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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

without ever coming directly into its vortex
The fiction was that the Protocol-the instru-
ment under which there has been five years
peace in the cloak and suit making industry
was a tremendous instrument for industrial
peace, and one that could be expanded in its
usefulness to take in many industries besides
that in with Louis Brandeis put it to work with
the help of Lawyer julius Cohen, for the en-
ployers and Meyer London for the employees.
Social workers by the score were inclined to
look upon the throwing down of the Protocol,
the first move in the present breach between
employers and employees, as a social tragedy
a tragedy whose harmful effects would be
averted if only the Protocol could be set up
again in its place of power and worshipped
as it had been worshipped, in their opinion, all
the year of its service.
Well, as it happens the view of the social
workers is far afeld from the view of the
needleworkers and of the employers.
The Protocol far from being a genuine in
strument for industrial peace, was, in the
workers view nothing more than the trick Of
two lawyers, each of whom believed that in
creating the instrument he was victimizing
the other. The collapse of the Protocol came
when both lawyers learned that the elements
in it which they believed would victimize the
other party were not working as they hoped
to see them.
The plan Of both sides at this time, it seems
from the assertions Of their leaders, is to fight
out the very issues about which the Protocol
failed to make any definite and final deter
mination.
The fiction about the Protocol heralded in
dozen magazine articles by distinguished go
cial Investigators, collided head-on with de.
risve comment even from some Of those most
intimately associated with establishing the
Protocol, when the popular outside view was
brought to their attention.
They made it clear that the last way this
struggle can be adjusted is to re-establish the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley

beer if it is cheap than he will if it is high
priced The expensive whiskey, for example,
having fine aroma and pleasant taste, ap-
peas to the gourmet who drinks largely for
the taste and smell, while the cheap 'red-eye'
is consumed for the most part by the man who
is DESTROYS Of securing immediate effect, heed
less of the consequences to himself or others.
1T is, therefore, easily seen that the elimina-
ton of seventy-hve per cent of the intoxcants
of New York City and the substitution there
for of higher priced pure liquors would be
great step toward temperance, if not toward
total prohibition.
1T is unfortunate that am able to say that
at least three-quarters Of all the liquor sold in
New York City would not pass the pure food
test but it is, nevertheless, true New York,
in this instance is only the echo of the rest
Of the country. There appears to be period
of retrogression in the nation as a whole with
respect to pure food standards. The agi-
tation Of some years ago, in which I took part
appears to have died down, and the country is
not living up to the principles which it promul-
gated at that time.
The Department Of Agriculture, for ex-
example, has so construed the pure food law
that it is a shield for the adulterator instead Of
a weapon against him. He boldly seeks shell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

