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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Murderous pIan+s

There are plants whose roots, like
tentacles, feel about until they touch
some live prey, then send forth a
singing hair which shocks and para
lyzes the victim, giving the claws a
chance to close about him.
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The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac n,

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Will begin distributing Saturday morning S. 81 Green Trading
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

Ga man niibenparts Die Speiietiid,e
nod nid)t nit Mormorplaiten nerlaa.
Die Dielleid,t sn oeren Stll aud, nidji
INNER paiien. iudJt mnn Dem meiit
nod braiinen AolSgeiid)fe etspns
sSreiinoIidlteit nbsuioden. inocnl man
IN oeiieH Wiit.p iilberne ssaroinieren
nit giumen ite1t oner cine fleine an.
rnrrnne peiBer Niiltenthiere ans Dor.
5eilon iiber ben Iiif ,ieben i1bt, bic
dli ibrem Giiffen glumen trngen.
Cher man breifet runbe usatien aus
buntem Etrobgefledyt ans. nai benen
ariitaabeb1lter init einfnrbigen BIN.
men iieien. gSi:r Die Teaer, Ulaicr,
Snlsbeb1Iter niIp. gibt cs alerlei nlsfs
WnS gefIohtene G1robtaiien. Die nber
nie einen erhebIid, groberen Iurd),
meier ais bic binein5iiitelIen0en @r,
geniianoe haben. go lit Der Gait, Der
idon reiierfiiIlt genng mar, Ipenm n
einen Jlef aiifs iDnid)bnre Iifftud
mdd,te. nun iofort ein Gpier bel
Grinnnen, irenn er etlpns Goiirc oDer
gar irgenbeine id)orfe syliiiiigfeit niii
bic hoI3erne lijd)plntte inllen lnbt
Gern oiefe iUirD nun ilatiirgeln1f, i'm.
mer elegnnfer, ieit lie iid) usiperbiiIi
3eigt, rie cine e,innsipierte Iiirfin
Dan befleibet lie nit foitbnren Gol3.
astut btiHot II n tlufmollss No.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

oud in bieIen 9agsn Elm Spaoiersan1
burh bic Siegssallee aus; ba trug
mantsr 4urfiirit. Der Doroeu, iehr
piIb unb maieitdtifd breinihdute, cine
3ipfeln,iiBe aus peibsm Stnee uno
erIhien ipie Elm gofen Snfel. SeIme
unb arpnen unb Snperter itedten tief
i'm S6nee, aaiIer aurl nit ieiner
@elotaf1e fab aus, als oh er einen
3uderbeuteI triige. tursum. pus ganss
m1rmorne Yatbos bate bebentlih aes
litten. 8ph bd fam bns Shdupetter,
uno allies, allies fftpano.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

ipDbnlih iiberbunbnehmen. 3uItdnbis
sur Grtldruns bes Stanorehts lit i'm
5olle bes Mufrubrs bic Greisrsgierling
i'm Ginperitdnbnib nit benz - Sters
'lanbesgeriht, i'm anberen Sale (Worb,
8oub, granolcguns) nur Der a0nts
nah 8srnebmlne oes Staatsratbes.
4ud Die Ginsel1eiten bes bdperiihen
Stdnoretts, bic 8eribtsbdrteit Der
Stanbseridte g Suriiten uno 2 Of
fi5icre) ii. I. 10. finb iiberaits perniinfs
tig uno liberal. aur5, man Bate bier
elm 8orbilp.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

