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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-07

takes but so hours, or less than one
half as long. SO profitable is the
scheme that several other Detroit
firms are considering its installation
in their plants. Not all workers can
stand the pace at Ford's There is a
constant wedding out process. Late
/ ly, physical examinations have been
instituted to more quickly sort out the
able-bodied slaves.
In their life outside the shop the
Ford workers are likewise enslaved.
There is a whole corps OF investiga
tors to pry into and take charge OF
their private affairs. They are com
PEELED to attend church, deposit their
money at Fords bank, etc, as these
spies direct
Naturally. membership in a labor
union is utterly prohibited.
Ford's attitude toward uniousm is
we'll shown by the fact that his agents
are going among the various union
officials and miIitants of Detroit and
offering them good jobs if they will
give up their cards and quit the union.
Any amount OF proof OF this is TO
be easily had. Some weaker sisters
have accepted the offer. Ford is sup
posed to have some hundred cards as
result of tbaea Tactics
The whole Ford plant, both inside
and out, is a maze of spies. whose
function is to crush out the last spark
of individuality and revolt on the part
of the workers.
Ford Workers Mostly Foreigners
The vast majority OF Ford's work
ers are foreigners. There are fifty
two nationalities among them with
those from southern Europe predom-
mating. In spite of their big"
wages, these foreigners wear the same
oppressed, poverty-stricken air, char
acteristic of their kind. With the ex-
ception OF those holding the few skill
ed jobs, American mechanics show
strong, tendency to avoid the Ford
plant Many quit and accept lower
wages in other auto plants. They
won't stand Ford's eternal driving and
spying and Furnishing.
Ford discipline may be judged from
the following: The workers falling in
to disfavor are sentenced to serve so
much time at some disagreeable hard
work, in the foundry usually, as the
latter place is used as a sort OF work
house. For example: A worker
(even though he be a highly skilled
mechanic who is three minutes late
is sentenced to serve three days in
the foundry at hard labor Some sys-
TEN. that, eh?
To organize the automobile slaves
will entail radical changes in the la
Dor movement. To organize them in
to craft unions is impossible. In
these shops the trades have been dis
integrated and specialized into such
simple operations that the most ig-
norant peasants can learn them in a
few hours, If industrial unions will
not yet be given Jurisdiction, the very
least that can possibly suffice will be
an automobile federation. And it is
doubtful whether even such fedora
tion could make much headway before
the bulk Of the metal trades unions
are amalgamated.-Wm. J. Foster in
The Timberworker.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-07
District Organizer A. F. of L.
Wallace Idaho, Dec. %, 1914.

Wallace Idaho, Dec %, 1914.
John Alden,
Dear Sir: Yours OF 26th at hand,
in reply will say that | will read it
at our next meeting. but am of the
opinion that will be all there is to
it. II you people in Boise expect CO.
operation and assistance from us as
an organization it would be well for
you to organize our craft in your city.
Even in this little mining camp the
Bartenders have been organized
since Nov 1907. and we are absolute
ly 100 per cent in every respect, While
Boise has never even taken out
charter.
Respectfully,
A. c. MeDON.ALB.
(Seal)
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-07

