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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
How's This !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. -Walding, Kinnan &
Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price, Use
per bottle. Sold by all druggists,
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
NOTICE

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of George G. Marks,
deceased, late Of Halifax county,
State of North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or be-
fore the 26th day of March, 1915, Or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebt-
ed to said estate will please make
Immediate payment.
This March Goth, 1914.
Cnas. F. Marks, Admr.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16

1.-The Scotland Neck Common
wealth wants to endorse a move
ment to ask the next legislature to
form a new county with their end of
Halifax County including an edge of
Edgecomb and Martin counties,
with Scotland Neck as the county
seat. Good luck to The Common
wealth and it's fair young dream
If any place in the county can spare
Scotland Neck, we think it's US. g
The Roanoke Rapids Herald.
Sit down Little Boy, you might
rock the boat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
Notice.

If the person who through jest or
mistake took from the knife wheel
at the carnival Friday night a pock-
ct book containing about twenty-five
dollars will return this pocket book
to the Office of The Commonwealth
will be paid a reward Of $1,000 and
no questions asked.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
Notice
Notice

We beg to notify any person or
persons holding fire insurance poll
cies in the Girard Fire and Marine
Insurance Company of Philadelphia,
Pa, numbers 1235851 to 12359O0 in
elusive issued either through O. j.
Moore or G. L. Mcdowell are null
and void and the Girard Fire and
Marine Insurance Co., denies any
and all liability under any of above
numbered policies.
FREDERICK RUTLEDGE, G. A.
Asheville, N. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16

Champ Clark is a sulker,' re-
marks the Salisbury Post. If he is
one of those things, we certainly
need more sulkers. We are still
wifi" Champ.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16

We can't decide which is to be
preferred, clean liver or clean
conscience.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
Thursday, April 16, 1914.
MORE ABOUT THE TOLLS.

MORE ABOUT THE TOLLS.
Since the House of Representa-
tives' recent repeal of the Canal
Bill exempting American coastwise
vessels from paying toll in the Pan
anna Canal, several newspapers have
predicted the retirement to private
life of the leaders Of the opposition.
This spirit of small part of the
press is the most degrading and
odious one these papers have yet
Because several of the
Of the opposition had
the courage to vote THEIR convic-
lions and not those Of ANOTHER
ONE man they are being assailed by
these vendors Of bias and promiscu-
Gus falsehood for party disloyalty
and personal motives in voting as
they did. Since when did Jefferson
ian Democracy say that one man
should do the thinking for the coun-
try? Is it not true tina, freedom
of speech" is written indelibly on
the four corner stones Of this gov
eminent? Why, then should these
men of brains, who effected the leg
islation in Congress that occasioned
a Democratic victory at the last
presidential election, ignore their
own honest convictions; repudiate
their platform; humiliate their
country; and bow before the kid
glove diplomacy Of arrogant Eng
land as President Wilson so dictates.
These generals Of Democracy have
withstood the Republican victories,
and Republican legislation year
after year with the undying hope of
a Democratic future; never waver-
ing from their faith and ever striv-
ing for solidarity in their party.
And now when the storms of Repub-
licanism have cleared away for
Democratic Sunshine, these leaders
are the recipients of wholesale SLAM
der because they have proven their
mettle by living up to their platform
pledges. Men are elected to Con-
gress to represent their country and
constituency as THEY think best.
In the Canal Bill proposition who
did the thinking for the repeal adj
vocates? 1t is to be hoped that this
simultaneous realization of that
stupendous mistake which the Pres.
ident points out was only co-incident.
When the Congress- of the United
States hasn't the courage of their
initiative to correct mistakes until
one man points it out to them; then
the personnel Of Congress should
change hands. Name one man who
voted for this bill who saw the mis-
take before the President did. Yet
these men are sent to Washington t.
legisiate as THEY think best. I:
the government Of the United
States representative one wher
she has only one man to do the think
ing for the Nation?
President Wilson may be right il
the position he has taken; and w,
believe that he is conscientious il
his views. But what is beyond ou1
grasp: why did not some of thes
loud alarums of repeal see their mis-
take, in voting for this bill when
passed the House like a breeze, be
fore President Wilson SAID the,
had erred in the passage of thi
measure? These pendulum, would
be statesmen, who swing with tn
election returns, though prcbabl
right this time, can never be dc
pended onin a pinch. Their dicts
tor may not always be on hand t
vote them; and. yet "the peep,
rule. He has lately constituted tn
Presidency and the masses; He di
the thinking for CONGRESS and vote
his convictions.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16

