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United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
CIGARMAKERS

Louis p. DE Mouche, who has been
working ia a Denver factory for the
past two or three months, will return
to his home in Trinidad next week,
where he proposes to manufacture
cigars on his own account DE Mouche
is one OF the best know trades union
advocates in the state, having been ac-
tive in the Trinidad Trades Assembly
and in State Federation of Labor CON
ventions. His pronounced views and out
spoken convictions against militia rule
made him persona non grata to some
of the employers of the Trinidad dis
trict before the federal troops came in,
so he came to Denver for temporary
residence. He will introduce blue
label cigar of his own on the southern
market, and will no doubt make n sue
cess of the venture, for besides being a
good workman he has a pleasing per-
sonality, the suaye characteristics of
the Frenchman and makes friends rap
idly in any community. The Bulletin
bespeaks hearty support for genial
Louie in his new undertaking.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
UNITED LABORERS

A rousing meeting of the United La
borers was held Tuesday night in the
Club building The hall was crowded
with members and a number of city
officials and labor orators We're there to
help along the work. Superintendent of
Parks F. C. Steinhauer made a rattling
good speech and complimented the boys
Oh their splendid organization. Fore
men from the various city parks were
also guests OF the evening. and told how
harmoniously things were operating
with members of the United Laborers
employed this year. The fact that the
men through their organization had Sc
cured the eight-hour day and mini
mum wage OF $3.50 per day was brought
out in way to impress all present and
form an incentive for all city laborers
to Join the union. Brief addresses were
also made by Senator Harvey f. Gar
man, Thomas NJ. Hyder and Thomas
F. McAleer, who are candidates FOR the
Legislature, as also is the president of
the United Laborers. John Salmond.
The meeting was pronounced success
and indicated the true spirit of solidar-
ity among the members.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
PLUMBERS.

William Cody of No. 3, known to the
membership as Buffalo Bill" returned
to Denver this week from Colorado
Springs. Bill is some traveller and un.
less the excitement increases about the
Building Trades club will soon hike on
to Kansas City.
Harry Mason left this week for Omaha,
where he has job cinched on the
new 81 100000 hotel under construction
in that city.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS.

Considerable big work is coming up
for the boys here, with the Colorado
National bank and new union depot
structures promised for the near future
The Pueblo local has been amalga-
mated with the Denver union and given
jurisdiction over that city and Colo
RADIO Springs.
Frank j. Mckinney, member of the
national executive board, arrived liz
Denver Wednesday from Los Angeles and
will be here for several days, assisting
the local boys in any way deemed nee
essary.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29

Candidate for the Legislature,
Designated by Democratic
County Assembly
Place an X Opposite Her Name in
in the Primaries, Tuesday, Sept. 8
Mrs. Spiegl is the wife Of Frank Spiegl,
former president of the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly, an active member
of Musicians Union No. 20.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29

Clerk, SC cigar-Union made.-Adv.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
OPEN TO ALL UNION MEN.

If you are a member of labor organ
ization you are eligible to membersip
in the Trade Union Benefit Association
club. It's a place worth while. Second
floor Quincy building. There's where
you meet the people you know.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
FINEST CLUB DANCE HALL IN TOWN

President Bryan and Secretary Sharpe
of the Building Trades club believe in
pushing progress. The new dance hall
has made hit, and is one of the most
comfortable in Denver. 1t can be rented
for private or public dances.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29
LEATHER WORKERS ELECT BRYAN

The canvass OF the votes for the cleo
tion of general officers of the Interna-
tional United Brotherhood of Leather
Workers on Horse Goods has been com
pleted at Kansas City. General Presi-
dent Bryan and General Secretary
Treasurer Pfeiffer had no opposition.
The new executive board is as follows:
F. p. Maloney, Newark, n. j.; r. E.
Burton. Cambridge, Mass; w. F. Alter
man, Dallas, Tex: w. II. Tighe, st.
Paul, and A. Letroadec, San FranciSco.
United labor bulletin., 1914-08-29

Try a Principe de Lees cigar for an
after dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
uniustifiable Usurnation

