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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19

I courts of Colorado and to the supreme
court of the United States il. neces-
sary. Hundreds of miners have been
killed in the mines of Colorado during
the past twenty-five years, but not
one of their widows has ever collected
damages. We of the church don't want
pardon for Lawson, we don't want
charity, but we do want justice"
President Gompers said: THE great
crime for which John R. Lawson was
+ convicted was that he was not sneak
and taker of bribes. but because he
is as true to his fellow workingmen
as the north star is to the magnet.
This crime against Lawson is a blow
struck against our movement. We
demand not pardon for the man. but
his acquittal. In the shadow OF this
city hall. and almost within hearing of
the clock in Independence Hail. we
pledge ourselves to leave no honor
able efforts untried until the great
trade union movement shall have OBJ
tained justice for the smallest of our
people. and the Liberation of Lawson
from the dungeon which threatens his
life's freedom. President Gompers
denounced Judge Hillyer as partial
jurist and a former attorney and EN-
ploye of the Rockefeller corporation
in Colorado.
Secretary Morrison quoted letter
from L. M. Bowers, chairman exc
cutive board of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company to John d. Rookie
feller, jr.. in which the former ex-
planned how editors and business men
were rounded up to aid the opera
tors. This roundinP-up process"
said Secretary Morrison ';nay ex-
plain opposition to Pennsylvania child
labor legislation and the full crew
trainlaw, and it may explain the state
wide demand for more cossacks." The
sneaker referred to conditions among
Westmoreland miners and in the
Pennsylvania steel industry and in
sisted that the white light of public
ity was as necessary there as it was
in West Virginia and Michigan. and
which is now turned on Colorado
for the "rounding-up" process of those
who oppose the workers is contin-
ually striving to stife the voice of
protest, whether heard in Colorado or
elsewhere.
Secretary Green of the mine work
ers charge that THE very integrity
of the American courts is jeopardized
by the INSCRIPTIONS action Of big cor
porations in Colorado" He outlined
the fight at Ludlow, for which Law
son was convicted, and pointed out
that, though militiamen and Rookie
feller gunner shot down women and
children, not one has been convicted.
This meeting is the first of a series
of similar meetings that will be held
in various sections of the country by
the Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America and organized
labor.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19

-NS NSN AJLHy IDlJ
Mr.. 0. P. Hendershot
Secy' GEM STATE FAIR.
Boise, Idaho.
Dear Sir
l am IN receipt of your personal
letter OF August 18th convevino, tbe
pleasant news of the reorganization n
tne state Fair under the name of the
GEM STATE FAIR.
There has been nothing done IN on,
communitv in the past several months
that will stimulate the agricuI1,re
horticulture and animal industry OF
our State as this move will, and I Of
ter you my hearty congratulations and
wish you all success in the venture
and | am always ready to Cooperate
with you to the fullest extent of INV
ability. i''
trust, from year to year, the Gem
state Fair will grow and become an
incentive to all to raise the best and
exhibit the best thereof at the Fair
IN order that those outside of the
State may view the products of this
great storehouse of wealth, the State
of Idaho.
1t is very gratifying to know that
the University of Idaho, through its
Agricultural Department will co-oper-
crate in this Fair as will also the u.
;. Government through its Forestry
Department.
The Farm Markets Bureau. through
its Director, Mr.. w. G. Sholtz will
stand ready at all times to Cooperate
with you along the line it presents.
The Farm Market Bureau was
created for the express purpose of
aiding the farmer. and see no better
way than cooperation in your laud-
able undertaking.
The Cooperation of the Oregon
Short Line in giving reduced rates on
their lines for said occasion is highly
commendable and from my personal
acquaintance with General Manager
Calvin, of the o. S. L. and Mr.. Toel
Priest. the able General Agent of the
Line | an sure that any reasonable
favor asked for. will be granted.
Another step in the right direction
for success. will be the cooperation
of the Women of the State in getting
them to use Idaho Products first. and
American made secondly, and foreign
products last. if ever.
Please command me in an way that
may be of aid or assistance to the
Gem State Fair.
Yours Respectfully,
(Signed) NJ Alexander
Governor
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
Fa reweH to the Wires

New York--Nikola TasIa, electrical
expert and pioneer in the 6eid ~
wirt1ess telegraphv and telenbonv
predicts the end of communication ~
wirfs. He declares that the wireless
telephone is practical. and that only
few mechanical details need to be inn
pro ked to make it of general service.
" The day of the wireless telephone
and even the wireless photograph
traAsmitter is not for off, he said.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
Endorses the Gem Fair
STATE OF IDAHO.
GOVERNORS OFFICE
BOISE, IDAHO

August 18th, 1915.
Mr.. o. P. Hendershot.
SSecy' GEM STATE FAIR,
Boise, Idaho
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
PUBLIC OW NERSHIP
Facts and Figures Showing Lesseued Cost to
the Consumers

have been achieved In Seattle IHTa.h
TOT TOT ekample, private company was
Ghareing ~ cents per k. W. h. in 1901.
n m unicipal plant has reduced the
rates TO O cents, and even lower.
CAnHals Of the American Academy
OF P9htical and Social Science, p.76.)
rrEate companies charged Chicago
9io/' po per, arc light per year; the
city was able to supply similar SER
show rates charged for eiae.-;a;..s 80
per T. W. h., under the private and
puolic ownership in several cities:
DDTVyAnR
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
PREVAILING WAGE LAW VOID