lung erfO!ssn pirb, bIeibt BEN ges
ihIub Der S.oot Berlin iiberIaIien.
Sm 2ebrpIan 1T bds 9aupisepihi auf
neue Sproasn uno Nnturrpiifenftci.
ten gu lesen (ObsrreaI ShuIlstrers
pldn). Die SduIitunben iplIen m5u,
lthit i'm Jrsien dbsebolisn tperben,
ipie oenn iiberbaup. bic GhiiIer m6gs
li4ft ben san3eu Tag i'm Jrsien Sus
briHsen iollen. Jm CONNER fplsn
i. aud i'm Jreisn iaInfen. Mls Rihts
itnur ionnsn bic Weibooen bon baus
binta nno Slmenau bienen. Die Gpii
iou mogIihit .iniat, absr geIunb unb
ousreiteno, obne j.oen M!tohol, Ti,os
tin ooer apfiein iein. Ml6rsno Der
s5erisn ioIlsn bic annben tIaFisnpeiis
ihren Groftsn sntiprehenb arobe ssaBs
retien unter Jiibruna Der 2ebrsr uns
ternebmsn. Ter Wsogiiir1t bat bic
Shentung porbsbaItlih Der 3uItims
mung Der Siabtpsrorbneien ongenom.
men. Disie haben jd3on in ben s5rat.
tlonsn 6o3u Stslung genommen inh
fperben nun in Der ndhfien Sibunc
einen 8ef6luB faffen, Der iton nihi
msbr 5neifsIb1ft III. Das aopitol
rei1t aus, um in ober BEL Qdnse elm.
SbtrreaIidule gu errinten uub 3u uns
ierhalisn, bic gang I'm Gimme bea
Stifters ettpa taufenb Rndten gegen
gerinse peHiiOn oufnebmen lam. gs
1T moslih, bort fir HerIiner anauen
eine Wniierunitali su erbouen, bic ans
bsrsu uls 9OrbiIo bienen fam.
Gos perbnnnte GifhtuG.
Wdhreno Der lesten Sabre bate Der
Gurus Der 1iidEpdid,e IN Daris ioi.
DE Gmeniionen angelnmuIefl, oef
ielbit oie allnit Der groBen a1iben.
fefs, Der ifrpoiaHteiten Gohintteil mii
benz foitbarer ipeiBen syliubanselife
ibrer gserfe fnlinu mebr Sfritt bal.
ten fonItte. Run lit niif eitntnI nit
Heginn Der 1iner., in6befonbere nber
bar Deiasueriaiion EN- idbs slsattisn
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

eiugetreten. ilno man bat o0s 1iif.
tuh pIotIih gang perbonnt ,pie einen
IN llngnnoe gefallenen 1iinifling. @ci
mehreren Barrier Dumen, bic aud
auf Dem Gebiete geiellifnftIiherR rReiic.
riingen Wooe MAIDEN. ibt man Jest,
iDie Der aReneii Greien Ereiie~ gs,
ihrieben miro, gang o5ne IiId)tud,
Sei es aiif Dem tadten Solje oes
Sperietiifes. BON De,n MIR fleine
rliIhe Strobmntten Die 3eIler tren.
men, iei cs auf Mannor. pie bel .lRa-
0ame Nejone. Gs beoori nber Da per-
l,riitbIih Der gnn5en, befunntcn gerpc
niefer 9ousfrnu, nui 0nB Oie G1ite
inter 70 erfdlten0en llnnit1nben tp1rnl
,wGbas aub be Wlattsn 8 tsibai.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