cat what he wished? If so, then at least the
individual ought to be allowed to know VIA,
he was eating. That was one Of the reasons
for my championship Of the cause OF pure food
THE TEMPERATE 8lUsT SAVE THE HTEY.
PERATE.
"The cause Of Temperance and the abolition
of alcohol is closely allied to both these
propositions. Alcohol is a habitformiag drug
and the great majority Of beverages containing
alcohol, as prepared today are not pure.
Therefore, am I in favor Of prohibition, al
though I am not a teetotaler. Occasiolally
take little wine with my meals, but I have
never drunk whiskey, nor have 7 ever been
under the influence Of alcohol in any iorn
Despite the fact that I enjoy TIE taste Of q
glass of light wine once in a while, I would
be very glad 70 give up this pleasure for the
sake of the many who would benefit from pro
hibiton, and do not hesitate 70 gay that every
man who drinks at all would be the better If
he gave it up entirely The human system
needs no stimulalts beyond pure food and
exercise or hard work. Whisky, beer, wine,
gin or other alcoholic liquors, as well as coffee
and tea, are artificial stinulants without which
we would be better off and everything which
tends to eliminate these beverages from cur
menu deserves the support of Ell who have the
wellbeing of the nation at heart.
THE BIGGEST or BIG TASKS.
"The cleaning up of New York City, so far
as alcohol is concerned, Is al Herc1lean slsk
and one from which weak Tnau might be
excused from shrinking. Eat Or. Coliwater
has seen his duty and he has approached p.
in the right spirit and with the right weapon.
The fight against alcohol certainly belongs 70
the province Of the Health Department. aid
the mere fact that it has never before been n
dertaken By this branch of the municipal gog-
ernment should only convince rs that there e
many valuable opportunities for good wh-h
we are constantly overlooking. The auc-ezs OF
the Goldwater campaign viii depend, as in al
campaigns, upon the quality Of .hc men Who
lead it and direct its desti1ieS-but 7 have no
fear upon this score. The Health Ccmrais-
sioner of New York IS IN ideal man fer he
job, and 1 only hope that he VIII achieve re-
suits commensurate With his ability and lat
of those associated with him.
AHS PIOuiG-.L IS d So -HII~ O4lc' lyI X III ~
not only the 100000 Inhabitants Of Me-, o..
City, but the 101o0o0C0 Inhabitants Of he
United States who. consciously or unoon-
sciously, look to New yort for advice AID
example. II DR.. Coldwster succeeds. as 3 eel
that he will, he viii lie able TO Pride himself
upon inaugur-ting movement which Is sImast
certain to spread westward 70 the Pa-iic, 11d
this in itself should be reward enough for 7nv
one man"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
BY Isaac Russell.

THE slender thread Of a trade utimatum,
the tine limit of which has still two
days TO rum is alone holding in a state
Of industrial peace vast army Of American
working men and women.
The members OF this vast army expect to be
in conflict with their employers by Tuesday,
possibly. and By Saturday at the latest.
They have passed through one great indus
trial war, a war in which, Ike the American
army, they served as volunteers fired with
zeal for their cause, but totally without prep
aration ard equipment
But in this war they declare they are going
in like the Prus-an army organized TO the
ton notch for efficiency 1t was five years ago
that they began to get into shape for a fight
at some future time. They then had to
choose the way in which they would model
their organization. And they chose the Prus-
sian way-the method calculated to bring
about the greatest possible organized efficiency
against the day Of need This day they now
assert has come.
"And if the public could only know" their
leaders assert, tout of what chaos and dis
order our efficient organization has brought us,
they would never permit us to be beaten back
into those conditions-conditions where sweat
shop was a synonyme and nickname for our
industry"
The workers are those who ply the needle
in making gowns and cloaks and suits for
women. Strangely enough, at the heart of the
conflict which may call their Prussianized or
ganization into action, is the question Of what
TO do about the women who must have gown
different from the gown Of every other woman
she is likely to meet while shopping on Fifth
Avenue. The people who ply the needles de-
clare that one tailor can make twenty gowns
Of the same design in the time it takes him
10 make ten gowns, each one Of design and
quality Of its own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

Sidney Webb, in his book on Enelish r
dustrial conditions. pointed 20 the tauors as
the worst example in the world Of subservn.
slavery under impossible living conditions.
We'll, from a despised place at the bottom
you-have now suddenly forged 70 a place near
the very top Of the organ zcd industries Of
America. Only the carpenters and the minors
have more members in Their onions than you
have. The machinists, even. have less. The
strike call IN 1910 was call 20 rebellion. You,
with 5000 organized workers, did not expect
any general response. Yet the response over
whelmed you and overwhelmed the employers
as well They were unprenared That rebel
lion was an affair worked out without the
employment of single strikebrcaker for 40
'scabs,' so-called had been obtained for emer-
gepcy service.
when 1t was over l warned VOC then that
you had nothing 10 depend upon but the milf
fancy of your own organization; lhat if you ever
let your organization become weak that TACT
would be Immediately reflected in the weaken
ing Of the administration of the Protocol
Well, the big mass meetings Of 1910 taught
you how strong you were-what a great hest
Of you there were, how many there were to
sympathize with a common object. I think that
the realization Of your numbers made some
Of you little drunk with the sense of your
united strength, and YOU were inclined to
think yourselves so invinciblc that you wouldn't
need to organize your strength.
"You were wrong in feeling that way Your
present troubles come about largely because
the employers have forgotten the days Of 1910
They counted that conditions would be the
same as they had been before-aftcr little
time; that your union would be forgotten
But they made one big mistake they did
not count on the effect Of throwing into the
fed 4 big, compact employers association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

