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) LABOR Al ! |'|||'| EXCHANGE NC /:
Representative Med Donough Plans
to Establish National EN-
ployment Bureaus.
"1NDUSTRIAL PEACE l., ~
AND CONSERVATION,
To Be Administered by Three
Commissioners Country to
Y :. Be Divided Into Zones.
>sH1NGToN, June 7e.-Estab

~ \sH1NGToN, June 7s.-Estab-
>%r of national employment
ba We der the department OF la
bor,> .: g Jed for in a bin just pro
posed ehe house by Representa-
tive Mcdonald of Michigan. 80 =
This bill differs from the plan OF
the industrial commission and the
Murdock bill, inasmuch as it proposes
to use the postoffices as labor ex-
changes instead of opening branch Of
fees. Those backing this, bill claim
that it provides for Industrial peace,
the conservation of the labor forces
in rural districts and the equaliza-
tion Of the labor market. TT
The bureau would be directly ad-
ministered by three commissioners.
the chief to be appointed by the sac
retary Of labor, the assistant chief by
the postmaster general, and the third
by the secretary of labor would be
the commissioner of labor investiEa-
tions and practically national in.
dustrial peace officer. His duties
would be to investigate labor condi-
tiOns and secure first-hand informa-
tfon on labor disputes, as well as gen.
The labor world., 1914-06-27
UNION D|sRUP piers
F0|R!l|'IIEllIQ | / ] \ | |
seceders Refuse Peace overtures
from Western Federation Of y
Miners Officials.
, 8 ..... .
AN !. w. w. ATTEMPT
5.. TO RUIN UNION
. "a ~ - -:Iz..- ss55z f.,2
Local Dissatisfaction Taken Adj
vantage Of to Weaken organi-
ration, Says Meyer.


1 BUTTE. Mont. June 26. seceders
from the Western Federation of Min
Fers launched an independent miners
union today, rejecting peace over
lures from Pres Charles fl. Meyer
and his associates, They elected as
temporary president. M. Mcdonald.
There is little hope Of compromis-5
ing the two factions. Federation sof-
ficials threaten to import miners to
fulfil the contracts with the operating
companies. s65s ss
The mass meeting today was at
tended by 5000 miners. All voting.
was done by acclamation. the officers
addressing the assembly through
megaphones. The report Of the ex-
ecutive committee, in whose hands
has been left the drafting OF the In
surgents policy, was adopted with
out change. 1t provided for the even
tual formation OF q permanent or
ganization. Temporary headquarters
will be established, and an assessment
of SO cents per month levied. The
membership roll Will be opened Tues
day morning. No official notice was
taken by the Western Federation and
President Moyer had no one present
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/ sides has bean aroused. They are not
SO likely TO listen to reason presented
by each other sas they would be II
they w ere con1i derinS the proposition
in callner moments. i 4 Sit 81 VIZ II 81
One Of the purposel for which the
Department sofsIab6rs Alaa, been created
is to STEP In when that condition OF
affairs exists and offer its good Of
fices in an effort to, bring the con-
tending parties together, IN order to
adjust their al ylties, because, II It
has come tos the. point where q stop
page of work takes place, thensssit
means m econonli loss, loss not
only to the. empl loYers and empolyes
engaged In, the contest, but "a loss TO
the; entire comnnu nity of forces that
ought. to be val luable IN prod Ncing
svaluabies secoHon mic results. fs
M When the. Department of labor
steps In Yhen q con ition Of that kind
exists. the first step that should be
taken sis ia endeavor i, is 81 Ket e those who
are imnlel lately inter rested In the con-
test to work out their oblen them-
s selves d great deal depands On get
/ ting them to work out their problems
ti1emse Ives. great deal depends on
terests they have, and if they can cit
! down e q u. FOUND 9 ], p,nsil table and
work out their problems on as nearly
scorrect j ma them tical basis as ii can
be- rived g, and sttS tfonbls IL sad- !
justed ia that sssS the spirit sof CO.
operatl htch groHs ont ~ q scopdi-
ton of that kind ieF Fsboqnd sto IS .bene.
ficial = ths 81 y .of work
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unc0nSumeds product of previous la
Dor, of furnishing the. shelter for the
worker. and Of furnishing the means
of livelihood until that which the
worker iS Iaboring upon is ready for
use. For performing these import
ant. fucntions in production it Is en-
titled to the very highest considera-
tion. z-s..s $s' &
Upon the other hand, labor is the
vitalizing force. Labor, mental and
physical; is the force that makes your
capital available, that makes your
machinery move, that makes your
production possible No matter how
much capital you may have, unless in
addition to your capital you have
mental and physical labor available
Tor use upon your capital you can
not produce another article for COM
mon use. So labor and capital have
mutual interest In productions; mutt
ual interest, not an Identical interest.