/ THERE are some elemental things the In
lterstate Commerce Commission has never
understood and seems incapable of APP
! preciating.
The Interstate Commerce Commission was
created as Court OF Equity in Commerce
and not an Executive Committee to operate
all the railroads Of the country.
The Interstate Commerce Commission Is
not an extra and ultra advocate OF the ship
pers in a suit in which the railroads and the
travelling public are defendants under pre-
sumption OF guilt
The Interstate Commerce Commission is
not the substitute OF the Federal Govern
ment authorized TO assume a secret govern
mental ownership OF all railroad properties
The Interstate Commerce Commission is
not the constitutional and confidential agent
OF pessmism whose chief purpose It is to
keep business depressed, finance disorganized
and confidence disturbed.
II the Interstate Commerce Commission
will conhne itself to regulating abuses and
removing anomalies, as was the intention
OF Congress when constituting It, instead OF
usurping the role OF fiscal dictator. operat-
ing despot and legislative autocrat the In
terstate Commerce Commission may still
perform good service In its present mood OF
arrugation of Medo- Persian authority. Il is
growing to be a menace to the inalienable
rights without which our liberty and pros
pcrity cannot survive
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
Excessive Modesty

NToDESrf is virtue when practiced in
1f1moderation; an excess is equivalent TO
the wiping out of individuality AS a COM
mercial centre Philadelphia has been long
obsessed by an extravaganza Of reticence.
With volume and variety OF productions
that any city in the world might envy, our
coy Philadelphia is nevertheless not taking
fun advantage of the opportunity to adver-
tise its attractions at the Panama Exposi-
tion. In these days shop windows are as
essential TO business as counter
II will certainly be shame and the source
OF great loss to this community If there is
not adequate representation OF Philadeiphla's
enterprise in the next national exhibition.
The rest Of the country is likely to take us
at our own valuation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
Take Penalties OF American Enterprise

ENROM motives OF patriotic pride the people
Of this country are hoping for the re-
establishment of the American merchant
marine, which, in the days before railroad
Investment outrivaled II in attractiveness to
private capital, and before the Anglo Ger
man shipping Conferences" acquired a mo-
nopoly of oceanic trade carried the Stars and
Stripes to every port throughout the seven
seas. Our commercial and shipping men.
stirred by the vast opportunity thrown in
their way by war which places upon this
neutral nation real responsibility to les -er
neutral nations, not so fortunate as ours in
business resources and prospects. are study
ing the problem of home supply of ships to
ehandle the world trade to which they have
fallen heir. Congress has dckcred and daled
for years, revised old laws and passed new
ones, with the final result that American en-
terprlse and ambition have been SO cffec-
>tively baked that today we have no mer-
chant marine worthy the name
As Vance Thompson points out. in his arti-
ington can remove the obstacles which pre-
vent the development of an adequate mer-
chant marine. There are several things to be
done. but the first and most important step
Is the complete revision and reconstruction
of our navigad laws. These laws have
been so muddled by much tinkering that
hardly anybody can say offhand what they
mean, except that they heavily penalize a man
for doing business under the American flag
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
Relief Without Waste

DELIEF upon such large scale is needed
1Oat home as well as abroad that every
effort must be used to avoid waste. Although
there are unmistakable evidences of a re-
turn to prosperity throughout the country,
there must of necessity be a period in which
many of the unemployed will fail to find
their places in the revvlng industries These
are bound TO suffer acutely during the com
ing winter unless the community springs to
their rescue
The Emergency Aid Committee. under the
guidance of Mrs. E. r. Stotesbury. has form
ulated far-reaching plans to meet the situa-
ton in scientific manner The overlapping
OF the efforts Of philantropic individuals
and charitable organizations, following their
own impulses and thereby overriding in some
cases while others are left to neglect is
avoided. The committee offers itself as a
clearing house and a bureau of direction, by
means of which each dollar will give a full
dollars worth of relief and just where It is
most needed.
Such sagacious foresight cannot be too
highly commended. There are multitudes OF
generous men and women ready to give their
full share and even to make personal sacri-
hces II they can feel assured that what they
may do will really be applied to necessitous
cases. The character and experience OF the
men and women serving with Mrs Stotes-
bury are sufficient guarantee that there
win be the utmost efficiency Of distribution.
and this fact should stimulate generosity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
OUR VISIONARY" PRESIDENT