inif. ooer 9ouIe. arbeit llno Sab oieic
ben aonidft nit SaIotbldttern, mt
lauren 1sriidteu niff beionoers lie
ben, III auaenideinlid,. Iie Barrier
SnuSirniten lperocn nIfo su ito!id)er
3ngenn er5oaen: 8aS iinmrr alii ihre
nndte liid,pIntte uno BON oa nn' t)r
Ser, faIlt, iie uriilien es nit idnft'cHf'
ifuloipenbem Sad)eln qtiittiereH
fpahreno IN itran abnen0en 0eiiie be-
reifs aIle giieu5en rieden nno olr.
pien, mil oerenSi!ie man oieien gral.
inmen Sled permiltbllf - nidjt her.
aiisbriHgil
5rauen ais Mitbesriin.
berlin otr prsubii6e slot
te. Shon BON jsber baben Jrauen
ibr reyes Sntsrsiie am offentIiten Be-
ben betunbet uRn beibotiet. ASeniger
bsiannt absr oiirfis es isin, bub iie ols
Miibsgriinberinusn Der eriteH prsubIs
iheu unb i'm lpsiitrtH Sinns nuh or
ceiifffsn Jiotte 3u betrat'ten iIno.
Gs mar i'm Sabre 1910. als i'd in
gpisbam unb Berlin is Elm .syrauen
pertin sur erfpsrbung prtubiiteg
Griegsfabrssug." biIosts. lin einbsit'
Iiher unb erfolsrsi1sr lpirisn 81 t0ns
nen, psrihmoI5sH lid be:bs 9erine i'm
Rppembsr 1S4S. Die pon ibneu nns
esrsais SammIuHs ergab 5000 9bdler
uno cine barauf pernnitaItets aottsrie
cine tpei.sre nnmbafts Summe. Sns
spiI6en mar bas Shiff in 1nIenlt
tei.elit lpornen unb harrte benz Stus
psllalif uno Der polIitdnoigsn 4usriiiis
uns suigssen. I'm bic Iestere aber
entiprsaeno gu esfialtsn, fshlten nod
1000 5baler on Der peranifIngtsn
Simm.. Wieber nabm man Ts;ns gu.
fluht CUR soiieri., bic 10 siinitig luss
fiel, onb 25.000 5boler iibrig bIieben.
bic gu elmer rGtiftuhg fur bic Inter
itiisuHs Der Observation-Disclosures
rtrbsnoet ipurpsn. am %. ausuIt
1863 fnno bie Janis oss BRIGGS
idoners bnrh ben 9rinssn aealber.
ftatt. Sinti bes bsabiihtigien Ramens
nJrcusngobe" srbisli sr bi, gsssits
Hung ~Jransnlob1. D.sits geiipiei
preuBiit<r iSrausn fiibrts ihon oas
mails 3ur Griinoung sines stommittss
sur Grbcuunn pr.ubiidsr ariegss
fdifft" Der .Deutft. GIoiltnpsrein@
ba- alfo btreifs 0orsdnger s,hab..
Gie Jbierbanoigerin I'm
dampi NIT Dem 91ren. lie
3abi Der in letter 3eit 10 bauiiaeG
sSulle. in benest anaebIif) aesn5rfIts
5innbrbiere iid) aegcH ilren ganoiaer
lranoten o0er ai,sbrud,en, eriabrt eine
meme gereid,eriing baird, einen gor.
| faIl Der iih oiejer Jnae IN 2auinnne
IN eiiler Wenagerle nbipieIte. Tie
jiinge Jbierbanoigerin claa Roiier
betr1t ben stafia einesaroben g1ren:
Die geliie aber itiirsfe iih ploelid aliE
oas nilbciDnifnete MaDd,en, rid,iete
iidl auf, padte es NIT ben goroer.
fnscn uno Deriudpte, ben Sals Der
gdnoigerin nit ben 31bnen su er.
reIhen. Ter StieFpnter oes W10dens,
SednniiL elite iuiort III ben 3pinaer.
ipnroe aber bon oem groben s,aren
nit einem 10 iDudfigen 1abenbie6e
empiangen, COB er beiinnungsIos ME.
oerliei. Gnnn bib Die Bette Der GAN.
oigerIr in bic Ef,ulter. obnm1dliid
innf oas Dlanfen Ilieoer. Gum Dlii3
lparen inSluiffen einiae s8drter nit
eiieiIIinngen berbeigeeiIt. Cir fonnter
0as sfalibtbier in eiren Ninfd ocs
SDingers 5liriidtreiben unb Die Bel.
Den beiinmmngslofen Gpier leiner an.
arIffSlitlt aus tem aifia idleppsn.
Die llnteriu6uns ereob. bah fsr1u.
lem N0ilH -Es6t srHisboit pe1paa.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

gauslitg srhriit wtrbsn tenHtH tbtiIs Id trser.
mann nmionft NIT. Seaetu sis Gin fyantitrfss
Nattnptri snr Beaufporfnaa on
GraR arpstf, xsridoris bG xras tSsbmtn)
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