Mark the distinction. Notwithstanding
the various schools Of thought that
have existed amongst those who have
been connected with the labor move-
ment, and with others, 1t - noverthe-
less q fact that they have 8 common
interest, mutual interest, ia securinE
the hrgest posstt production with d
given annollnt pf labor, IA fs83
Anyone who exalr1in@ q the. history
OF this oF any other country u bound
to come To the conc1usio On that the
workers. today no very much better
of than the workers o1 two o. three
OF four generations ago. We have our
extreme fof y. ana We have our
extremea Of poverty today - we had
thsn. but "a Y 6 llaaag g ths people
betyy e. vo .trs "a ofs 80 aatai
an
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The question of relation between
employer and employe Is an acute one.
It has become more acute with our
industrial and commercial develop
ment. Under the old regime, before
the inventive genius of man had given
us our modern machinery, the rela-
tionshtp between employer and en-
ploye was personal. The employer
came in contact, personal contact,
with his employees, usually had but
that he knew the individuality of the
men who were working for him and
could deal with them accordingly.
Inventive. genius and the machines
growing out of that inventive genius
have made it absolutely necessary
that there should be an Organization
Of capital in order that there might
be the most efficient production.
Some Of the machines we now have
in use and some of the systems neces-
sary for the proper utilization of those
machines would not be possible under
the old forms. New forms had to be
devised. Out Of those new forms has
grown our immense corporations, IA
2cilitating the use of the machines,
economizing here and economizing
there by virtue of centralized produc-
ton and giving us more efficiency in
lAbor than we could have otherwise.
hut It has eliminated that personal re-
1ationship between the employer and
enp1oye that formerly existed. and,
because of the elimination Of that
personal relationship. complications
arise in dealing with the problems
that grow out Of our industrial de-
velopnent. There is not the, same
confidence between the employer and
employe. when neither knows the
The labor world., 1914-06-27
MARGARET WILSON
/ - :.
PLEADs.FORU|N||'TY !
~ : > + i.
Urges Greater Use of the School
Buildings as Community
Centers.
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE
POLLING PLACES
This Plan Is q Perfectly Pr =,
One, Says Presidents
Daughter. 80

CHICAGO. June 26.-Train load
of club women, delegates to the bien-
NAL convention of the General Fed
Grafton Of Women's clubs left Chi
cago Thursday following adjourn
ment of the convention proper We'd
nesday night
The new board. Of directors met
and organized in the forenoon and
delegates remaining IN Chicago spent
the day in psychological pilgrimages
to different parts Of the city.
Several hundred women who were
caught in the crush at the Auditor
ium Wednesday night, when a crowd
of more than 10000 tried to hear
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter Of
the president, speak, found their best
gowns torn and badly rumpled.
Police Have Trouble.
The police had difficulty in re-
straining the crowd and as result
several of the speakers at the closing
session were unable to reach the
stage. :.
Miss Wilson piloried the present
system 0f government. asailed the
newspapers handed the palm for
progressive ideas" to the University
of Wisconsin rather than Princeton,
her fathers pride, and gave her vision
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other. as there is when they know
each other. ~ r.. ~ IN
Capital and Wealth. IT,
The situation, then, has entirely
changed, and, growing out Of that
change in situation, something is ne
cessary in order to find substitute
Tor the old personal relationship that
formerly existed. When you come to
deal with the problem, however, and
seek for that something which will
take the place of the old personal re-
lationship. you are met at the thresh-
hold with extremes of thought and
extremes of action that hamper you
In your efforts to find a solution, and
you find amongst the workingmeu,
amongst the wage workers, those who
make the contention that because ca
pital is inanimate. having no life, no
intelligence, no energy, therefore. II
performs no function in productions
and, performing no function In pro.
duction, is not entitled to consider,
alton. z..,. - s.@54..r,g gas5.,-. !!