Twin Falls, Idaho, January Sd, 1915
Mr.. John Alden,
Editor, The Gem Worker.
Dear Sir: Your letter of Dec. 10th
at hand. We have not yet had a
meeting OF our union, but | could
not resist the temptation of an
swering your letter from my own in
dividual standpoint 1t would indeed
be one of the greatest things for
the workers of this state to publish a
paper, but do not think that the
policy OF the Gem Worker is the
right one to take. According to my
best judgment it seems to follow the
old worn-out idea that Labor and
Capital are identical. Therefore,
when the workers are asking for a
few additional crumbs OF what they
themselves produced and the en-
ployers deny them such a right then
their interest cannot be identical.
The employer is nothing more than
flea on labor's back and it should
therefore be the first duty OF every
Labor paper to make that idea clear
in the minds of the workers. see
also by your statement that it is the
intention of the paper to carry wat
er on both shoulders in this way that
it is the intention to try to be as
harmonious as possible with the busi-
ness men. Where is the hiend of
the worker among that class? They
love the worker just like the wolf
loves mutton, for what they can get
out of him. | believe that you are
familiar with the history of the NJ.
& NJ. Association and its constant
fight on organized labor. | believe
also that your fair city has little
infant of said organization and to
gain its favor would be nothing more
than an insult in the face of the
workers. see also another thing
in your paper that to my notion is
not in harmony with the best inter
est OF the workers and that is the
advocating of old party laekeys to
the fat offices that are created for
the main purpose of cheating the
worker out of what rightfully belong
to him. The main object OF organized
labor should be to use all means to
get the public utilities back to where
they belong which is Tor the good OF
ALL the people and not for the few
] happen to be an organizer for the
a. F Of I. and should like to brief
ly explain what 7 believe should be
the attitude OF that body. We have
always tried TO raise wages and we
are beginning to find out that We are
not gaining anything in that direc-
tion because as soon as the wages
go up the commodities or cost of iiv-
ing goes also and most frequently
they raise faster than the raise in
wages. United States statistics will
bear me out on that point But there
is one point that is that we shall
have to concentrate our efforts on
and that is this: Shall we permit our
brothers and sisters through ever in
ereasing unemployment to be drag
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-01-07

The reader can do more than any
one else to build up The Gem
Worker. Just say to the dealer II
saw your advertisement in our
paper" Then he will know that
organized labor is back of the
movement to give Boise a labor
paper that will merit the patronage
and good will of every business
man in the community.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
FINDS WIFE BY TAPE.

Worcester (Mass.) Scientist Declares
Unhappy Marriages Need Not Exist.
Boston.-Incompatibility in marriage
is soon to be thing of the past, ac-
cording to DR.. Max Baff, the Worces-
ter scientist and former fellow in
psychology at Clark university, who
announces that he has discovered how
to measure temperament.
With nothing more than a tape
measure, he says, it is possible to find
ones affinity and be positively sure
that one is marrying the right man or
woman.
DR.. Baf has had under observation
Massachusetts, best known bachelor,
Governor David I. Walsh. He recently
announced the kind of a wife the gov
ernor should find in order to be assur-
ed Of perfect happiness. Here are the
specifications, the result Of scientific
observance:
She must be from five feet three
inches to five feet six inches tall.
She must weigh from III to 146
pounds.
She must be tactful.
She must be cheerful at all times.
especially before breakfast.
She must be sympathetic.
She must be ambitious.
She must be able to sing.
It is essential that she have mezzo-
soprano voice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
BRITISH WOMAN WINS
HIGH MILITARY HONOR
Freed From Jail, She Builds
Hospital For Wounded.

London.-Though Britain flung her
into durance vile before the war, it is
dot1ng its cap to Miss Louisa Garrett
Anderson, who now holds authority
equal to that Of major In the British
army. Her work has to do with great
things for the wounded,
She had been jailed for a suffrage
demonstration, and in the early weeks
OF the war she and the British GOV
eminent felt mutually shy of one an
other. Her first hospital was opened
under French authority.
The shyness having been dispelled,
the war Office asked Miss Garrett An
derson to come home and make a hos
pital in London. Out Of her own re-
sourcefulness, experience and initia-
tive she is making her hospital. It
has 500 beds. It is to be in working
order In record time.
The family record is an extraordi-
nary one. Her mother, DR.. Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson, was one Of the first
of women doctors. She began her
medical studies in 1860, and though
the College Of Surgeons and the Col
lege Of Physicians refused to admit
her to their examinations, she obtain
ed a license to practice from the Soci-
ETY. Of Apothecaries in 1865.
Paris had fewer prejudices than Lon
don, and, passing the medical exam
nations of it's university, she received
her M. D. degree. Later on, when
England realized that she was not to
be denied, honors were not lacking,
and her daughters degree is London
one. After a long career in London
DR.. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson re-
tired to her native town Of Aldsburgh
and was elected mayor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
BLOWN UP BY WIRELESS?