geb z % mi ht,
eeIiebte e'aiiin bon @ecra 28eler. in ibrcns
81. qebensinbre EeerbienHl beuie SfeitaA, cen
80 Saauat 1914 alashutitIGes ubr. BON Der
ttGpeIIe oes let6enbeitoters SeSrn s9aitsr
Streibia & Co.. g2uInni uHo giberI1 StrGbs,
aus ssreunhe iinb boflifi aiHaelaheH. II
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

aeliebter, Bcite ppn aHna Riaiieuberaer. peb.
iSailoii i'm Sitter BON 81 0bren. wacH0ifH
uub ~ 3apcn 8eer5iaurB gionina. sgH 2.
,sebTuar 1914 1adlrTsiiaae lhr eem 1rauer'
haufr gio. 81 Netilet abe tus uftn NTH um
2 llbI IN Der Teuith 8ro' CaatiiaeH airde an
6o'fner Strcbe. 0liusmiusUIgs. eiu 1ranerau.s
iesoieuit abaebaien pet6cE. 4siieeuHa cGf
BEN 8tRe StraBe Jrieohole. 5reuuee fsIo bet
lttit etngCIaoea
Got' seeIt Gin samer, igffi uufer sers;
gHie aroE ~ infer geihen
Ia ieber tpir ben @aiey gter
sIne lgufcTcH arHen fdo5eE
goH Core unb Tifib'. Fcl fiet unb rrr5
gem 3er3 iir uus unfuHQrT
llns 3n er5iehta uaE Ssas bin
segG iInMGr feiH 3eriGnEFR % 81
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

Beu. y W u Ut u Wt -
ssttttpr bon Clemens Nrpaery-.iiH MIter bon G2
Snhrcn lino Dscnaten Die Geeraigilna ftits
6ei itdit am Sanina N,orgcn Inn 5 Hpr Dom
Sduie ihrer lp6ter, ssraa y. MtfieHbsd, sob
IL tlberip Ctr. Hednicmscotaini IN Der @i
Sejnrid1ss sfircbe ipo5u Beripnfote nnb Jrgnnoe
b5flitit elngeInhcH inb 3U,3ie
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oeIicbier eatte bon aJsinne Snfemner, eeb
@0bne int sIlter bon IS snhrer unp | Jna
geerniauna SantftGa. beu 81 5annar. 1914
Nahmitiops 1@2 hhrs BON Lronetbatle. 10
4023 Sprine @robe sibe eng nue irir0 I'm
2 llbr in Der Sprina Sronc ISABELLE Elm ErGaer.
aettcsoienft ataehalfen Ucroen. SreaHec itHe
bofltft enaeiaocn.
Ii lie traaeruseu Siuisfsiiebfusn.
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ltinrih :. Iaprhsrs.

i'm sitter ben so ssnbreu Honnter aIn 0
1aaen Die gseeroiaung 'tTlaci 'toit bonn Iraiiers
bauie aus Sumn,it abe &atihnae G., ani
Samitda ben 81 Saniinr I'M ubr aGurasfi@,
moraut IAN s II llbr III Der q harl eorrotneHss
qtrtne GuVihdaR g., ctr 'c;crlideS Heaaiem
abecbaIieH urb. &eeroiquHp aIs bfm Ct %.
barnes fsriehbofe. iSreunsc itno elIneinbsn.
Iie tt0ucrnoeH 6inierblebcuca:
9luria 4 gor6ers
IL Geb stph, Satin Hcbit glreehorsaen.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30
GE0.P. SCHWEITZER
VOLKSBLATT
JOB ROO MS
637 Dins Jtrs6e.
Grnha1en

iehsy nrs In beutf6sr unb sHeiif6er EpraAs
far 9efGaiisIsMie, Hereiifs etc. rieeerssSugasa
perbeu nEf Auni6 bsiorat.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

Gtarb sl6slib ON TpnrcrEiae. ben 2e, Co
mar 1914, uRi llbr giorleHs. inter .peits5iei
Gotie, gaier. Schipieaerpa,rr uigo t5roErntev,
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30

Sophia Arutatr,

etorb an Epnneritna. ben 80. Snruur 1914
nm 1 llhr 35 Witt Wlor1ene,
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fpuis SdlItmmtr.