America is a nation OF "incurabIe dream
ers'" and woodrow Wilson responds to these
dreams with actions well as ideals This
is the by no means bipartisan analysis that
George Creel makes OF the President and his
successes In the current Century Maga-
zine To attempt an Interpretation of his
hold upon the popular imagination in terms
OF strict mentality, Mr.. Creel continues is
to commit ones self to the patent absurdity
that he is the first President with brains
Others have matched him In intellectual
grasp, and what sets him apart even as 1t
set Lincoln apart, is nothing else than an
exact comprehension of passionate idealism
as the animating impulse of America.
Vision. spirit. ideals, without the clue af-
forded by these dream words woodrow
Wilson is a blank, the United States STAN
mering and unintelligible.
The soul OF the many Is found In the far
hung idealism OF the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, not in the cautious phrases OF the
Constitution. False prophets and strange
gods have won no more than lip service, for
deep in the heart OF the nation an abiding
faith in the ultimate triumph OF love. justice
and brotherhood remains untouched. Finan-
cal genius may be given its sorry day OF
homage yet its right to control the destinies
OF America has never failed TO be resisted,
and the great moneymakers do not live in
memory beyond the reading OF their wills.
What larger confirmation Is needed than
the present impregnable position OF Woodrow
Wilson? He lacks color exhibits no mastery
OF spectacular values, makes no dramatic
tours. contributes little to the thing called
human interest" that queer newspaper
compound Of anecdote and unconventional
incident; yet no man since Lincoln has niched
himself 50 ineradicably In the confidence OF
the people.
He has had the vision 10 see beneath the
stagnancies OF unaterialism down TO the we'll
springs Of intense spirituality. He does
not mistake backWalera for the living
stream The inzlatence that he Is the last
word in q we'll ordered intellect 4 personality
ique OF f1ure Reason" were galvanized into
action. Is the stupidity OF muddlers who have
lost all touch with the elemental slmplici-
ties
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY IN CITIES

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
SRA police commissioner with imagination
Is considering the suggestion of having the
policemen light and extnguish the electric
street lamps their beats
whether the plan is put in effect or not II
Is significant of something the cities should be
doing Business administration is only the
first step In municipal progress 1t means
bringing the cities UP to the standards of
mercial organizations that have been current
for decades. Something more is needed. The
cities must go ahead with that intensive study
of means and ends which industry Is only now
adopting under the name of business ef-
ficiency."
The cities must study every department. in
itself and In Its relation to others, to see where
savings In cash and increase in power may be
effected by elimination of wastes and duplica-
tons. If such scientific management is val
liable to corporations 1t is just as valuable to
municipalities. e A. L.
PhilndelDhla. Nnyemher %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
sCRAPPLE
contraband Of War

Vvb., peace has been busted wide onAr
and the nations OF the eartn are engaged IN
shooting at each other with whatever Is
handy. the contraband Of war gets into the
vver reports with great regularity.
a oonfraband OF warsis a commodity vbich
would help a country in its nefarious work
Of reducing the population Of its neighbors
when an article has been declared contrs
hand any warship Is entitled TO run up tba
fag, give three cheers and grab the ship
which carries II.
wheat and other articles are beng kept ont
of Germany by England at the present time
They would also be kept out OF England n
the English feet would kindly look the other
yyav long enough to let the German feet ret
ont of the Kiel Canal and begin to roam
the ocean picking up chance acquaintance
with the American merchant marine.
When a nation has enough cruisers it car,
he very officious about the contraband-of-
war business and can keep the freight steam
ers of the world bobbing up and down on
the high seas while its officers hunt for salt.
petre in the stokehold and examine the offi-
GERS quarters for signs OF mules. Thus war
becomes a calamity even to the noncombat-
ant However, we should bear the contra
band-of-war rules patiently and endeavor to
establish contraband Of peace, which would
be a much more useful thing all around N
the United States cruisers could examine
every incoming steamer for smuggled foreign
husbands new Argentine Dances Elinor Glyn
novels, French gowns and Parisian come
dennes and could declare these contraband
Of peace and liable to seizure. fumigation and
sale the cause Of happiness would be greatly
promoted in these parts and this country
would become even more emfnently desirable
as a place Of residence
In the Civil War the Federal Government
declared Negroes to be contraband of war
and thus struck a vital blow at the Confed.
eracy. The European nations have done a
more deadly thing. They have made con-
traband of war out of war news and puz-
zled world has to guess from week to week
whether the Russians are in Petrograd or
in the last ditch, and where the Germans
Fitch,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
Eternal Qualities

