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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

The international head of an I'M
portant trades union recently asked
me this question:
What do you think is the great
est need of the trades union move
ment?" and l replied:
THE greatest need of the trades
union movement is an adequate SUB
stitute for the fighting spirit"
AS the conversation went on l eX-
nlained more fully what l meant by
"a substitute for the fighting spirit
It goes without saying that union
must be born in war. 1t must start
in a strike else it cannot get started
at alias conditions are at present
But what is it to do after the
strike is won, the union is recognized
and work is resumed? How is it to
keen alive the interest of it's mem
bers after the heat of battle has died
down?
The usual history is that the
workers fail to maintain their inter-
est, they cease attending meetings.
they quit paying dues. A small
group of the faithful are left to run
the business, and they are lucky If
they do not get more kicks than
praises for their devotion.
DISCRIMINATION sets in, and there
is danger that all the fruits OF VIC
tory will be lost and the workers be
as badly off as before the strike.
What will the leaders do in this
situation?
Nine times out of ten they VIII
beat the war drum and sound again
the battle cry. They will kindle
again the spirit of strife, for with
unerring psychological insight they
know it will bring the solidarity they
need. And in this they will not act
differently from the rulers of ma
tons. who know we'll the potency OF
war in uniting people in support OF
a threatened dynasty or adminlstra-
ton.
In both cases It must be admitted
that it works 1t cannot be ques-
toned that the fighting spirit does
evoke interest, it does stimulate en-
thusiasm, and that in the presence
of common enemy petty chickering's
cease. and individual differences are
merged in a larger purpose.
But what boots it?
Suppose we have saved the dynas'
ty, or the union, by evocation of the
fighting spirit, what profits 1t I'M
less we get results out of it?
For. after ALL neither a union or
a nation exists for itself. 1t is not
a fetish to be worshipped or a self
existent entity living for its own ag-
grandisement. Rather it is an in
strument to be used, tool designed
to do work-over and above main
tanning it's own existence.
Now the trouble with the fighting
spirit is that it is not in the least
qualified to do the work for which
union or a nation is called into
existence. When militancy is called
on to do constructive work it breaks
down. 1t can destroy but it is i'm
potent to build. Obviously, there
fore, any organization or institution
that can exist only by fighting stands
condemned. If it consumes all its
in keeping itself alive, what
good is it to the members who sup
port it?
But the question may be pressed:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10
PRODUCTION

are dull in San Francisco,
con the bum" in New Orleans;
Rather punk" in cultured Boston,
Famed for Goldfish, pork and beans
"On the hog" in Kansas City;
Out in Denver things are pared;
And they're "beefing" in Chicago
That the times are mighty hard.
Not much doing in st. Louis
It's the same in Baltimore
Coin don't rattle in Seattle
AS it did in days of yore.
Jobs are scare around Atlanta;
All through Texas it is still,
And there's very little stirring
In the town of Louisville.
There's a howl from Cincinnati,
New York City, Brooklyn, too;
In Milwaukee's foamy limits
There's but little work to do.
In the face of all such rumors
If seems not amiss to say
That no matter where you're going
You had better stay away.
Donated by Plumbers UNION
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10
ANTI-STRIKE SCHEME
AROUSES TAILORS' IRE

cuJCAGO-The Colorado Industrial
commission, created by the last leg
is1ature. is subjected to severe crltl-
cism by General Organizer Biggs Oh
the Journeymen Tailors' union, VINO
writes in the official magazine OF that
organization, published in this CITY,
Under the law the Colorado COM
mission has power to suspend strikes
and lockouts pending an investigation
of the dispute, on the theory that II
workers are denied the right to strike
and employers are prohibited from
enforcing a lockout, the commission
order will allow the aggressive party
time to "cool off" The beneflts OF
this system, it's friends claim, will
offset the denial of the right OF work
ers to quit their employment Wheh
ever they see fit.
General Organizer Biggs is assisting
Denver tailors in their efforts to bet
fer conditions, and the trade union
official writes as follows regarding
this law and the commission that en-
forces it;
"This new law and the industrial
commission of the state Of Colorado
have stood like a stone wall between
the iourneymen tailors of Denver and
chance to better their conditions
| No Injunction, reinforced BY militia
could so effectually paralyze our ef'
forts as has this new weapon, which
has worked out for industrial suppress
sion. SO far as the tailors are con-
cerned Our members would stand in
line all day in heavy rain to get a
chance to deposit a vote to wipe out
the law and the commission.
1--WE have pleaded in vain for an
official hearing. Our official appeals
are filed. We have pleaded in person,
and received promises. At this writ
ing November ~ almost two months
since filing our first complaint, we
have promise of an early hearing.
"The situation exasperates our
members, because they know that the
bosses are playing for time, hoping
to ward the whole thing off till dull
season. In the face of this we know
that several merchant tailors are
sending their work out of the state,
thereby bringing about partial in
direct lockout. This is violation of
the law We have appealed to the
commission and to the district at
torney, and find ourselves tied up
with red tape. If the merchant tail
ors had made the law and the COM
mission themselves, they could not
! have done it much better"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10
True, ConstructiveNIoNS
BY J. E. WILLIAMS

