of the
& highest civilized nations Of the earth.
The struggle of the working. classes
Ia Rome, . 8 represented by the pie
beians, gradually developed a people
j that made Rome the supreme power
" tho world. Sparatacus and his fol-
luwsrs were fighting the battles OF
the labor movement. that still affects
the lives and interests Of all human
tty. With the decadence Of Rome the
tabor movement became largely inef-
tective, and because of the lack OF
determined struggles for better con.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14

good living, they received but a
meager compensation for their ef-
forts. The beautiful and useful
things which they made were not for
their use and enjoyment, and soon,
through organization, they started the
effort to raise the standards Of living
Wherever in the world organized la
Dor has obtained a substantial foot
hold, the standard of living has been
materially improved. Where organ
lied labor is yet unknown, the stand
ards Of living are at the lowest. The
first effort Of these factory workers
was naturally directed toward secur-
ing an increase of wages, and through
their organization they gradually met
with success, and with every increase
of wages they were enabled to provide
themselves with better homes, to wear
better clothing, etc, and these things,
abating extreme poverty, gave them
conceptions of their duties as men and
women in the world, as members of
society, as citizens, that were un-
known before this struggle began.
That the result Of this effort has been
ethical or moral in general human
upl1ft, 1 think no one can question.
Upon the question Of wages the labor
movement has now reached the point
where we insist that every man and
woman in the world performing Use
full labor is entitled to a living wage.
This does not mean to use a wage
upon which they can merely" exist
and continue to work: 1t means an
income sufficient to enable them, to
live as men and women should, with
homes that are in reality homes, with
the possibility Of education for their
children and income sufficient to en-
able them TO lay by something for
times Of sickness and after they have
passed their days Of usefulness in the
world Of labor.
Organized labor has been in the
front: rank of the forces contending E
for universal education. In Great
Britain and in this country the unions
have been at all times the most ar
dent advocates Of education for the
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bly, no better illustration of this can
be found than the condition existing
during the Civil war. At that time a
large proportion of the cotton goods
was made, in England. The cotton
came from our southern states. AS
the war progressed, the cotton mills
Of England had to shut down for lack
of material. The manufacturers used
every influence within their reach to.
force the British government to rec
osnize the belligerency Of the south
ern Confederacy. The workers and
many starved to death. They were
in the direct need and poverty that
can possibly be imagined, and yet
they held mass meetings through the
cotton districts Of England, and bold
ly declared that they preferred to-
starve rather than to have their coun-
try, take stand for human slavery
by recognizing the Confederacy. They
sent their committees to London, to
the prime minister and to those in
authority, and gave them to under
stand that cotton brought from this
country would not be worked by them
How great an influence this may have
had upon the final determination OF
tho Civil war no man can tell. but
that its influence was on the ride OF
Righteousness, Of the we'll being OF hu-
manity, is not open to question. Incl
dents by the score, not Of such not
ed character, hut embodying the same
principals, can be found all through
the history Of trade unionisns sts s.
i The unions strike when THAR de-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
- ETHICS OF THE UNION LABOR MOVEMENT ~

ditions by the working classes, his
tory gives us the story Of what is
known as the Dark Ages. But even
through this period there was some
labor movement, though insignificant
ers were unquestionably organized,
and stood for the best conditions of
their day, and maintained among cer-
tain classes Of - the workers ideals
which. without their efforts, would
have been. impossible. Later came
the history of the guilds, and with all
the just criticism that may be made
regarding their work In the world,
there can be no doubt whatever of
their having accomplished much in
the way Of real service to the human
race. There seems to have been no
time in human history when there
was no labor movement. The strug-
gle of the working classes, together
with the education brought about
through that struggle, has developed
the highest civilization and the best
conceptions of human service.
Through all the struggles of labor
for better conditions and for more of
liberty and light, students. philoso-
piers, and poets have always been
found, in considerable numbers in
sympathy with them, and have ma
terially assisted in instilling into the
minds Of the people the highest pos
sible ethical ideals.
Our modern labor movement is
generally interpreted as being con-
fined to the efforts OF organized la
Dor, and while this definition Is in
reality too narrow, and not really
justified, yet will be upon the ethics
of this phase of the labor move
ment that desire to say a few words.
Something more than century ago
the factory system began, and with
It's beginning the workers, : were
brought together in large numbers.
They soon discovered by association
and by converse with one another
that while they were doing the
worlds work, or much Of it, produc-
ing the things that were essential to
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-14
AMERICAN FORESTS
IN HANDS OF FEW
Less Than 200 Men and Corpora
tions Own Is Per Cent of
Nation 8 Timber.
U. s. ISSUES REPORT
ON LUMBER INDUSTRY
Concentration of Land( Ownership
Shown In a Comprehensive
Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Less than
200 men and corporations own 522,-
oeo,0o0,0oO feet of timber in certain
plated areas In Washington, Idaho,
Oregon, California and Louisiana.
according to an official report just
published by the Bureau Of Corpora
tions in the Department Of Commerce
That is, those men hold legal title
to practically one-&ourth of all the
privately owned standing timber in
the United States.
Taking all the plated holders on
the maps which the bureau has pre-
pared for the four Western States,
and taking only the twenty seven
largest holders in the plated areas In
Louisiana, the showing. lis 547 ,000,-
100000 feet held by 151 persons and
corporations.
But If the territory outside the map
regions be considered with that map
ped, the total holdings Of these same
Isl owners are 705,O0O,000,000 feet,
or one-fourth of the total Of private
and publicly owned timber In the
United States.
The report. which is called part III
Of the Report on the Lumber Indus
try. has been prepared by scientific
investigators under the Commissioner
of Corporations, and is devoted to
showing in detail how the millions Of
acres of land grants given In the old
days to railroads, wagon roads and
even to canals have become q menace
to the public and to the communities
where they are located.
A Few Control Holdings.
THE control of our standing tim
Der In comparatively few enormous
holdings, speculatively held far in ad-
vance of any use thereof" says the
bureau, "and the great increase in the
value Of timber. resulting in part
from such speculative holding, are
underlying facts which will become
more and more, i'm pertant .~elementa
In determining the price Of lumber as
the supply of timber diminishes.
"Incidental to it's study Of the con-
eentration of timber ownership, the
bureau has found corresponding
concentration of land ownership
which Is suggestive enough to merit
presentation. The main fact Is that
1884 timber owners hold in fee over
a twentieth of the land area of the
entire United States from the Can
adian to the Mexican border. They
own los, 100000 acres
Settlers Must Pay.
This marked concentration OF
ownership Of land has two important
aspects. The first Is the concentra.
ton OF control of the natural re.
sources, other than agricultural, ir
the area comprised in these great
holdings. The second is that these
holdings, which will form a consider.
able proportion Of the future area
used for agriculture in this country
Cnntinu>d m Pare Z