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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-30
THE BATTLE Of
/ THE TIRES

agricultural and Commercial Press Service1
1t Is iEtei esting to watch the forces
OF civilization battling for supremacy.
The struggle now going on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liveliest contest of the Twen-
tieth Century.
The struggle is q silent one and
there are no war correspondents to
write vivid descriptions of the con-
flict but the results are more far
reaching to present and future gen.
erations than the war of Europe.
The rubber tire has been maneuver-
ing for point of attack for several
years and has captured a few unim-
portant positions in traffic, but it has
now pitched a decisive battle with
its iron competitor by hurling a mil
lion "jitneys" at the street railways
and the battle is raging from ocean
to ocean Upon the result of the
struggle depends the future of the
rubber tire. If it is compelled to re-
treat, it's doom is sealed, but if it wins
the battle it will revolutionize the
transportation methods of this nation.
If the rubber tire conquers the
street traffic it's next struggle is with
the railroads of the country, and then
the greatest battle between economic
forces ever fought out on the face
Of this earth is on, for iron is the un-
disputed master in transportation, and
is fortified behind billions of dollars,
and millions of men.
Stephenson applied the steel tire
to an iron rail in 1914, but it was 1869
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Point, which bound
the country together with bands of
steel. 1t took the iron tire fifty-five
years to creep from ocean to ocean,
but the rubber tire while warm from
the creative mind of the inventive
genius sped across the continent like
an arrow shot from the bow of Ulys-
ses. The roadbed was already pre-
pared and therein lies the power Of
the rubber tire over that of iron, for
government builds and maintains the
public highway.
But iron Is a stubborn metal and
- 1t has mastered every wheel that
turns; has fought battles with every
element above and beneath the earth
and has never tasted the worm wood
OF defeat, and when rubber hurls it's
full force against this monarch of
the Mineral Kingdom, it may rebound
to the factory stunned beyond recoy.
cry.
The rubber tire first made it's ap.
pearance on the bicycle, but it proved
frivolous servant and was dismissed
for incompetency. 1t has always been
too much inclined to revel in luxury
to be taken seriously as a utility ma.
chine and it's reputation is not one to
inspire confidence in heavy traffic
perform< e.
h6sS TTU~care 10 war into
1t Is enchanting to note
will be a marvellous differ
etween a rubber and an iron
The rubber tire will scatter the
1es throughout the valleys for with
Transportation at every mans door
why city? 1t will traverse the con
tinent with a net work of Macadam
highways as beautiful as the boule
ward built by Napoleon. 1t will par
alyze the law making bodies of this
nation for how could the legislatures
run without the railroads to operate
on?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
SECOND TEAM WINS
CONTEST IN COLLEGE

The contest being c0ndueted by the
students service bureau Of Browns
Business college has come to close.
The final score resulted in favor Of
team No 2 with Miss Sylvia Koch as
captain. The team made q total of
43,248 points which vas a very spien-
did showing Team No. I with Robert
Cline as captain gave the vlctors a
very close race. the final result show
ing difference Of only 300 points.
The Principal awarded the large pen
nant TO the winning. team. who in turn
presented it to the school This pen
nant and the names Of all the members
Of the team is being prominently dis
played in the school room today and
The members OF team No. 2 are very
proud of It.
Miss Koch made very pretty
speech Of acceptance followed
by Mr.. Cline in q few we'll chosen
words Of congratulatiou.
This contest has been conducted
along the line OF personal efficiency
and has included the daily grade OF
every student in school during the past
five weeks The students have entered
into the work very enthusiastically
and have profted from their efforts.
The average weekly grades in every
subject have been increasd almost 40
per cent which speaks well for the
students as we'll as the school During
the contest quite a number Of young
people have enrolled in school for the
beginning of the year and their in
fiuence has been given to the members
Of the various teams.
During the celebration Thursday
night a typewriting contest was held
in which Louis Pannell and Hugo
Meier contested for highest honoFs.
They wrote blindfolded from dicration
and also from plain copy. Mr.. Meier
won, writing at a net rate Of ga words
per minute Another very insresting
exhibition was given by Alfred Carlson
and Fred Scherrer by writing short
hand on the board while blindfolded
and reading it back again. This caused
great deal Of amusement and the
young men demonstrated that they
were fully equal 10 the task.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