DEoPLE speak of the difficulty Of accu-
L rately presenting past period in novels
and fiction. Some assert the impossibllty.
They assume that human nature has
changed. Men may have become more cul-
tured, less warlike, their manners and morals
may have changed, yes but the inherent
human qualities remain. Just as "Medea"
applies to the life OF today. so may the nov
elist and dramatlst, with an understanding
Of human psychology and emotions and
known facts, recreate the past. With such
knowledge one might accurately picture an
cient Carthage, Rome and Alexandria The
conversation given by Theocritus OF two
ladies in Alexandria, changing location and
terms OF speech, might take place of Ritten-
house square It is as intimately gossipy.
as enchantingly chatty as any modern tea
talk. Today sometimes an Orestes appears
in court, an Electra is sent TO an insane asy-
lum And today, as ever, the frogs of
Aristophanes chatter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
Is Germany Near the Turning Point?

TETAR news is ever deceptive. The facts
w themselves are always under severe
question. Their Interpretation is none too
many a beaten army turn upon a careless.
overconhdent foe and win to victory. But
ii is such considerations alone that can deter
one from recognizing in the news of the last
two days the turning point for Germany.
DiXmude recaptured by French marines;
the menaCing submarine base at Zeebrugge
destroyed by the British fleet; Metz threat
ened by forces bombarding a town scarcely
ten miles away; and on top of this, serious
perhaps calamitous German reverses in the
east. While the left wing of the Russians
has penetrated 80 miles beyond the Carpa-
thians, the Cars forces west of Warsaw
appear to have inflicted on General Won Hin
denburg a defeat far more decisive than any
hitherto administered in the eastern cam
paign. 1t may mean that while the German
offensive on the east comes to a dead stand
defensive fighting, the Russians will be
pressing hard on Posen, Breslau and ulti-
mately Berlin.
In the face of the present state Of the war,
with the numbers and resources of the
Allies growing greater daily, It is little won
der that Prince Won Buelow the ex-Chancel-
Tor, writes a Berlin paper that he fears the
war will prove a very difficult task for
Germany" Such an admission from so
influential a German is quite as significant
as the fact of the Allies victories.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27

and already he saw his mission 20 % ~
France without bloodshed, by me a,{,iear-
noble ideals from monarchy 70 rePu ,,,.,,,r,,
ism Later, when the citizen army y. 9,ette
as the National Guard was formed, Lalsyttsf - syttsf
was chosen to be its commander IN n.esstss
Never had fortune in such desperate ttto,si
smiled so upon one man. with the Nestpaiy,
Guard he could protect Paris, could ress,Jit ,.aitv
the mob, could protect royalty until IoS''''
saw its own folly. -. .bov
The people Of France trusted him, pu..i,,s pu. Slvs
demanded to be fed They were staryiitS, s -,
Lafayette did nothing. He tried TO Keep A. A.
good terms with court and people allhS s,,,,,.
Versailles the King wavered between uSt uiots
cratic concessions and reactionary pl1.S ,,,t
Lafayette tried to keep middle couIse, Ise,.t-s
in all the time his naction was % oeGoltll.,s lie
more and more dangerous. The moD itis
beginning to seek other leaders. CaIllilss1
Desmoullns was making his voice t1 nea.u
Still Lafayette wavered and did notnIns
Incapable of throwing himself whole-neSa... Sn.
edly into the fight, he hesitated and was ,s, IosS
There emerged one who could act eNen @
wrongly. but could act Immediately. III We We
Mirabeau. And with him Bafayettes crlsls
came to disastrous end 1t renamed loL
Napoleon, years later, to rescue from an
Austrian prison this man who could haNo
made Napoleon impossible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
The BabBling Fool