What substitute ca S expect ulti-
fighting spirit?' Y DIS d prac-
My answer is "rhseh %truc4a
spirit" "
What. concretely, is the construc-
tive spirit?
First, let me say what it is not.
1t is not beneyoence, or altruism, or
love-as commonly understood. 1t
is not the application of the teach
ings of Jesus, the golden rule, the
sermon on the mount, or any of the
highly spiritual precepts of Chris
tianity or of universal religion -
much as l value all of these. Re-
igion has a high function, higher
than the motive we are now seeking.
but it is not the dynamo to furnish
the direct driving power to propel
our economic machinery. The at
tempt of pulpit rnetoricians to make
of religion the driving power for all
kinds of operations renders the
word meaningless, when it doesn't
make sentimental slop of it.
What then do we mean by the con-
structive spirit?
l mean by it the same kind of spir-
| it that the inventor, the artist, the sci
enlist, the architect puts inc his work.
1t is the spirit that invented electric
| light, that evolved social insurance in
England that dug the Panama Canal,
that built our transcontinental rail
roads. 1t is the spirit that thinks,
that wills, that works, that builds,
contrives, constructs, to make human
effort more efficient and human life
more interesting.
How shall we generate the con
structive spirit?
This article is too far along to at
tempt to answer this question ade-
ouately. But it may be suggested
that the first step must be the recog-
milton of it's enormous Importance.
iWItnou1 it the hope of Industrial sal al
walton is impossible; with it the
trades union rises from it's position
as a temporary, truculent, make
shift to the elevation of mighty,
Notwithstanding agency. With its
recognition as a Notwithstanding
movement will arise those social
passions, those loyalties and devo-
tions, that always accompany all
epoch making reforms. There is no
reason why the trades union should
not command the same enthusiasm,
the same self-sacrificing devotion,
the same supreme self-consuming
passion (miflus the class hatred)
that the cause of Socialism does.
And these is no good reason why So
cialists should not accept the trades
union movement as the first step In
the path of industrial evolution and
travel along it faithfully as far as it
will carry them.
With the sublimation of the trades
union movement, with it's permeation
with an idealistic passion that will
grip the hearts of men like a religion,
will come power to democratize and
humanize industry. And with it will
come the ability to check the diver
sion of the wealth stream through
other devious channels which can on
ly be reached by political agencies.
Given the dynamo to generate ade-
quate constructive power through the
trades union, and the problems of in
dustry and democracy will be solved.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10
OBJECTS OF WOMAN'S IN.
TERNATIONAL UNION
LABEL LEAGUE

To promote the welfare of wage
earners.
To discountenance the sweatshop
system of production by aiding and
encouraging the sale of union-made
goods.
To abolish child labor; to secure
equal pay for equal work, regardless
of sex.
To aid the Sunday and early clos
ing movement.
To sustain fair employers.
To urge industrial and political
equality for women.
To gain a universal eight-hour day
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

If the workers were all united in
helping themselves, they would need
no help from others. Get the habit
of helping yourself. Join the union.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

A member of an organization who
does nothing for it other than hold
membership is but little removed
from a non-ain Think it over.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

Frequently our foes are found to be
within the union ranks rather than
without
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

II is understood that nobody is quite
so indignant over the Armenian mass
acres as the gentlemen who ordered
the last Russian REORGANIZATION
Transcript.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