is his nature'to throw. He has a right
to a place to play.
Poor home conditions make boys
bad. This does not always mean homes
OF poverty or tenement houses. When
the true atmosphere of home is absent
whatever kind Of place It may be. the
boy loses a needed influence for good
out of his life
Bad Environments.
Many boys work in bad enyiron-
ment. Aside from unsanitary condi-
tions. hoy is to be supremacy pitied
who has to work day after day in com
pany with men of evil minds, who foul
his mind with dirty talk who teach
him TO swear and to practice wrong
habits. And then the boy who stands
all day at q machine, doing some mon
otonous and uninteresting work, is
compelled to find relaxation and self
expression in his spare hours. He will
play the more violently because OF the
confinement at his work, and the very
violence Of his play is a danger
Homes Of immigrants often make
trouble for the boy. The child OF for
eign born parents rapidly assimilates
American ways. ana then he grows
away from the old world customs and
language of his parents. He becomes
ashamed OF his parents and loses his
respect for them, because they are not
up-to-date We must not only assimi-
late the child, but the parents as we'll.
Lack Of coaching in relation to the
great problems of life is one Of the
worst handicaps for the boy. The three
great problems are the sex instinct. the
food instinct, and the play instinct.
And the boy needs intelligent help on
everyone Of these points. and if he
does not get IL, both he and society will
suffer the consequences
The big brother movement is not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
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RI atQr>1(al.

Annual past master night was oh
served yesterday by Rock Island lodge
No. 65S. A. F. & a. NJ, at Masonic tenn
pie, with 100 in attendance The af-
fair was one of the most successful
ever held al the local temple. The
third degree was conferred on a num-
Der Of candidates at o'clock in the
afternoon by the regular officers Fol-
lowing the banquet at $50 the third
degree was conferred on a class by the
past masters The session ended at
10 o'clock, when an examination Of
master Masons, who had made them
selves proficient On the third degree,
was held This IS the first time this
examination has been held by any Of
the lodges in the city The following
past masters occupied the Offices Of
the lodge for the evening:
Worshipfui master Maurice Block
Senior warden Edward A Barnett
Junior warden James L. Hickey.
secretary-Louls D Austin
Treasurer A. Bunam
Senior deacon = Christian / peder-
son.
Junior deacon Otto w. schweaEer.
Senior steward Charles Y Thacl-
er
Junior steward Robert j. Fal3er-
ton,
Chaplain Emil Beck
Marshal William kennedy.
TYler-Arthnr Burial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

We are sole agents in Moline for
the famous Globe-Wernicke book
cases-We have a large collection
so you can get them in any finish
Three sections, Top and base for
SIS. Separate sections GO Or
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

merely another attempt to form an or
ganizatiou. It is a serious attempt to
meet a serious need and the sooner
conditions are changed so as TO make
il unnecessary to have big brothers for
bad boys. the better it Will be for all
concerned. But while things stay as
they are. it is a work for men vine
care for the boys TO invest their lives
and their influence in helping the boys
TO protect themselves against condi-
tons which the boys themselves can
not change
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
MOLINE TRACTOR
HELDAMONC BEST
Iriap Magazine Speaks Highly OF nj
eerSal Machine to BE Manufae-
tHrcd Here.
BOUGHT rs PLOW COMPANY
Hes Purchased Right TO Put ON Mar.
Aet Implement With Many
Possibilities,