To Prevent Blood Poisoning
apply at once the wonderful old reliable DIR.
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, sur
gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at
the same time. Not 1iCiment. Csc. Soc 81 co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic
and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. &c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16
cure: Old Sores. Other Remedies Went cura

The worst cases, matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Porter's Antseptic Healing Oil 1t relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. Csc, 50c $10O,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-16

When the Regional Reserve Banks
are established exit Mr.. Tight Times.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28
net profit Of $242,257.68.

net profit Of $242,257.68: :. :. :.
This Seattle municipal plant
has saved the citizens of+ Seattle
TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS
during the eight years that the
plant has been in operation. =:
Kansas City, Kansas, has mu-
nicipal electric light and power
plant that cost $l,O0O,GO0. The
exact figures concerning the op-
Grafton Of this plant are not avail.
able. at present, but seeing that it
controls 95 per cent of the bust
ness in Kansas City, has never
had deficit from the time it
commenced operation, and that
the private company (the General
Electric company is going out Of
business in 1915, the chances are
that the municipal plant is doing
quite we'll, thank you.
So it turns out that the NUM-
ipal plants which have the strong
est competition also have the low
est rates, and all show splendid
net profits. ..
Don't be afraid to build your
own electric light and power
plant if you are forced to do so.
Competition won't hurt your
plant. =
DULUTH CAN DO AS WE'LL
AS OTHER CITIES.
A municipality owned plant can
knock the stuffing out of pri-
vately owned plant every time.
And the lower rates put money
into the pocket of every man that
uses electric light or power:
If you want to verify these fig
ures you can do so, by using a
2-cent stamp to send a letter to
any Of these cities, addressed to
the Z ma manager Of the Z municipal
plant: .<,. ! ss::z.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

the Southern California Edison
company, q giant monopoly, oper.
ating by water power, and supply
ing about 20 cities in southern
California with electric light and
The Pasadena municipal plant,
after paying all| expenses, inter-
est charges, sinking fund, and al
lowing mph depreciation
charges, shows q net surplus, or
profit of $4l 1876. It controls
IS per cent Of the business in
Pasadena, and has saved the cit
izens of that city the sum: of
$731 ,083.96 in light and power
charges during the time it has
been in operation. This is con-
siderably more than the entire
cost Of the municipal plant.
The. city Of Seattle, WASH,
owns it's own municipal electric
light and power plant which cost
$4,181, 1884 TO build. -;
The city Of Seattle began with
one small unit in 1904 which sup
piled current for lighting the
streets. There was a small sur.
plus amount Of current generated
which was sold to private cons
sumers. The price for electricity
in Seattle droppel from 20 cents
per K. W. H. down to 6 cents.
This year, Notwithstanding that
the Seattle municipal electric
light and power plant has had,
from the beginning, competition
from the privately owned plant of
the Puget Sound Traction, Light
and Power company (Which is a
branch Of the $5o,ooo,o 900 Stone &
Webster corporation) the munich
pal plant, after paying all ex-
penses, and retiring $50, 900 worth
Of bonds NINE YEARS BEFORE
THEY REp AllEpu j, !. showed. .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