Fred T. Jane Suggests Solution of
Irene and Bulwark Disasters.
London.-The suggestion has been
made in the Evening Standard by Fred
T.. Jane, the naval author, that the
steamer Princess Irene was blown up
by German wireless device. The
Princess Irene, an auxiliary in the Brit
1sh navy. was blown up recently in
Sheerness harbor. with loss of more
than 800 lives.
'The sudden and complete destruc-
ton Of the Princess Irene in the Med
way" Mr.. Jane writes, "at no great
distance from where the battleship Bull
wark also was suddenly blown to at,
oms, may be curious coincidence.
Italian experiments have proved it pos
sible to explode properly attuned
charge by wireless from short dis
lance If that charge be surreptitious-
ly placed in a magazine everything in
the magazine will go the same way.
One spontaneous explosion is thinkable
enough, but two in the same district
demand too much from the imagina-
ton"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
GERMANS CONTINUE TO
BUY AMERICAN HORSES
How They Send Them Home Is
a Deep Mystery to Dealers.

Lincoln, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of all
Of the principal nations at war in Eu-
rope are combing the west for horses
for the armies. Several Of the horse
buyers bear titles; the majority of
them are men who have been at the
head Of great Adjustments in Bel
GUM and France, which formerly sup
piled America with draft horse stall
lions. One who was recently in Lin
coin was paid So day and expenses
for his work. Before the war he drew
$4,000 year as manager of a great
breeding stable in Normandy.
How the few German buyers get
their purchases through is a mystery,
and they refuse to elucidate. They
make it plain that that is their own
business, and they keep on buying.
Some Of the largest dealers in this
section have been asked to bid on Il
25,OO0 head shipment for the German
government payable by drafts on New
York.
In the beginning spectators and
business men jumped into the game,
taking large contracts or subcontracts.
The ruling prices for the grades de-
sired were $3.50 and SITS, subject to
inspection, which was very rigid, and
a large portion of each shipment was
rejected. Rather than carry these back
to the west the dealers sold them at
the points of shipment for what they
could get.
That there are horse traders in Eu-
rope and dealers with sharp eyeteeth
was proved by the fact that a number
Of these rejected animals were ship
ped to Europe. the purchasers being
government agents. who took this
means of showing American dealers
some tricks in horse buying, purchas-
ing in the guise of contractors who de-
sired the animals for the northwest.
The fact that the greater part Of the
supply. in the west has already been
purchased OF is in the hands of specu-
lators. holding for the raise they feel
certain will come with a continuance
of the war, has led to letting down
of the inspection bars. Hundreds Of
animals that formerly would have not
re: eived second look are now going
through The stable boys say that
tic fat ones are given the preference.
White and gray horses are taboo
because they are shining marks on the
battlefield. The one thing the buyers
arc particular about is the wind. They
require swift galloping for a block or
TWO before the inspector decides.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
GOT $4,000 FOR $50.
Dead Prospector Leaves Estate to tho
Man Who Grube+,keJ Liz.

Dead Prospector Leaves Estate to tho
r., Man Who Grubstaked Him.
9Sa:- Sernardino, Cal. A $50 grub
stake given to an aged prospector elev-
en- years ago has returned to A. ].
Garner, young livery stable propri-
etor Of Highland. in the form of a $4O,-
600 estate.
Garner at jerome. Ariz., received
$50 check from his parents. He met
W. H. Hawsnyder, prospector and
friend, who told him he was dead
broke" Fifty dollars, he told Garner,
would grubstake him for a prospect
ing trip. Garner Immediately handed
over his check. He had not seen Haw-
snyder since.
The other day stranger inquired,
where he could find Gus Garner.
"That's me-" said Garner.
did you ever know w. b. Hawsny-
der?'' asked the stranger, who was H.
G. Jamison, New York attorney.
HE was my best friend" replied
Gus.
"That's right" said Jamison. Hes
died and left you his $4,000 estate"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
FAVORS STUDENT CAMPS.