Starb am Sonnerffna. ben 30 SanEar 1871
aRorqeirs 4 lihr 90 grtnnicu,
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-30
Gsora pfaftnb.rasr,

Gidrb am Sonucrfiaa, ben %. Sanuor 1871
glat Mt.iaas s uhr 81 MinLlen
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-09-25
HELP OTHER UNIONS.
Organized Workers Should Spread the
Gospel of United Effort.

! Gospel of United Effort.
If the member gets into the habit Of
looking at all matters from the stand
point of the benefit of his union and
gets into the habit of regular attend
ance and steady work in its behalf he
is then no longer content to be merely
Il union member. but becomes a union
man: he has become inoculated with
the desire to do something for the la
Dor cause. And about that time he
will realize that he owes a duty to
his fellow workers in other crafts who
may or may not have succeeded in
their organized effort as well as his
associates in his own craft.
1t doesn't take very deep philoso-
pher to reason out that when one be-
comes a member of organized labor
that is to say, a sincere and earnest
member who wants to see the move
ment succeed not only for his benefit,
but for others. and who is willing to
give some effort for its success, that
every time anything is done to
strengthen a sister union in any other
craft, so much more strength is added
to the total force of organized labor.
which must be, directly or indirectly,
a benefit to every unit of that force.
1t is our duty to help other unions
at every possible opportunity. First
we must help them to organize in our
home communities. We must seek out
the workers in the unorganized trades
and help to add them to the forces of
organized labor. We must aid the
partially organized trades and make
them stronger We must never be
content so long as there is craft or
a man outside the ranks of organized
labor. In this way we shall help those
trades that are purely local, such as
the building trades, and that may not
have the benefit of a union label, and
to whom we may render the most val
liable and timely assistance.
Then there are the other trade union
labels, which perhaps may not have
local unions in our home community,
but whether they do or not, every
liAue VIC potloAiHe IheAi i"peiS VIC "i0
boosting our own union stamp. When
by purchasing a union label suit of
clothes we employ a union garment
worker in New York we are giving the
union garment worker the wages with
which to purchase a union stamp pair
of shoes. and this same reasoning ap-
plies to every other trade union label.
each of which every member Of this
union should support to the utmost
Shoe Workers Journal.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-09-25
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROP
ERTY

Notice. is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, trustee of Peter Mcintosh,
bankrupt, will sell to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed real property:
The northwest quarter (NWA) of
the southeast quarter (SEA) and the
east one-half (E1) of the southwest
quarter (SWH) of section thirteen
(13) and the northeast quarter (NEH)
of the northwest quarter (NWA) Of
section twenty-four ga, township one
(1) south, range nine (9) west of the
Willamette meridian, Tillamook coun-
ty, Oregon, and containing one hun
dred and sixty (160) acres, more or
less.
Notice is further given that the I'M
dersigned trustee will receive sealed
bids for the above described real prop
erty directed to him at Raymond, Pa
cific county, Washington, and sub
mitted on or before the 18th day Of
September, 1914. No bid will be con-
sidered unless certified check in the
sum of 500 payable to the under
signed trustee is enclosed Herewith.
The trustee reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
J. D. O'NEIL,
Trustee of Peter Mcintosh.
Date of first publication, August %,
1914. st
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-09-25
FREE CANADIAN HOME
CTEADS

Why pay $4,000 to be located. We
give you full information where the
best lands are in Western Canada and
British Columbia that are close to
railroad and town; name of guide on
the ground; full directions to get maps
and plats free; how to get homeseeK-
ers' tickets; everything you need to
know and locate yourself, all for $500.
Remit amount of P. o. money order
and we will send you the complete
information at once, Canadian Home
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For reference, The Farm Magazine
Co., All Panama Bldg, Portland, Ore,
Adv.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-09-25
LABOR UNION NOTES.

over 100000 toilers in this country
work from ffty-four to sixty hours a
week
Thirty per cent of the workers in the
clothing trade Of New York have the
eight hour day.
Unions on the Pacific coast are ad-
vocatng a universal eight hour day
for that section.
The United States now has more
than G000.OO0 factory employees and
100000 railroad employees.
Textile workers in the vicinity Of
Fail River. Mass, are maintaining an
agitation for sanitary mills. The work
arS assert that conditions are a menace
TO health.
In Victoria one Of the states of the
commonwealth of Australia where the
minimum wage law has been in force
for seven years, the inevitable tend
ency has asserted itself for the legal
minimum to become an actual maxi
mum.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-09-25
Shoe Workers Busy.