Can a municipality owned cleo
trio light and power plant COM
pete successfully with a privately
owned plant operating in the
same city?
YOU BET IT CAN!
The city of Winnipeg owns a
municipal electric light and
power plant costing $6,724,-
372.58.
The Winnipeg electric light and
power plant has as it's competitor,
the Winnipeg Electric Railway
company, huge private corpor-
alton which, for oyer 20 years
has supplied the citizens of Win
nipeg with gas, electric light and
power, and street railway facil-
tiles.
In the year 1906 this private
corporation charged the citizens
of Winnipeg 20 CENTS PER K.
w. H. for electric light.
The Winnipeg municipal cleo
trio light and power plant now
charges the citizens of Winnipeg
3 cents per K. w. H. for their
electric light.
And the Winnipeg municipal
plant last year, after paying all
overhead charges, operating ex,
penses, etc., and providing ample
reserves for a sinking fund and
depreciation, showed net profit
of $81, 1876.
Also, the Winnipeg municipal
electric light and power plant is
saving the citizens of Winnipeg a
million dollars a year in electric
light and power bills.
The city of Pasadena, Cal. has
a municipal electric light and
power plant valued at 1857, ,255. 81
This plant is operated by steam.
The Pasadena municipal plant
IS oper.a.1tiing ..1i in: s @competitions with
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

SO opposed to this arrangement that
they would prefer to live in .fan un-
heated attic room, or go without suf-
fcient nourshing food i. ~ ,:a
The majority of the mercantile
board finally decided that an allow
ance of $3.50 per week would provide
good Accommodations for all who were
willing to live two in room, and
would probably cover a. sufficient
number of single room places to care
for those who had reasonable grounds
for declining the double room, ar
,rangement. The majority of4the man
ufacturing board adopted the recon-
mendation of $4.75 per week. The
cost Of decent board and lodging in
restaurants. and rooming-houses ex-
ceeds these figures, but, as already
noted, the excess was already offset
by the allowance for carfare. -
Obviously, these estimates are in
some sense a. compromise. On the
one hand, there are some places where
satisfactory room and board can be
obtained for less; on the other hand,
it is possible that not all the girls
''adrift'' could be Accommodated at or
below these figures. <z~S}> +*<,, l5.'..s ! ::
The employer members Of the mer-
camille board proposed that the mini
mum wage recommended be 81 per
week. They defended this proposal
on the, ground that 81 dollars a week
Is a decent living wage for all girls
living ct home. and that these con-
stitute the great mai jority. It Is true
that 8 girl can live at home ana nav
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

weekly expenditure. Other members
Of the subcommittee insisted that the
purpose of the law would not be at
tanned unless the allowance for board
and lodging were placed at a figure
which would enable the whole number
of working girls who lived away from
home to obtain decent accommoda-
tions. 1t was certain that the total
number Of places Offering suitable
board and lodging at 81 week would
accommodate only small fraction of
the working girls" "adrift" in the
twin cities.
The analysis of the returns made
by the commissions statistican showed
that the figures most frequently sub
mitted by the six hundred and odd
places investigated. We're as follows,
for board and room in same house,
one person per room IS, two persons
per room, $3.50; for board and room
in different places. one person per
room, $3.50, two persons per room,
$3.50. 1nasmuch as practically all
! the rooming houses, that is, the
places furnishing room without board,
are located downtown, and inasmuch
as soc week had already been allow
ed for carfare under the head of mis-
cellaneous expenditures an allowance
for board and lodging on the basis
of the boarding house rates. IS single,
and $3.50 double) would be about
equivalent to the higher rates in
rooming-houses and restaurants with
carfare deducted. .,s. ss - 80 -ssssss - - "
Some Of the mem berss ofsthe mer-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28
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BY JOHN A. RYAN.
st. Paul Seminary, st. Paul, Mi