Secretary Garrison Will Ask Congress
For Appropriations.
MISUNDERSTANDING of War Gar
r1son has not abandoned plans for the
establishment Of camps. for the mill
tary instruction Of college and univer-
sity students.
Comptroller Of the Treasury Downey
has ruled that there was no warrant
for the expenditure Of government
funds for regular officers and troops
ut such camps. A reconsideration has
been asked by Secretary Garrison, and
If this is unfavorable the secretary
will urge legislation by congress au-
thorizing appropriations.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
lane PLANS CLUB
FOR U. S. WORKERS
Would Organize $1,000 En-
p|oyees at Washington.

Washington. - The national capital
will soon have one Of the biggest clubs
and one Of the biggest clubhouses in
the world if Franklin K. Lane, Sec
rotary Of the interior, carries out his
plan. Indications are that he will. He
has committee of three at work, and
1t Is meeting with much success.
The secretarys plans call for the
formation in one big club of the $4,000
government employees here. He hopes
to erect clubhouse occupying whole
block.
It Is not alone the social end that
Secretary Lane has in mind. He plans
to look after physical needs also. He
proposes to establish chain of COOP
erative stores in Washington, where
the government clerks can purchase
their food, clothing and other neces.
saries of life at cost very much be-
low that which now prevails.
Secretary Lane is an enthusiastic ad-
herent Of the cooperative plan. It is
used successfully in the reclamation
service Of the interior department and
on more or less limited scale in the
Home club, of which the secretary is
founder and president.
The Home club will be the nucleus
Of the new organization. It occupies
the old Brazilian embassy. in Jackson
place, but it's membership has grown
so fast that, although this house is one
Of the most commodious in the city, it
Is almost impossible to care for it's
LOO members, all employees Of the
interior department.
The Home club has business man.
ager, who looks after cooperative buy
ing, G. K. Weston. When fresh eggs
were selling recently at SO cents a
dozen he distributed several hundred
dozen a week to the members of the
club at price approximating Sc cents
a dozen. When the best creamery but
ter was selling at Is cents a pound
Home club members were able to buy
it for 35 cents pound.
At Christmas time candy that was
sold for 60 cents pound was pur-
chased for so cents by members Of the
club. More than 200 retail dealers in
Washington have signed agreements to
give Home club members discounts of
from to 20 per cent on cash pur-
chases. During the winter the club,
through the bureau of mines, bought
several thousand tons of coal at a saw
ing Of from so to 80 cents a ton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
GERMANS HAVING BULLY TIME
Nothing to Do but Enjoy Life, and
NorfoIkers Are Helping Them.

Notnin9 10 10 OUT ENJOY Lire, and
Norfolkers Are Helping Them.
Norfolk, Va.-The crews of the Ger
man auxiliary cruisers Eitel Friedrich
and Kronprinz, Wilhelm, interned at
this port, are enjoying life to it's full
est. Besides numerous entertainments
accorded to officers and crews, the men
are living life of luxurious idleness.
Their chief vocation at this time is
pleasure-pleasure day and night.
They spend most Of their time in
Norfolk in the early hours Of the day.
In the afternoon they go to Virginia
Beach, Ocean View and other nearby
resorts. They smoke good cigars, eat
the best and appear to have plenty of
money. Barring few cases Of beri-
beri on the Kronprinz, they are a
healthy lot. .-..
The men have been taken into the
homes Of number Of citizens and en-
tertained, and special services have
been held for them in Protestant
churches. They are made to feel at
home.
They appear on the streets in white
uniforms with blue stripes and white
hats. They are as neat as new pins,
and their conduct is perfect. They
roam the streets arm in arm with
American bluejackets and visit the
best theaters and other public resorts.
% They are beginning to love the great
American game. Several hundred of
them attended baseball game in
Portsmouth and rose up and cheered
a player who drove the ball over the
fence for home run. Whether they
understood the game or just followed
the Americans who stood up and
cheered, no one but themselves knew.
But there is movement on foot to
organize two baseball teams out Of the
crews on the Ethel and another
on the Kronprinz-and some of the
men are practicing daily. They have
spent over 5000 for equipment. A lit
tie short chap whom the American
sailors call ''Buelow" drove ball over
the sea wall in practice game.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
SAYS WOMEN DRINK MORE.
Fight Against Liquor Stronger Except
With Them, Says Bennett.