Ter in its protection and defes the champions
of nure food With copies of the decisions OF
the Department. The pendulum OF public opn-
ion with respect TO what we eat appears 70
have swung in the wrong direction. hope and
trust that this movement in New York City
NAV prove to be the beginning Of the swing
back.
NEW YORK THE LOGICAL LEADER.
New York is the ideal and logical place for
the commencement Of a movement OF this
nature-whether with regard 10 temperance
or pure food and drink While the city itself
is probably not as bad as Cincinnati or Peoria,
Ill-thc homes of cheap liquor-t is the city
to which the rest Of the country looks Up, the
big brother of the other municipalities. If
New York will do away with cheap, adulter-
ated liquor, if New York will inaugurate and
carry through campaign against alcohol, II
New York will educate its citizens so that they
realize the evil effects of whiskey and gin
the remainder of the country will take notice
and do likewise That to my mind, is the
greatest significance of the Goldwater idea.
THE idea of nationwide prohibition appears
to be gaining ground every day, not only IN
this country, but all over the world. Consider
the examples of Russia and France. Facing
national crisis, which menaced their existence,
what was the first step they took? They abol-
ished certain kinds of alcoholic liquors entirely
and cut down the sale Of all ntoxicants.
hope and trust that it will not take the terrible
lesson Of national conflict to bring home 70
the United States the fact that the total aboli-
ton of alcohol as a beverage would be the
best thing for the country. The people may
learn this lesson by other means than war
Through the medium of educstive campaigns
like that inaugurated by DR.. Godwater for
example. Experience is hard teacher at best
and it behooves us to do everything in our
power to make his lessons as easy as possible.
The abolition of alcohol from the United
States is, hope, inevitable II it be hast
ened by means of these campaigns of illustra-
ton so much the better
Il used to be opposed to any legislation on
the part Of the state national government
which tended to limit the right of people to
eat or drink what they wished. 1 considered
it question of personal privilege which did
not concern the state. My views Of this sub
ject have undergone radical change within
the last few years. l first recognized the fact
that the use ard sale of hsbit-forming drugs
should be curbed and regulated by the govern
ment acting for the good Of socicty-for the
officials of the government are the police force
of society, protecting the many against the
few. Then, too, came the question Of adulter-
ated foods. Should man be allowed to manu-
facture and sell foods which were not pure,
merely because of the right of each person to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