Upon the other hand, you find the
sentiment amongst employers that
fails to recognize that their employees
are different from ordinary machines
a senttpent that looks upon employes
as being but q part of the machinery
in production, instead Of. living, NOV.
| Ing, sensuous human beings like
themselves and who undertake tc
deal with the age-worker, with the
laborer, from the same standpoint and
with the same kind Of sentiment al
they would deal with machine. You
have those two extremes and. We,
what are the facts -s. 4
What is capital? Capital is the
unconsumed product of previous la
bor. mental and physical III II have
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In their material surroundings than
our forefathers were. The principal
reason why they are much better off
than their forefathers were Is that
by the Introduction Of machinery
there. has been a greater amount OF
production, and because there has
been q greater mount Of production.
there is q larger share that can 90
to the wage-workers than went be-
fore that greater production took
place. 5l :. 4. 4, !, u d
,.5 Service in Disputes. u /.
So you are mutually interested in
securing the largest possible produc-
tion with q given amount Of labor.
Your interests only diverge when 1t
comes to a point Of division OF that
which has been, Jointly produced,
when it comes to the division of that
which has been produced as result
OF stored energy In the form OF capt
tai, and the unstored energy In the
form Of labor. When it comes to q
division Of their joint product, there
Isl q diversity of interest. Each Is
desirous Of securing the largest pos.
sible share. and out of that desire to
secure the largest possible share that
can be secured come our Industrial
conflicts:
Not having the personal relation
ship that We had before TO mellow
those contentious they have become
extremely acute. and they not only,
affect those he are engake in them
but they fleet III other portions of
tho community VINO may not bef az
Erectly engaged In the cont test. Nhen
~ dispute of that nature arises which
results or IS likely tai result "a ! ms
pensfon of On lion "A my tvAn An
natry ths tenn y. q spiYat 10Th
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ueHned II before. It differs from
wealth in this: that you may take a
vacant lot out here on one of your
streets, and that vacant lot is wealth.
but the moment you erect a building
upon that lot, then the building is
capital. All the machines that are
used in your shops, all the machines
that are used in your transportation.
and all the buildings that you occupy,
and that your workers occupy, are
Z the upconsumed product of previous
labor. They are capital, and the
function that capital performs in pro-
3duction, and Particularly in modern
production, is that It furnishes the
machine which makes labor more pro-
dnctive than It otherwise could be.
/ It furnishes the shelter, the homes, in
t which the workers live. It furnishes
1 The workers., In the form OF wages,
|. with the means of living, until those
complex things upon wlrich they are
working are 6nished and ready for
use. 81. :. ...J} s ID ....: .I
And aside from the mental work
which must be classed as labor, the
mental work an the part Of the owner
sof the capitol, he conceives the idea
OF assembling at q common point, that
is. the creation at a common point, Of
an nduStry, and he carries his organ :
izatiop out from that point Aside from
the intelli ligence, which is also labor,
which directs the plant after tt has
been created; aside from the genius
Of the inventor, which Is also labor
which improves the mac chinery. from
time To time; and aside from any
OF these functions on the part ofs the
SoWnsrss Or contro ollers of capata cap
sital forms the In ant functions
Iof 1f.i.rn y. iin Z tho absint the
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1896 eighty schools were SO used,
and in 1897 we used twenty-threes
schools. At the present time we
use two. In 1897, however, the
election board was notified that,
while the use of such rooms in
twenty three schools was granted
for such purposes in various
school houses for that year, it was
with the distinct understanding.
that no such request should be.
made thereafter" !" 81.
After spending $50, 900 for; the
construction of outdoor booths
and after consid derable annoyances
and complaints, Boston returned
to the school house., plan. u.
In the report of 1912 this para
graph appears: z. s.s;
"A large number of voting
booths were no longer necessary
for the use Of this department,
owing to the fact that the election
commissioners now use about
eighty-nine easements in school
houses as polling places. =
+ In Los Angeles, according to
Carl Beck, civic secretary Of the
People $ Institute Of New York
City, the following several accom-
plishments were concurred in:
!. A large saving in the mat
ter Of rental of polling places.
2. An improved environment
for polling places, particularly
now that the women of the state
have the ballot, and a sure way
of elevating the conduct of our
elections. 49, . ... - ..5 :. .s..s z>-
3. More comfortable quarters
for election officials. ...=: 4. /, ....s "a.