"The past is dead-nothing must
bind US to the past. We are working
for the future"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

Labor has many times paid for the
earth, and still does not own it.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

these boys and girls for citizenship
that is part of their life" he said.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

GET THE CARD AND LABEL
HABIT
AND BUY YOUR GOODS AT
HOME FROM JOURNAL ADVERTIS-
Frs
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

Christmas Leather Goods at Everett
Trunk Factory, 2s15 Rockefeller.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-12-10

What substitute calS eApecI ui'l-
fighting spirit?' DIS prdc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
HINMAN WANTS NO
MOTHERS PENSIONS
Opposition Follows BarneS's
Lead-Commission Sup
ports Plan.

Albany, Feb. Considerable oppo-
sition to the widowed mothers pen
sion bills has sprung up among Re-
publican members since an editorial
opposing the measures appeared in
"The Albany Evening Journal" the
newspaper of William Barnes, former
state chairman.
Harold J. Human, Of this city, the
Republican leader OF the Assembly, to-
day sent a letter 20 each member of
that body calling particular attention
to Assemblyman Martin G.. McCuc's
bill
81 believe that if this bill is thor
oughly understood by your cOnsttu-
ents." he said, "they will be opposed to
its passage. II encourages the rela
tives of the poor widows TO cast their
family burden upon the taxpayers. II
is an effort TO compel the taxpayers of
the county to take over the work of
the Church and Of private charity.
at is Just another example of the
way In which jobs are created and the
tax budget is increased in the name OF
progress and reform"
Immediate passage of the bill was
urged by the Levy commission, ap-
pointed in 1918 TO investigate the sub
iect. The report declares the present
system of rearing fatherless children
IN asylums is a grave menace, and as
serts that for the 100000 now ex-
pended on asylums the mothers Of
some 9.400 children could rear them
amid the home surroundings. The state
institutions are necessary the report
said. but not TO the extent now used
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
$50 BUYS RUBY BOWL

A Roman mosaic Miliefori bowl,
made Of powdered rubies, which, it is
said. was excavated at HONS and was
regarded by the experts as a remark
able specimen of the days of Nero,
brought the top price yesterday at the
first session of the sale at the Fifth
Avenue Art Galleries of the Azeez
Khayat collection of rare Phenician,
Greek and Roman glass. Edward +.
O'Reilly, as agent, paid $50 for the
bowl.
The same price was given by Miss
C. Timken for a Greek green glazed
pottery cup, with relief decorations Of
birds and flowers. The same buyer
gave $50 so for a Koubatcha plate, with
ioral sprays in polychrome colors on
a ground Of ivory white, rare speci-
men OF the sixteenth century.
Another Roman mosaic Mlllehori
bowl was sold 20 Z. 5. Lawton for $50.
Total for the session was S3,6O6. Other
buyers included II. Humsey, Mrs. Her
reshoff, c. Is. Hoyt and L. c. Hoyt The
sale continues this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

An old soldier who talked to LIN
coin twice told his story last night 70
five hundred foreign-born boys ana
men who are learning to be Americans
in Public School %, at Stanton ana
Sheriff Streets. The veteran was
Colonel G. Frank Sutherland, who en-
listed at the age of sixteen In the
Twenty New York regiment. lie
explained to the big-eyed Polish boys
and the bearded Russian patriarchs
how the manhood Of the North rallied
TO the call Of Father Abraham IN
1861, how the boys Of New YORK City
were quartered in City Hall Park, ana
how they went into their first engage
ment at Fort Stevens as raw recruits.
General Wright sent me with g
message to Lincoln while the battle
was hottest" said Colonel Sutherland,
"and found the President gazing
sadly out toward the fields where We
could make out the moving lines OF
the enemy advancing upon the capital.
II the enemy had known how unpro-
tected Washington was at that time
they could have captured 1t easily.
Lincoln turned TO me-. Tell your gen.
eral,' ne said, to warn his men that
if any are taken prisoners, they must
not reveal 10 the enemy our defense
less position
"The second time | saw Lincoln was
when ! lay wounded in the hospital at
Annapolis. The President and his wife
were visiting the ward one day. A
young man with his head bsndsged to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
DEEDS OF LINCOLN STIR
500 FOREIGN-BORN LADS
Colonel Sutherlands Talk Martyr President Cheered
by Throng Learning 10 be
Americans Here.