There are some people who take II az a
personal grievance that there are only ten
G{ll commandments and only seven deadly sins
4hey spend their very Virtuous lives in a
mad endeavor TO MI in what the Bible left
out ana prepare wonderful moral budsats
Iuli OF Thou shafts" and Thou shalt nofs y
II they escape murder by their thirtieth wear
die. ~ % they
=, But Tor me there Is quite enough virtua IN
MES 1has motia aLeady Far too many green ana
ppleasant paths are fenced IN, with a moral
M kernoten' or mo Trsspassi sign An front
LheIe seems 70 be general inpression that
tns more Things an age fOrbids tha rnors
~ ~FLtuous Il Is. Whereas Il is. OF should be
Iulle eleaf that the opposite Is true II
ne ne next generation viii have II that a man
must not drink, and the one after n that
ne hs must not smoke, and the following one
t ttat ne must not eat. sleep or NAV tennis
fsiess :. PIohibluons will not make Them moral
- - W. W. make them immoral Hecsusa thees
eijl etJ.iloitiohs VIII prevent a man from erer-
s,-bas s-hb,Ls lls Ifee choice. ana without choice
"iSls yah morals eXist2
r,[-i me moral Of this Is: Awav viii
to AZ I. ptSlsspts; Let US teach our Children
~ ~ -. 10 ~ they please ana hope ana oFsv ftst
hass.. VIII please 10 do right And n M titfis
biese ieAuse, let US cheerfullv fhrov- -
s,,,.l' ~ some one else-WeIl find sonos 80
Sssre dha thank Heaven that wben ess
srrsT,..5 S5'iiiassn. things were differentls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
Blind Folly

THE great war has offered scores Of new
i Industries TO the United States Many
lines OF manufacture heretofore dominated
BY foreigners are now practically extinct
In the circumstances. American capital would
not hesitate an instant were there any as
suranes OF a continuance OF the protection
4the war assures. But no capitalist win risk
bis money In an adventure which. while GER
tain 70 pay dividends now. viii become un-
profitable the moment Industrial activity IN
Europe Is resumed
The unseientino nature OF our tarifr making
Is revealed Otherwise the Government
would At once encourage capitalists to adopt
these baby" industries by assuring them
of all necessary protection upon the restora-
tier e normal conditions. This would not
be an insurance Of profits. but it would be
"A Insurance Of equal opportunity. At pres
ent. On the contrary, a splendid opportunity
Tor the acquisition OF trade is fooIishly
neglected
Il Is 3 pity that agraranism should be SO
blind 20 IT'S own welfare as to array itself
against the maximum development OF our
manufacturing interests
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
To Maud

"She never kicked'-this was the epitaph
We carved above her final resting place.
And all the cruel goadngs of the staff
The bludgeonings she got, in sad disgrace
She took in patient calm nor ceased to laugh
with more of noise than harmony or
grace.
In short, through life she always held the
pace:
"she never kicked" when she was glen the
gaff.
Her way was fraught with undeserved
blows;
Her road was always thorny, never smooth,
And she was subject, all her life, to rule
OF many masters, yet she always chose
The kindly way; and so we say, to soothe
Her shade "She was a good. hard work.
ing mule"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledosri
Sir-Rural credits and the proposed organi-
7atlon Of a Farmers Union were subjects to
which the American Federation Of Labor gave
attention In It's recent convention, while the
National Grange OF Patrons OF Husbandry In
Its sessions at Wilmington, discussed lmmlgra-
ton and other matters which the Federation
considers OF vital Importance to its own mem
bers
The proposal of unonizlng the farmers must
meet, OF course the objection that the situation
OF this class of producers is economically very
different from that OF industrial laborers, and
therefore the forms of organization In the two
cases must differ. The labor union, which deals
primarily with the relations between employers
and employees, is cooperative but its tasks are
unlike those OF the organizations which Ameri-
can farmers are patternng after Belgian and
Danish models and adapting to the conditions
existing in this country. Cooperative buying
and selling, in which little Belgium has given
lessons to the world, is probably the most i'm
portant subject in the new rural economies. Bue
the Federation OF Labor was right in deciding
that THE interests OF the workers In industry
and agriculture are closely allied" This idea
Of common similar interests Is making its
way In all groups of society, Its expansion is
full of promise. READER.
Philadelphia, November o.