4. A source Of instruction to
school children in the duties o1if
citizenship where school property
is so used. /. r. 5s .= . "
S. The enforcement of the idea
Of the sanctity of the ballot in
dignifed and quiet surrou ndings
where church property is used, as
we'll as an opportunity for our
churches to make some adequate
return to the public for the ex-
Iemption of ehqrc property from
ta1ation The vestr,y rooms and
Sunday school rooms and tie
halls which are adjuncts of most
churches could be used for this
purpose so as to avoid any pos
sible objection by those who
might object to the use of the
church proper. : :<.' E4.' :. .3 Is; ST &
,l,6., Easier accessibility to the
average voter who invariably
knows and can always readily find
q church or school building or
other public building in his own
precinct and can easily be directed
to such polling places, thus tend
ing to. bring out a larger vote on
election day. IT,
u a tendency. to make more
permanent and certain the polling
places in various precincts, look
ing ultimately to a fixed and
permanent polling place in each
precinct in the city Of Los Angeles
which may. also be used as per-
manent registration headquarters
in each precinct. &
The Peoples Institute Of New
! G3 Continued on Page 8. .
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DULUTH AND SUPERIOR, JUNE q, 1914. .
WIDER USE OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS:
PROGRESSIVE CITIES VOTE IN THEM

A:statenent recently given out
BY the city clerk, q common oc-
.curance, but unnoticed by many,
gives us the interesting informa-
tion that the recent primary cleo
tion cost the city in rent and
salaries in the neighborhood Of
$1,000 and it is estimated that the
fall election will cost approximate
ly $1,000 for these two items
rent and salaries. The rent for
voting booths IS Of them in Du-
luth are rented costs the city SIS.
per. day. A meager sum as city
finances go. = Fl
This can be curtailed, however,
in several instances, the economy
not only being in the money saved
but also in the higher standard
that will be placed on the
:"sanctity'' Of the ballot by the
voters. Surely there is nothing
tempting in the appearance Of the
average voting booth in either
city at the. head Of the lakes. Prof.
Ward has aptly said: .':'If any
institution IN the world should be
housed with architectural dignity,
it is the neighborhood voting
CENTER +S +. =
It has been suggested by some
that ''.precinct'' buildings should
be erected. This for the first year
at least would be an expense to
the city, and between elections
would remain vacant and become
the loafng place for gangs Of
boys. Such buildings during the
greater part Of the year would be
useless and would. soon become
eye-sores. to the locality.
There are, fortunately, build
ings already constructed for the
convenience Of q" neighborhoods
which can very nicely be utilized
as voting nters-that is the pub
lie school building. True there
may be only eight or nine build
mgs where it would be convenient
to- : vote--although it appears
strange that; schools located for
the convenience of school chill
dren, are such out Of the way
Places for patriotic citizens to
vote but why 81 ! i not use these
iags S For no +. s utl1er
reason than to- make q start? -
From an economic standpoint
the use of these buildings, con-
veniently located, lighted, heated,
ETC., the saving annually would
be between two and three hundred
dollars. ,-..
When the city has grown to
the extent. that all Of the schools
can be Conveniently" used, the
money saving will be much
greater.
! Los Angeles held her first cleo
tion in school houses, likewise the
first election in which women
voted, one year ago. The desire
for a clean, decent voting place
dawned upon the electorate of
Los Angeles when the sex qualifi.
cation was removed from the bal
lot. This reminds the writer of
a statement made last winter by
a suffrage worker in Superior,
who had been a watcher in a
booth in the Sixth ward during
1872 She said, 81 cant under
stand how you men can tolerate
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mo. hO0C hHt7s>!S !Sfblsn1N QOEf n flnn& fnr
vofino = Is the schoo1s s NOV n;celv M
% hand ~ hand with tha nlaan.
IN n camnaiipn ,,i lbeiinp 81. s. Ip;neered m ~
the wa women = cIS n IS a 3 Snnar;or 8
IN M;1wankdE the n,ast;on = of
voting = the ehool houses was
referred to the school nrinciinals II,
who voted ma F;;IInn,,alu u faun,. ~
IF the nronos] ..... S1iha reason a,,,
was was ohv;n,,s ., avs 1Nard ssthe,
5preat central oll;;ect ;s of q 'tha = train. IN
mo of vo,,th ;sffi,,e M deualonmant sals : .s
&C pood c;ti;,z,ers Hi;n7.3t s:t 3tha h o,.aat ~ a.
f;cn1tv = n tha N;s,, : J, j; z;;no, e II.
business ofi' dem i,,,iacv !, = 3 ono,.a = ~
tion of VOTING IS :b, ::ti,e nract;ca, ff;rst Z
hand civic. exnness;;on which y ;f
.the scholars can aaea 4 ' maLes fo,.