protect an enormous cut in the fore
head. his left arm bound to his chest
and his left thumb shot to pieces, was
lying on a cot when Lincoln came along
and laid his hand compassionateiy upon
the bandaged brow.
"That man, lads. was the veteran you
see before you now. ! was not priv
ileged TO serve my country in any large
or glorious way. but tell you this
served faithfully in the cause of free
dom, as did every other man and boy
who enlisted in those years.
IL have been worried very often dur
ing the last six or eight months lest
we should again be involved in a war
Pray God the danger Will pass, put
il may come, if not soon, at least with
the years, and then il will be your
turn to serve, as | am sure you pup
lie school boys will serve, fearlessiy
and well, the country which has Of
fered to you and your fathers ,ae
freedom Of the Stars and Stripes.
The boys of Russia and Rumania
and Palestine cheered the veteran ior
many minutes at the close OF MS al
dress. None of these boys has peen
H. this country more than three years
and those in the first class have peeh
here only one year. ,
Harry Jacobs recited Lincoln
Gettysburg Address, and there were
other recitations by the students. Col
onel George Blair, also Civil war
veteran. made a few brisf remarks. NJ.
J. Jacobs, principal Of NE school, pre-
IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
1851 FRANKLINe YES,
30, IT'S DE GINK!
Jeff Davis Gets Telephone Put
Invite and Children
Due To-day.

The Hotel dc Gink clinohed its right
to be considered an up-to-date place
yesterday by getting telephone, which
was put in free by the company. The
hoboes may. in accordance with their
declared programme to work for every
thing. do manual labor of some kind in
return.
The number Of the telephone is 1851
Franklin, and the 'boes we're enjoined
by Jeff Davis, their leader, not to make
too free with il.
The hoboes stood around in admring
groups while "Monopede" Jake, the
one-legged singer of the de Gink, sent
the first phone message. IL was to 3o2O
Bushwick, the number of Brooklyn
theatre at which he expects an engage !
ment to sing, he says.
According to "Monopede" Jake, he
also is going to start street singing
next week. His song will be the DE
Gink Onestep." written by JEFF DAVIS;
The words and music will be printed
and copies will be sold on the streets
in aid of the de Gink.
II was announced by Davis that he
had received telegram from his wife
that with her two kids she had lett
Cincinnati at 1850 in the forenoon on
the Big Four railroad for New York
and is due at the Grand Central Depot
at 9:20 to-day.
A business man who has taken an
interest in the hoboes, offered to lend
an automobile to JEFF and committee
to meet her at the station. The offer
was accepted and the Gink committee
appointed.
In preparation for Ladies' Day at
the de Gink the place is being deco
rated with pennants presented to Jer
Davis in many parts of the world, some
CT which are highly elaborate affairs,
interspersed with American flags.
with the approval of the three mem
bers of the Mayors committee, who
superintendent the putting in of the
telephone, it was announced there will
be a musical programme on Ladies
Day. Among the performers will be
Miss Emma Rausch, pianist; JACOB
Rausch, her six-year.old brother.
drummer, and Pat Henkell. who Will
oblige on the dulcimer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

the lie Boutillier case that an injunc-
tion should be granted against the de-
PENDANT Kosofsky forbidding him to
use the name lie Boutillier. or Boutcl-
lier & Co., or any similar name in tho
carrying on of his business.
Court Rules on Deception.
Judge Lehman says that "there can
be absolutely no doubt but that the
defendant Kosofsky has adopted tho
name of Boutellier g. Co. with the pur-
pose of building up business reputa-
ton founded upon the reputation
gained by the old firm Of lie Boutillier
Bros; that the use of the name was
cleverly calculated TO deceive the pub
lie into the belief that the goods sold
by lie Bouteller & Co. are, in fact.
sold by the old firm of lie Boutillier
Bros, and that the use of that name
has resulted in confusion. Such
an act, if successful, necessarily viii
not only injure the PLAINTIFF property
rights, but defraud the public"
Colonel Henry W. Sackctt, who is
general counsel for The Tribune and
whose firm is a so defending the Payne
libel suit against Mr. Caygill. said
Yesterday that, in addition to the
usual technical defences, the defend
ants in all these suits would interposs
the defence of justification.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
WOMAN BROWNS
FROM LINER IN GALE

