Denver labor bulletin., 1915-10-16

invitation 1Or lHal CccdrloH anu suS
gested that the central body might COM
municate with him about the matter
later on.
The San Francisco union men voted
for the reelection of Mayor Rolph,
says labor exchange. and they
saved the city from Schmidt dis
grace. The union men first elected
Schmidt and it was up to them to
square themselves before the people OF
San Francisco by assisting in defeating
the man who disgraced organized labor
and himscli-and they did good job.
a subscriber writes to inquire it any
steps are being taken by Sheriff Jeff
Farr or the state authorities to appre-
hend the murderer OF Editor Robert
Mitchell OF Nalscuburg, put out of the
way because he wits dangerous 10 the
political crooks. Perhaps the subscriber
is newcomer to Colorado. else the
question would readily answer Itself by
replying none whatever
The City OF New York j. to contribute
at least 81 100000 to the war chest of
Great Britain this year. That is the
amount OF the income tax which VIII
liam Waldorf Astor the eNpatriate. will
be required to pay. Mr. Astor's income
consists mainly OF ground rents paid to
him by New Workers for the privilege
OF living and working on Manhattan Is
land.
John ID. Rockefeller. Jr., who eturned
to New York this week from his trip
70, Tnlar.,.ln Iapi.I ntTIfa .lt.I in
the Chicago Tribune that his father had
given him a s:i4 100000 interest in the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company. He
declined to say whether the elder Rookie
feller had given him any part of this
sum in the company's stock.
1t was Tolstoi who aptly said The
rich are willing TO do anything for the
poor except to get off their backs" This
sentence clearly defines the benevolent
paternalsm plan OF John ID. Rockefeller
handed his employees in Colorado. He
fails to grasp the fundamental distinc-
tion between helping the people and let
ting the people help themselves.
The eighth convention of the Union
Label Trades Department oi the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor will be held in
the Civic Center Auditorium blilding,
San Francisco, Cal, beginning at 10
o'clock Thursday morning. November 4,
1915. and will continue session from day
to day until the business OF the con
vention has been completed.
e
A. an evidence that The Bulletin is
considered live newsgatherer. seven
articles appearing in this weeks A. +.
Of l.. Weekly News Letter. issued from
Washington. are taken from preceding
issues OF this paper. In fact The Bulle-
tin covers thc labor field like the dew
drops fall ON IA meadow OF spring
morning.
tragic paragraph OF the European
war: Episcopal ministers in England
are making an appeal to patriotic
women" OF the nation to give their lives
to amcliorate the condition Of the
MANNED victims OF the war by marrying
them. The preachers have inaugurated
league for the marrying Of broken
heroes"
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sociological society in New York
City writes for a complete file of The
Bulletin from February q. 1913. to date.
Another evidence that the Colorado labor
movement is kept in . bright spot on the
map by live, up-to-thc-m minute labor
paper
Harmony is = great thing in lcgis-
lative bodies. Harmony Is a great thing
in labor bodies too But = little fric-
tion now and then is absolutely neces-
sary to let the public know that they
exist. After all a .umpus now AMI
then argues well for all concerned.
BREAQUING 1T GENTLY.
We begin the publication of "The