Implement trade magazines of this
months =su- tell Of the merits of the
Universal tractor which will herea +
Ter be- mauuiae urcd and sold BIZ the
H8l..e Pillow company. TIE new pro.
duet vII be manufactured IN Moline
IS announced the company intending
20 maee tae equipment Of the INF
versa plant 20 MoiEe. One trade mag,
az.us Hts tbe follow ing announcement
If tha 1ow line telling Of the excel
leat reputation OF the Universal trac-
tor
The Moline FloW company annoan-
ces that # has purchased the nanufac-
uriag rights. patents, patterns trade
mark. good will etc, of the Universal
Traao. company u Columbus. Ohio
ard Has ARA lged To transfer the bust
ness fro us factory in Moline. p. B.
Fuab fhs formerly had charge OF
marg'arltrug the tractor. has enter
ed tho employ OF the Moline Pillow com
ruv ard Will superintend the manu-
featuring o. Universal tractors in the
Moline factory
THE Universal tractor has made a
gooa record during the last year and
half that fl has been on the market
il is tay only tractor which is adapted
for ultivaJjng as Well as blowing. and
has been thoroughly tried out in all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

Other past masters in attendance
were as follows; john G. Huntoon,
Allan d. Welch, Frank f. Jenhnson,
John T Campbell. H. A. Clevenstine.
Robert r Ralston, George II. Rich
mund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

one man tractor, and has a pulling
ability equal 10 that Of six horses.
The Universal tractor viii be mar
keted through regular dealers and the
price OF the tractor, including a two
bottom pillow, will be s725. f o. b. Mo
line This is the price to the farmer,
and includes liberal profit to the
dealer"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

Before completing your Christmas
shopping consult The Argus advertise
ing columns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

All the news all the time-The
Argus
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
NEW ZEALAND COURT
CLASSIFIES WORKERS
IN THREE SECTIONS

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May
Sin hearing the wage case of hotel
workers, who are asking for increased
rates because of the war, the arbitra-
ton court took occasion to say that
there are three classes of cases to be
considered;
Those in which the war will cause
a stoppage or a substantial reduction
of the industry; those which are not
materially affected by the war, and
those which are profiting by the war.
The court promised that different
considerations would apply TO each Of
these cases.
The Maoriland Worker, published in
this city, makes this comment on the
courts rule:
This will, of course, suit the en-
ployers very well. In every working
class case the cost of living has gone
up by at least 25 per cent,-probably
enormously more. 1t matters not what
particular department of industry the
wage worker is employed in, the pur-
chasing power of his wages has fallen
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14

chance of obtaining work of any per
manence.
There is less and less local work,
also outside mining in this city. Long
shore work is growing scarcer, as can
be understood from the decreased ton
mage of all kinds and the fact that
the collector of customs returns shows
that about three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars less merchandise ar
rived in 1914 than in 1913.
Last year. as usual, hundreds were
destitute in the camp throughout the
summer and many of these were
shipped out at the government or city
expense after organized labor had
taken steps to secure this relief for
their stranded fellow workers even
though they were not members of
labor organizations. Year after year
we have to do this every fall.
Every year, let 1t also be known,
from ten to twenty firms, employing
In all about two hundred men, either
fail to pay all or a portion OF the
wages due. and this in a great meas
ure leaves many additional stranded
men recipients of charity which con-
sists of police" ticket at best for
the outside, where they fill the ranks
of the unemployed and destitute after
passing a summer at the hardest kind
of unpaid. physical labor
Yearly Nome is made the dumping
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
may CALL STRIKE
Of MINERS IN COLORADO

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 6.-"Un,
less John A. Lawson is accorded fair
treatment and is vindicated, the
United Mine Workers of America will
most assuredly call another strike in
Colorado, as a protest against the
tyrannical conditions that prevail in
that state"
This statement was made to the
United Press by Frank j. Hayes, vice
president of the United Mine Workers
of America and the executive who had
complete charge of the strike in Colo
rado He was Lawson's superior.
Hayes said bill of exceptions will
be filed at once by Lawsons attor'
neys.
1--WE feel hopeful that the supreme
court will reverse this verdict" he
said.
1--WE have evidence that agents of
the coal companies offered large sums
of money to get people to testify
against Lawson. Two detectives in
the trial testified that they were paid
to assist in persecution of Lawson
and others. This whole rotten chap
ter will be fully exposed if we get a
new trial, and some of the persons
who have tried to railroad Lawson to
prison will go there themselves If
there is any justice in the United
States.
What about the massacre of men,
women and children at Ludlow by the
subsidized militia and gunner, the
majority of whom were proved to be
in the employ of the coal companies
Not single one of these murderers
has even been brought to trial and
furthermore they never will be, be-
cause the coal companies will not per
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
Stay Away From Alaska