st. Paul Seminary, st. Paul, MINI.
The minimum wage law of Min
nesota authorizes the Minimum Wage
Commission to establish advisory
boards to assist in the task of deter
mining living wages for women and
minors. Accordingly the commission
set up early in the present year three
such boards, one for the mercantile
IeAH qua o. uMop lueM uem qua puB
and one for the manufacturing con-
Germs in st. Paul and Minneapolis
and one for both these industries in
Duluth. Each of the three boards was
composed of employers and employees
representatives In equal numbers, to-
gether with third group represent
Ing the general public. The Twin
Cities were in existence about six
months, and the Duluth board about
five months.
The law requires that the represen-
tattves of employers and of employees
shall be selected by these respective
classes so far as practicable" The
commission, however, found that this
plan was not practicable. After con-
sultation with leading employers
the commission itself chose the en-
ployers representatives. Quite pro-
perly they were all employers.
In the matter Of employees, repre-
sentation, the commission was even
less able to carry out the spirit Of the
law: Not only did the employees fail
to select their. own representatives,
but a sufficient number Of them could
not be induced to serve on the boards.
OF the the members representing the
sAmployes on the mercantile board in
the Twin Cities only two were work.
sing girls in the ordinary sense. Two
were welfare workers employed in de-
fpartment stores, and the other six
{ were club women. On the manu-
featuring board only one was an en-
piOye. In Duluth the employees repre-
sentation contained, I believe, some
what larger proportion of working
girl6p = III !. & ft. s.5 S. ., =, 4. i,
r.. III
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the number of girls living away from
home who were getting less than liv-
Ing wages even now was SO small that
they should be provided for otherwise
than by establishing 2 wage SO high
as to, cause great hardship not only to
EMPLOYERS but to employees who would
|, The majority of the mercantile
board refused to- entertain this novel
Interpretation Of a. living wage. At
the final meeting, the board adopted
by a majority OF eleven to nine g.
recommendation of .$8.65 per week as
the minimum cost Of living for ex-
perfenced female adult workers. :.Of
this sum $2%was allowed for clothing,
$3.50 for board and lodging, and $1.86
for! miscellaneous expenses. Since,
however, the members voting in favor
OF this proposal were less than a ma
jority Of the full mem bership of the
board (25) their recommendation had
no formal validity. ss #.f;
/. ii BY, q majority. sof nine to four the
manufacturing; board. recommended y
wage OF $S.75 per week. !, In this esti-,
mate the weekly cost OF clothing was
put at $1.s2;. board and lodging at
$4.76, and miscellaneous expenses at
$2:0S. The Duluth board adopted by
9 vote Of 16 to- 2 q Recommendation Of
$3.50 per week. s.s Both Of these latter
recommendations have legal vilidity,
inasmuch as the majority by which
they were adopted was likewise ma
jority Of the full membership OF the
respective boards az 4. S..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

dependently.s = ssE-5z:S il 5s#S
p In. Minnesota. the commission may
establish minimum wages without the
Intervention Of any advisory board,
and even when it has set up such q
hoard, 1t may reject the recommenda-ss
tions of the latter, and and proceed
to fix whatever rates it pleases. Hence
the Minnesota commission is free to-
establish wage in the twin cities
which may be neither 1856 nor $S.75.
and a wage in Duluth which need not
be $3.50. These optional and purely
advisory features of the Minnesota
boards seem to have distinct adyan-4}
tages. On the one hand, they permit
the commission to fix rates that are:
likely to be more uniform than il the
commission were restricted to the
recommendations OF advisory boards,
and they facilitate and simplify the
work OF the commission Thus, the
estimate Of the Duluth board was
$3.50, and of the manufacturing board
of the Twin Cities 8.75; yet the cost OF
living in Duluth is apparently slightly
higher than In st. Paul and Minnea-
polls. The commission is able to cor
rect OlSCEep8uC1S1 OF TINS KIM WlInOutl
going to the trouble Of referring the
matter back to the old boards or set
ting up new boards.
Too often the recommendations OF
the boards are likely to be compro o1nis-|
sess which are sometimes higher and.
sometimes lower than the commission
would approve. Moreover. there are
some situations IN which the commits
sion would nnd the esta ablishHs snts Of.
boards peculiarly difficult: foa ex-j
ample, IN the smal aller cities scattered
throughout the. state. E On the other
hand, the fact that the commission
has & the power 70 Vet up adyisory
boards enables 1t to- get Information
about qondi ditions and opinions hichs
It could Il not obtain 90 fully or / a.
easily without their assista ana
throws upon the boards . part of tho
Eregponsib ility for VIII ateVer age rateas
arc nnaliy adopted suryiy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