IITF Dr.. Sigismun. Goidwater should sue
% coed in banishing only adultcrated
alcoholic beverages from the City Of
New York he would eliminate at
lest seventy-fvo per cent Of all the whiskey,
beer and Gin now sold there, in addition to Civ
ing great impetus to the cause OF temperance
ard prohibition
This was the statement made TO me by DR..
Harvey w. Wiley, pure food expert and for
me- guardian q TIC national digestion IN dis
cussine the c upaien against alcohol recently
inaueurated by Or. Sigismund Goldwater,
Health Commissioner Of New York City.
DR.. Wilcy who has just returned from
visit 10 his native state Of Indiana, where he
has been ch2wpioning the cause Of pure food,
IS most enthusiastic ever DE-. Goldwater's plan.
What is mere. he believes that it will succeed
and that it NAV prove to be the opening wedge
for a nationwide campaign against Intoxicating
liquors, which will result in barring alcohol
from the entire United States.
"On the surface. DR.. Coldwater's idea of a
campaign against alcohol directed by the City
Health Commission appears to be revolution
ary," explained DR.. Wiley, but this is the age
Of revolutions. Established ideas which have
outlived their usefulness are being overturned
on all sides Of US, and I sincerely hope that
much good may come of these revolts. There
arc times when, being depressed, I think that
all my fights are losing ones-that I am
doomed 10 espouse the side which must be
defeated. But there always arises force
which shows nc that I am right, and l receive
announcement from some altogether uneX-
pected source.
DIR. GOLDWATER HAS THE POWER.
80 it is with my struggle for temperance,
pure food and drink. I have not the pleasure
of knowing DR.. Coldwater intimately. have
met him but once and that since his appoint
rnent as Commissioner. But I am certain that
he has the right idea and that, therefore, de-
spite the opinions Of cynics, who maintain that
the wrong usually triumphs over right in this
world he is sure to win in the long run. 1t
may, and probably will, take him a consider
able time to make any impression upon alco-
hol in New York City-but Dr. Goldwater
has at his command the weapons with which to
fight, and, from what know Of the man and
the excellent body of persons he has associ-
ated with him in this campaign, feel certain
that he will be able to point to some very
encouraging results before very long.
The Commissioner Of Health appears to
have hit upon the right solution of the prob
lem of dealing with alcohol The people must
be educated 10 TO an understanding Of the
harm which the intoxcant inhicts upon them;
they must be shown clearly the ravages of al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

jority OF the spirituous liquors which are now
Sold in that city.
Il do not think that it is too much TO say
that under existing laws, DR.. Goldwater could
prohibit the sale of at least seventy-hve per
cent Of all ntoxicants now dispensed in New
York City. Fully that percentage, in my opin-
ion, violates the statutes in their preparation
or mixture previous to sale, and if DR.. Gold
water would use only the weapons which this
law places in his hands he would make great
strides toward temperance in New York, and,
at the same time, would sensibly diminish both
the sale of Intoxicating beverages and their
injurious effects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
GALL ALCOHOL HARMFUL"

"All alcohol is harmful to the human system.
That is admitted by the medical profession,
and even the liquor interests wage their fight
for supremacy upon grounds other than that
their wares raise mankind to higher plane of
efficiency. But the cheaper grades Of alcoholic
beverages are more injurious than those of
greater price. In the first place, the cheaper
grades are usually the ones which COM
posed largely Of adulterants even more harm
full to the consumer than the alcohol itself;
second the cheap liquors are far more gener-
ally sold than are the expensive, and thirdly,
a man will drink great deal more whiskey or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
ard to the Pacific"

cohol upon the mass Of those who use it, and
they must be given definite proof Of the effect
upon the individual. This done, the path tow
ward temperance and prohibition is we'll
cleared. The American public needs only to
be educated in order to rid itself of the ma
ority of the evils which at present feed upon
the nation. To reason otherwise is to reason
that the people are not fit to govern them
selves.
This education can best be effected by the
system of lectures, expositions and exhibitions
which DR.. Goldwater intends to undertake.
The best siege gun to use against alcohol is
publicity The person who thoroughly under
stands the effects which liquor will have upon
his system is the person who can be most
easily persuaded to forswear its use. Show
a man what goes on inside of him when he
takes drink of whiskey, and if he is wise he
will never go near the bar again.
But even if Dr. Goldwater fails in his
efforts to bring home to the people of New
York City the evils of intemperance-in which
do not think he will fail-he has still an
other powerful weapon. l allude to the legis-
lation under the pure food and drugs act, with
relation to whiskey, gin, beer and other in
toxicants. By invoking this law and making
use of The power which it provides, it would
be possible to rid New York of the great ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