Reports from American manufactur-
ers show a boom in various lines Of
industry as result of the European
war. Several thousand shoe workers
in st. Louis have returned to their ma
chimes in the factories of the Interna-
tional Shoe company, which were
closed two weeks ago following the
declaration of war by Germany. 1t is
estimated that 5000 additional men
Will he put to work in the plant Of the
Hamilton Erown Shoe company. Three
new shoe factories will be built at
Salem. Mass. Experts in the shoe trade
say that the armies in Europe will re-
duire l4.OOO000 palis OF shoes month.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-09-25
MINIMUM WAGE A Benefit.
oregon's New Law Improves Condi-
ton of Women Workers.

That the passage of the minimum
wage law in Oregon through the efforts
of the industrial welfare commission
has made changes for the better in the
condition of working women and girls
was brought out in striking fashion at
recent session of the public hearing
conducted by the United States COM
mission on industrial relations.
Father Edwin V. O'Hara, chairman
of the industrial welfare commission,
told of the preliminary work Of that
organization looking to such law and
its final accomplishment. He told of
conditions that prevailed among wom-
en- workers prior to its passage and
how there has been a decided improve
ment in conditions since.
'Tn our work we found girls were
living in surroundings in which none
should be asked to live" said Father
O'Hara. "Some were able to buy but
two meals a day and were living
crowded together In small, dark rooms.
Because the minimum wage law re-
suited in more favorable conditions 1t
has become popular, and the principle
that women workers are entitled to
decent living wage always will be pop
ular. No woman in America should
be compelled to work for less"
Father O'Hara said it had been ar
gued that as n result of the minimum
wage law many women would lose
their positions, but the commission, he
said, had yet to hear Of half dozen
such. He said that not only were
there no fewer girls and women en-
ployed now as a result of the law, but
that in some lines, particularly in mer-
camille and office work, there has been
a notable increase in the wages of wo-
men and girls.
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THE LIVING WAGE.
Labor Vigorously Defended on the
Floor of the Senate.


1t is idle merely to say labor has the
right to living and decent wage un-
less we supplement that assertion by
granting labor the power to enforce its
demand for living wage. When l
use the term living wage" l do not
mean a wage which will afford dread
alone" but l mean a wage which will
afford proper food. clothing, shelter,
aome leisure time to devote to the fam
fly, to books, music. philosophy and, in
general, an opportunity to have suffi-
cient respite from exacting toll to enjoy
some of the healistic. aesthetic and
spiritual sides of life, which add Zest,
grace and beauty to human existence.
1t has been asserted that it is dan
gerous for laborers to possess the pow
or to compel a compliance with their
demands for living wage l reply
that such power is indeed dangerous
to monopoly. oppression, tyranny, av-
arice and greed-but is wholesome to
the general welfare and to public tran
guilty. Internal dangers to a state
need never be apprehended from a gen.
eral desire and effort on the part of the
creators of wealth to promote their own
efficiency, improve and eXalt their own
station, for if laborers were to refuse
to try to improve their own condition it
would be tantamount to their seeking
wantonly their own self Instruction.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona.
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ords in public life mark them fit can
didates. Without pledges required or
promises made, organized labor, desir-
ing only that men of open minds and
a desire to do exact justice, be ele-
waited to the supreme bench, and rely
ing wholly upon the records of these
three men, unhesitatingly recon-
mends their candidacy to the thought,
full consideration of the voters of the
state of Washington, in all walks of
life.