proper allowance for clothing and
miscellaneous expenses was found to
be less difficult than the average
person might expect. In the mercan-
tile board the subcommittee on cloth
ing reported three estimates, the low
est of which was 81 per week, and the
highest $2.35. The average of the
three estimates was $2.2O. Four of
the six members of the Subcommit-
tee Of the manufacturing board agreed
upon 1892 per week as the proper
minimum cost of clothing. 1t was
generally recognized that this item of
expenditure is somewhat higher for
store girls than for those employed in
factories In the matter of miscel-
laneous expenses, such as carfare,
health. vacation, laundry, ETC., the
subcommittee of the mercantile board
reported minimum cost of $1.81
per week, while the subcommittee of
the manufacturing board agreed upon
$1.90.
The task Of determining the mini
mum cost of board and lodging was
considerably more difficult. This was
due mainly to two causes: first the
fact that the cheapest boarding houses
were very limited in NUMBER; and,
second, the question whether all girls
may reasonable be required to live two
in a room. More than six hundred
boarding and rooming houses in ST..
Paul and Minneapolis were visited
and carefully examined by agents Of
the commission. OF these some nine
teen or twenty offered room and
board for 81 per week or less. Only
minority of them,s however, were
reported to the commission as .'satis-
factory %s1 &: =. ,,yz. ,x...p5~-s IT.
-. In, the, discussion Of this subject
by the subcommittee of the mercan-
tile board, the two employer-memb-
ers contended that the requirements
Of the minimum wage law would be
observed If the advisory board should
recommend 81 per week as the mini
mum cost Of: food and lodgin The
investig ation, they .3 pointed out,
showed that this element iii the cost
OF living could be btained Tor this
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-11-28

The refusal of the girls to 70 on the
boards seemed to be due partly to un-
willingness to face the dilemma of
either incurring the displeasure Of
their employers or betraying the in
terests Of their fellow employees, and
partly to general timidity,, diftidence,
and lack of energy and interest. AS
a matter of fact, at least one of the
two working girls on the mercantile
board voted against an adequate min
lmum wage, and the single employe
on the manufacturing board was
absent when the wage recommends
uons were voted. The employees who
We're members Of the Duluth board
apparently displayed greater interest
and courage. All the club women
who represented the employees in
Variably worked and voted for ade-
quate minimum rates.
The facts narrated in the foregoing
paragraph suggest that in many locali-
ties the time has not yet arrived when
working girls can reasonably be ex-
pected to defend the interests of their
sisters on minimum wage boards. This
measure of industrial democracy is
not practically attainable where work.
ing women are unorganized, and have
not developed g. spirit of industrial
solidarity and class loyalty. At one
of these sessions of the mercantile
board, one employer declared that the
girls themselves had not asked for the
minimum wage law, that it had been
enacted at the behest of well mean
ing outsiders He was, of course,
correct in this statement. In many
industries. working women will for
a long time to come be in need OF
considerable stimulation and assist
ance from without in their: fight for
industrial justice. And a very con
siderable amount of such outside as
sistance may very appropriately come
from the more fortunate members OF
their own sex =. .>& = " ~
The efforts of the advisory boards
to ascertain, the minimum cost of liv-
ing for working. girls brought ou,
many interesting and Instructive facts.
Substantial agreement concerning the
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PLUMBERS MAKE GAINS.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.-The
United Association of Plumbers and
Steam Filters and the General Fire
Extinguisher Company of America
have adjusted their long controversy,
and in the future this powerful cor
poration will recognize this organi-
zation Of workers in the numerous
plants under it's control About 5000
members Of the Plumbers associa-
ton will be directly affected, but the
influence for good will extend to
thousands of other unionists, espec-
tally gin the building crafts.