old Protocol. The workers do not want that,
of all things that may be the outcome of their
threatened strike.
THE Protocol, that was great bluff" said
one Of the three men most responsible for it.
The employers accepted it because it had no
time limit in which to run Mr.. Cohen, their
lawyer, believed j. was of little import because,
having no time limit Tor operation, the employ
ers could abrogate it at any time.
well the employers took that view; the
workers welcomed it because their lawyer con-
WINGED them that the employers could never 90
what Mr.. Cohen told them they could do
abrogate it. The workers lawyer told them
that the revolutionary spirit in which the in
strument was born-the great rebellion of the
workers-would hang over the employers as a
constant menace and make them afraid to act,
Both lawyers were fooled, the lawyer Of the
needleworkers because the rebellion of 1910
was, after time, actually forgotten, and the
lawyer for the employers because the menace
Of a big employers association proved ire
mendous stimulus to the workers to organize
and stay organized"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
Prohibition for New York Plausible to Dr. WILD

The Pure Food Fighter Regards This
City as the Logical Leader in the
Logical Fight TO SUccOr the Im@
temperate Of the Nation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

sAt Least IS Per Cent OF the Whiskeyo
Beeramd Gin NOwSOld Here Would
BE Eliminated iC the Adulterated
BEVERAGES Alone Were Banished."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
MEYER LONDON, THE IDOL OF THE
MASSES"

Meyer London, hailed as "the idol of the
Masses" was brought before the joint board Of
the cloakmakers' union to advise them on the
very day the abrogation Of the sacred Pro-
tocol set the cloakmakers' industry back, pre-
sumably, into its odtime chaos. He outlined
to them some Of the strategical advantages
they possessed for big conflict at this time
which were totally absent during the upheaval
of the industry five years ago.
an the hrst place" he said, "the cloak
making trades for half q century were pointed
to with despair by all social economists. Or
ganzers organized tho machinists the carpen-
tors, the railroad workers, the miners, but
when they .ackcd tho taiiots they fell down in
despair.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-21
.Daddy Long Legs" Tonight

Tonight at the opera house, there
appears one of the most important
engagements in the theatrical annals
for many years. In advising the Pen
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-21
AL. G. Fields Minstrels Tuesday

The appearance here of Al. G.
Fields Minstrels is an event each
year. This year the press throughout
the country has lauded Fields for
having the best show he has ever
given IN the past twenty-seven years.
Here's what the News-Leader of
Norfolk of September 22nd, has to
say:
The Field minstrels this season are
m every way bigger and better than
ever before Last nights large and
enthusiastic audience laug h e d,
screamed, whistled and stamped its
approval at every stage of the pro-
ceedings. Everything met with his
vociferous appreciation.
When the orchestra, picturesquely
costumed, appeared in the pit in front
of the footlights at overture time,
old-time minstrel fans were puzzled.
The place for the orchestra was on
the stage during the first part, they
argued and were soon appeased, for
the musicians only remained out In
front long enough to provide an en-
tirely new style of opening for the
show. Once the performance really
got under way the first part had the
time-honored appearance, and there
was intense satisfaction on all sides.
The musical numbers received a
good start at the hands of John Healy,
singing "Old Black Joe" in a manner
that arounsed gales of applause. He
was followed by a long list of clever
entertainers, who put over syncopated
melodies and the ballads so dear to
the hearts of all true minstrel fans
Walter Sherwood, John Worland, R
w. Church, Joe Coffman and Jack
Richards were among those who
scored heavily. Tickets at Central
Pharmacy Saturday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-21
LONG LOST COMET MAY
HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

Paris, Oct. 20.-Prof. Bigoudan, in
a communication TO the Academy of
sciences announces that calculations
made by Fabry and Blondel at Mar
settles, show that the new planet
whose discovery was announced by
Prof. Sofa, of the Barcelona observa-
tory is really "93 Ambrose" which
has been lost sight of thirty-six years.
Prof. Sofa of Barcelona, Spain,
announced that he had discovered on
September 10, new planet in the
constellation of Pisces. The planet,
he said, had rather rapid retrograde
movement. Various astronomers at
the time Of his announcement ex-
pressed the belief that the supposed
new planet was one Of the asteroids
or minor planets of which several
hundreds are known and many more
in existence.