'S''e SNS~"'Ss e'~1~~1 WI OISSI @@SSPe
With Them, Says Bennett.
Philadelphia.-In an address at the
fftieth anniversary celebration of the
National Temperance union Exon
gresham William S. Bennett Of New
York, after describing the progress
made by the foes Of drink, said:
'The case Of the girls and women
constitutes the one point in which there
has been retrogression. It is my OBJ
servation that there Is much more
drinking among women than there was
twenty years ago. AS men are giving
up the habit, women are drinking to a
greater extent than they used to do"
Mr.. Bennett said that in 1870 virtually
every state was under the influence of
the liquor interests, but that now only
two, one eastern and one western, are
so Influenced.
drinking has decreased in New
York. Now the men who refrain from
drinking at banquet are in the majori-
ty. Few men drink during their bust.
ness hours"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
NEWSPAPER IN AN EGG.

cIersyman's Wife Finds News Item
Wrapped Around Yoke.
Sedalia, Mo-That a hen may swal-
low news item and live to immortal
ize the digested information in an egg
memoranda was shown when Mrs ].
A. Jared, wife Of a clergyman, who
corroborated their sensational break
fast, wrecked boiled one and read
the truth, or at least read the truth as
near as newspaper ever gets it.
The fragment of newspaper, about a
yoke and half wide. was wrapped
around the egg Under the shell instead
OF the usual thin white shawl that
protects the white of the egg in most
instances. Mrs. Jared carefully re-
moved the newspaper and found that
every letter on it was readable and In
fairly good English.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
DEAR FRIEND WAS MOTHER.
Girl, Given Away Because Of Poverty,
Now Knows Parents.

Girl, Given Away Because of Poverty,
Now Knows Parents.
Lacrosse, Wis.-Hazel "West," fif-
teen-year-old girl, who was taken away
from Fred West her foster father by
Judge Brindley because he had neg
lected her, has found her mother in
woman she has known all her life as
dear friend. Mrs. Fred Green, the
mother, appeared before Judge Brind-
ley and told the remarkable story Of
how she had given Hazel to the Vests
when she was a baby because of her
inability to care for the baby.
A mysterious telephone call to the
Home of the Friendless, where Judge
Brindley placed Hazel, effected the re-
union Of mother and daughter. The
message said that if Hazel would come
to one Of the downtown stores she
would be given heavy coat Hazel
went downtown alone and did not
come back. Investigation revealed her
at the home of Mrs. Green, who had
met her in the store and told her the
story of her parentage. q
In explaining the case to the judge
Mrs. Green said: II was the mother of
another child when Hazel was born,
and we were too poor to care for both
Of them, and at Mrs. Vests urgent
plea I let them take her.
mot week has passed since that l
have not seen her. The Vests were
better able to care for her than I, and
I have been happy in the thought that
she was being brought up in the right
way. But since Mrs. Vests death I
have been worried, and now that she
has been taken away from West in
tend to keep her."
Mrs. Green is the wife Of railroad
engineer. Hazels father is dead.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-09-18
II IN EVERY 100 VOORHEES,.

Another 1863 Per Cent of Wage Earn.
ers on Part Time.
Neutrality-suspicious. than eleven wage
earners in every hundred were out of
employment, and about sixteen of the
remainder were working only part time
in March and the early part Of April
in fifteen of the important cities Of the
country.
Returns of a canvass of 399.SS1 fam
lilies. including 644,358 wage earners.
showed 1880, or 11.5 per cent, wholly
unemployed and 106.652. or 1863 Ter
cent without full time employment