Suffering from nervous strain, Mrs.
Chester NJ. Knepper, PASSENGER on
the French Line steamship Niagara
leaped over the rail of the promenade
deck NJ 9 p. m. Friday and fell into the
sea. Her body was not found. Captain
Chester NJ. Knepper, U. S. n. (retiredG),
the wolnans husband, had been walk
ING with her on deck a few minutes
before she jumped. -,
The woman went to her death while
the Niagara was cutting through
etifF westerly gale. An unusually hlgh
sea was running at the time, and, even
if a lifeboat had been in the water
when Mrs. Knepper leaped, the chances
fc- saving her would have been small:
Her husband, trained to the ways OF
the sea, Immediately sent word to the
bridge that his wife had gone over
board. Captain Julian promptly put
his helm over, and the Niagara de-
scribed a circle. A sailor threw over
an acetylene gas buoy about minute
after Mrs. Knepper jumped, and II
helped the crew of the boat that was
Lowered to get near the place where
che had fallen. The sailormen
searched an hour, but found no trace
Of the woman. II.
Captain Knepper took his wlfee
abroad for her health, and both had
been living in southern France. Late
ly Mrs. Knepper's health had I'M
proved. and the couple were on their
yay here to visit friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
SWEENEY CASES DROPPED
Prosecution Hopeless Since
Walsh Death, Says Lawyer.

Justice Weeks, in the Criminal
Branch Of the Supreme Court. yester-
day, dismissed thirteen indictments for
bribery found against former Inspector
Dennis Sweeney during the police in
vestigation OF 1912. The dismissal was
on motion Of Assistant District Attor-
ney Delehanty, who stated it was use
less 10 try the cases without the evil
dence Of the late Police Captain
Thomas W. Walsh, on whose confession
the charges were based.
After the bribery indictments were
brought, Sweeney was convicted with
three other inspectors of conspiring
TO send witness out Of the state and
served one year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
WOULD END BRUERE'S JOB
Bill Abolishes Chamberlain's
Office-Divorce Measures.
tFrom . stan CorGesrondent Of The Tribune

Albany. Feb. IA bill abolishing
the Office of Chamberlain in the City of
New York and transferring its duties
to the Office of the Controller was in
troduced to-day by Assemblyman Bren-
nan, of Kings. The Office is now held
by Henry Bruere.
Two bills affecting divorces were in
troduced by Assemblyman Simpson. Of
Kings. One forbids the taking Of testi-
mony by a referee and makes manda-
tory the hearing in public of all di-
vorces. Another would make it a mis-
demeanor for a person prohibited from
marrying in this state TO marry in an
other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12
Opens with Biblical Play.

The Neighborhood Playhouse, 466
Grand Street, opens tonight with
musical festival called "Jephthah's
Daughter" composed by a young
American. Lila Mackay-Cantell. The
festival will be repeated tomorrow
evening and on Sunday afternoon.
"Jephthah's Daughter" is a Biblical
festival in three parts, based on the
story Of Jephthah's vow in the Book
of judges. Some traditional Hebrew
me odics have been introduced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-12

The Board of Education is seeking
rehearing of Mrs. Weeks's case.
At a meeting at the house Of Mrs.
Joseph Wise, 80 West Seventy-fourtn
Street. Thursday, February IL, at s:lo'
IN. handicaps now placed on profess
sional women will be discussed by Inez
Milholland Boissevain, Edith Ellis Fur
ne /. Emily Barringer, Nixols Greeley
Smith and Henrietta Rodman. Resale
low Whitney will preside. The case
will be presented Of Jeanette V: ort.
man. who was found guilty Of gross
,,;sronduct" and was discharged from
tn public schools because she did not
announce her marriage and kept her
own name.
ISOLATION Of High School Teachers Of
English will be held Saturday, Febru-
ary 20, at 1890 a. m, at Washington
irving High School. Speakers: Princi-
pal James Sullivan, George p. F. Hob
SON. James +. Peabody. William r.
HAYWARD and David l.. Arnold.