ground for the industrial derelicts of
the Yukon and upper country, and
these try to make a few dollars before
making their final getaway from this
camp. These also add to the number
of unemployed and as you can't live
off this country with its Arctic condi-
tions almost anything is better than
destitution in Alaska.
To prevent any undue suffering all
workers who have no jobs here are
cautioned to stay away to avoid un-
necessary suffering both to them
selves and to those who are now in
the country for there are more than
sufficient men to do all the work in
sight They simply will be out the
price of their transportation and re-
main destitute indefinitely.
(By Order) LOCAL 240, w. F, OF M.
(Seal)
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14

they are doing. From my information
the mining camps generally have it on
the other communities in this work.
Some paper carried the story the
other morning that the Everett shin
gle weavers had called off their strike.
Nothing stirring. The Seaside mill,
one of the largest there, came to an
amicable settlement with the union
and started up with full union crew,
nearly all the old men returning to
work The Shull mill, where the
trouble originated, is reported as hav-
ing closed down permanently, strike
breaking being too costly process.
Several mills are attempting to run
with non-union men with small sue
cess. The Everett shingle weavers'
union is still decidedly on the map.
Under the auspices of the Seattle
Central Council and the United Mine
Workers, labor will protest next Sun
day night against the conviction of
John Lawson of Colorado of murder
and sentence of life Imprisonment.
Similar meetings ought to be held in
every section of the country. We
needn't spend our time bowling at the
Kaiser for the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. Horrible as was the fate of
those who went down to their death
off the Irish coast, it was not more
horrible than the fate meted out to
the women and children of Ludlow.
The crime of the Southern Colorado
coal fields lay not with these miners
who took up arms to defend their
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
Strike Is Still On;
WeaverS Stand Pat
More Weavers Lease Mills and Incorporate-Re
port Strike Abandoned Proves False.
SH|NGLEWEAVERS COOPERATE

Pursuant to the plans outlined in
last weeks issue of the Journal,
members of the shingleweavers'
union are acquiring mills to be oper-
ated on the cooperative basis, under
lease contracts.
F. NJ Sylvia, Conrad Hanson and A.
]. Larson have obtained a lease on a
mill at Edmonds, and incorporated
in a company known as the Quality
Shingle company, with a capital stock
of $4,000. The three men will be
operators of the mill and will be as
sisted in their venture by the local
timberworkers union.
Two or three of the mills are being
considered as possible cooperative
mills, says Robert Mills, business
agent for the shingleweavers' union.
One is small plant at Marysville
This will give employment to only ten
men, if obtained Another mill at Sno-
homish has been idle for some time,
and the weavers believe that if they
could lease it they could operate it
with profit. A third mill is the Shull
plant at Fourteenth street dock. This
has been closed down for some reason
or other and the weavers are CORES
ponding with the owners who are in
British Columbia, with a view of
reopening it under the cooperative
plan
AS the weavers will have no par
asitical capitalists to supply with
wine, women, song and touring cars,
they will be able to undersell the
union-smashers in the, open market
and at the same time beat them to it"
in the matter of quality; so that
union-label shingles will be demanded
not only by union workmen, but even
by contractors and builders who have
no particular sympathy with or
ganized labor
Once more we find the old maxim
applicable, that it's an ill wind htat
blows no one any good. The union
smashers, by their antagonism to or
ganized labor have driven the erst-
while contented wage-slaves to a point
where they are obliged to ask and
answer the question, "Why the cap
italist?"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
ENGLISH NEWSPAPER
LOUD IN SUPPORT OF
TRADES UN|ON|STS