them :. = pIo,iint sc contact from
which thev nav Ia s., a f. the m
derstandinp Of sthe. 5, ciiviic process n. e,
as a reality, andato have the vot-
ing done in the sschool house is
convenient, becaase it does away
with the necessity Of taking the
children away from the building
to witness It. 8. Moreover, the
school house has An added mean
ing. dignity, and significance to
the t pupil through b its being used
for. voting. *. Further than this,
1'when the precinct lines are made
Identical with the school district
boundaries then The two units Of
neighborhood IN tins country. be:
come Identical, and the basic or
ganization Of the electorate in
each neighborhood finds itself
equipped with q social center
which is not onlysa q point, but is
also a building capable Of being
used for gathering to decide upon
appointments to the common ser
vice and upon issues. ''z
A recent report Of the Russell
Sage Foundation showed that dur
ing l9l2-l3 ballotlhg during cleo;
tlons, IN cities: todk place IN 529
school houses, le 25y build dings were
used for registe tering voters, and
48l political rallies were held IN
school edifcess .3.. ...,.. s. s..ss.s, .ss ].
lhleaE 1 .. gee adison,,
1s1tt !: g e.f1tf., . los Angeles,
Boston and Worcester are today
among the cities using school
houses Tor election. purposes. s.
Last spring Chicago for the first
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Continued on Page 3.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-12

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
MPL tPublisher.) ,seria,- -.ol:7,7
Department Of the Interior.
L. S. Land Office at Sterling Colorado
March Z, 1914.
NoTIcE is hereby given that Emily
c. Graves, of New Raymer, Colorado,
who, on April Is, 1911, made Home
stead Entry, No. 0-5747, for South
West Quarter Of, Section 8, Towns li,I
z North, Range So West, 9Th Principal
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make final three year proof, to es.
tablish claim to the land above describ-
ed. before United States Commissioner,
at New Raymer, Colorado, on the 23rd
day of April. 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses
Lewis NJ Sweigar, of New Raymcr, Colo,
Albert g. Nickerson. of =
Barbara Barker. Of e 3-i2
Jesse H. Bcson, Of e - 4-le
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The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-12
NOTICE ron PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
MP.L. tPublisher} Serial-o769l.
Department Of the Interior.
L. 5. Land Office at Sterling, Colorado.
February q, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Wallace
Albert List, of Buckingham, Colorado,
who, on June Is. 1909, made home-
stead entry, No. 0769l. for East half
of, Section 6, Township 7 North,
Range SO West, 9th Principal Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final three year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Ira S. Griffin, United States. Com
missioner, at Keota, Colorado. on the
llth day of April 1914
Claimant names as witnesses:
Abram d. List. Of Buckingham. Colo.
William w. Robinson. of g
James II. Robinson. uf g ZIG
Joe w. Silvis. Of AZ
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NOTICE ron punl.lcATIoN.

N. P. L. Publisherl Serial-0lll26
Department OF the Interior.
Z. s.Land ONCE at Sterling. Colorado
February 6, 1914.
NoTIcE is hereby given that Henry
H. Miller, of Stoneham, Colorado, who,
on February 81. 1910, made homestead
entry. No. 0lll26, for West half Of,
Section 10, Township 9 North, Range
81 West, 9Th Principal Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make Final
Three Year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Unit
ed States Commissioner, at New Ray
mer, Colorado, on the 10Th day of
March, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
David s. Gibson. Of New Raymer. Colo.
Edward c. Worsfold Of '' :"
John Hoffman. Of Stoneham Colo. 2-l2
John J Motifs. Of BIB
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

+. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
N. r. /. tPubsher.l Serial-oi2s99
Department Of the Interior.
L. :. Land Office at Sterling, Colorado.
March Z. 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Mily H.
Lucas. Of Stoneham, Colorado, who, on
May 4, 1910, made homestead entry,
No. 0l2699, for South East Quarter of,
Section 2, Township 6 North. Range
81 West. 9th Principal Meridian, has
filed. notice Of intention to make Final
Three Year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Unit
ed States Commissioner, at New Ray
mer, Colorado. on the 7th day of May,
1914. ..
Claimant names AZ witnesses:
f Fred Nedderman, Of Stoneham. Colo,
James Swasick. Of +"
I'D Jones. of New Iaymcr. Colo s-l2
Charles D.. Kirk. Of . " 4-ls
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