LONDON, England, May Sin a
strong editorial "The Nation" sup
ports English trades unionists in their
opposition to compulsory arbitration
which certain government officials
favored at a recent conference with
these workers, who are insisting on
general wage increases because of the
war. The editor says:
"The firmly rooted convictions
which are shared by the great bulk
of the trade union movement are. not
numerous, but any attempt to break
them down is likely to meet with the
most stubborn resistance. Among
them, no conviction is firmer than the
oft-repeated determination of the
Trade Union Congress to have moth.
ing to do with compulsory arbitration
Any attempt to force a measure
through against their opposition
would be practically doomed to fail
ure, and it is therefore probable that
there will be no general introduction
of compulsion.
"The Nation" editor does not in
dorse the plan that trade unions
should set aside all their rules and
regulations during the war, unless the
workers be assured that their rights
will not be infringed later on" The
government and employers are guar
anteeing that old conditions shall pre-
vail after the war, but this condition
does not exist In the case of the
workers further than the government
promising to "use it's influence
"The Nation" again supports the
unionists, declaring that:
"The workers cannot be expected tc
abandon their hard won rules-the
Magma Charta and the habeas corpus
of labor-unless they are sure that
the general guarantee given by the
employer will be enforced in every
particular instance. The view seems
to be very general that trade union
rules form a very material drag upon
production, and that their removal
will mean a great impetus to indus
try. This is very far from being the
case"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
BY E. P. MARSH

President State Federation of Labor.
Less than a month remains before
the referendum petitions must be in
the hands of the secretary of state.
In these few weeks every member of
organized labor ought to be upon his
toes. This campaign means a great
deal to labor. Should we fall down
| hesitate to tell you what the next
legislature might do to existing labor
legislation. Should it be of the
vintage of 1915 it would wipe from
the statutes measures we have striven
years to obtain. With the power of
referendum crippled labor would be
powerless to protest. If we cannot
defeat the anti-picketing bill, our fail
ure on that bill will cost us dearly
in the future l believe we are going
to win but | don't think it's such a
leadpipe cinch that we can afford to
let up for a single moment. The
union man or woman who is eligible
to sign the petitions and doesn't do
it will have dealt the cause of labor
a harder blow than if he or she had
deliberately broken union laws.
Take your hat off to the boys of
Black Diamond They are turning in
petitions bearing the names of nearly
all the registered voters of that town.
If all the rest of the towns did equally
as we'll the fight would be over now.
The Black Diamond miners stand way
out in front for the splendid work
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14

Wednesday the preliminary hearing
was given twenty men who were ar,
rested in connection with the attack
made upon union pickets on April "a,
near the Baker mill, at the Fourteenth
street dock. Failing in their attempt
to beat up the shingleweavors on the
picket line, owing to the stout resist
ance of the weavers, the gunmcn of
the union-smashers had their intended
victims arrested on the charge of in
citing to riot.
The evidence" against ten of the
alleged rioters was so flimsy that they
were dismissed on motion of Prosecut-
or o. T. Webb, and still another upon
motion of H. D. Cooley, assistant pros
ecuting attorney.
The hearing was before Justice of
the Peace Shelter, as committing mag,
istrate, to determine as to whether or
not a crime had been committed, and
if so to bind those responsible over
to the superior court for trial.
The state concluded it's case by dis
missing the following members of the
Timberworkers' union: John Walker,
Clyde Pomeroy, Otto Nelson, E. Sum.
ner, G. E. Maloy, Frank La Crosse, F.
w. Haley, Y A. Griffin, ]. Anderson,
j. Coffin and L. Coffin.
Those who were not dismissed are
Dan La Fantasia, Bruce Hatch, Harry
Hubert, J. McNeir, R. N. Stanke, Ed
Sylvia and r. H. Mills.
The case for the defense will be
heard Wednesday, May 26, and Attor.
neys E. c. Daily and John B. Fogarty
will appear for the unionists.
1t was significant that of the four
policemen who were on the scene at
the time of the fight, only two were
called as witnesses by the prosecu-
ton