St. Louis, Mo.-The law providing
for the prevailing wage rate on mu-
nicipal work has been declared in
valid by City Counselor Daues, and
the claim Of politicians that the act
us not worth the paper it is written
on has been verified.
Th= ordinance was passed by the
municipal assembly Common coun-
cil). Heads Of departments were
authorized to confer from time TO
time with trades union officials that
the prevailing rates would be con-
stantly maintained. Now it has been
declared vcid BY the city attorney on
the ground that before its passage
It was not submitted to the municipal
board OF estimates.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
CHURCHES PROTEST
Vigorous Resolutions Against the RaihOadng
Of Lawson to Prison

Whereas, The government and
courts OF southern Colorado have for
years been so dominated by the coal
companies as to create a suspicion
of their impartiality in administration
and their fairness to coal miners; and
Whereas, The whole course and
conduct of the trial of John R. Law
son have been such as to discredit
the verdict; and "a
Whereas, Mine guards in the em-
ploy of the coal companies and mem
bers of the state militia have commit
ed many acts of lawlessness and vio-
lence; therefore be it
Resolved, That we denounce the
coal companies of their fragrant
domination of the government and
courts in various parts of Colorado
and demand that the government it
self seek to gain public confidence
by fair and impartial administra-
tion of the laws;
Resolved That we demand the re-
r''oval from the bench of Judge
Cranky Hillyer and ask for John R.
lawson and all accused miners a fair
trial before an impartial court in
whom the people may have conf
dence.
Resolved, That we demand a thor
ough investigation of all cases of law
lesseness and violence in southern
Colorado and ask that mine guards
and militiamen, equally with miners
and their sympahtizers who have been
guilty OF crime, shall be called to ac-
count.
Philidae aelphia-The Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in America
joined with organized labor in a Law
son protest meeting in this city, last
Sunday evening, and passed the reso-
lutinos stated above.
The meeting was most significant
because of the churchman's uncom-
promising opposition to methods en-
ployed at the Lawson trial and other
Colorado. outrages. They stood
squarely with the trade union move
ment on these questions. and further
agreed with the organized workers
that coal company domination of gov
ernment and courts in various sec
tions of Colorado, and the operators
lawlessness must cease
The speakers inc;uded Rev. Samuel
Z. Batten and Clifford Pinchot. mem
bers of the committee on direction of
the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America; President Comp
ers and Secretary Frank Morrison, Of
the A. F. of l.. and General Secre-
tary William Green of the United
Mine Workers of America. President
Keenan,, of the Central Labor Union
acted as chairman, and Rev. Batten
presented the resolutions.
The position of the churches affli-
ated to the federal council was indi-
Gated by Rev. Batten, who declared:
I'VE will fight this case through the
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
PRIVATE


Average, 4 AZ cents
II Jus It appears that it costs on an
average 6-7 cents per kilowatt hour
more Tor electricity under private
ownership than it does under public.
ownership. In other words, it costs
more than twice as much |-Ths
Tailor.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-08-19
En- plOyment Discussed

Sab Francisco.-Two plans were
offer ed Thursday as solutions. of the
unemployment problem at the United
States department of labor's confer
enee at the Panama-Pacifc exposition,
after ded bv w. B. Wilson, secretary
of labor.
EH listment of unemployed for brief
periods in the army and navy was
urgen by Ethelbert Stewart, chief
statistician OF the department of labor,
as a plan which would relieve the
situation and make reserve for ma
tional defense.
A gigantic plan of road building was
urgeH by K. H. Norton of Los Angeles
county. Questioned as to where the
money would come from, Mr.. Norton
said interior roads are as necessary
and useful as the Panama canal, which
the nation financed.
Hf said the country needed at least
tour transcontinental highways, with
radiating roads, all of which would
furnish in times of stress enough
work for $50 years"
M iss Julia Lathrop, chief of the
child ren's bureau, department of labor.
said one of the needs of the country
was most effective state legislation
against INSCRIPTIONS employment
agencies.
New York, Pennsylvania and Him
ois, she said, were the only states
which had adequate laws.
/ he side of the employers was pre-
scented by Gator Wolford Of Atlanta
and A. Lincoln Filene of Boston.
FL ank ]. Clayton, who was reprN-
sent htive of Boise to the Grand
Modse convention in San Francisco.
and Adolph Koehler have returned
from their California trip. The pentle-
men visited the San Diego exposition
and report il is very attractive and
beautiful, unsurpassed in fact, for
the beauty OF the grounds, which have
nora attractions surprising all expec-
tahdns. The exposition is small COM
pare d to the big show at Frisco. but
no 9ne should miss it, who goes to
Cali fornia. At the San Francisco
fair, the Idaho exhibits, especially in
the horticultural and agricultural
Dull ling are very hne. The minia-
ture reproductions of Shoshone Falls
and Arrow Rock dam are true to life
and attract much attention. THE Idaho
builting has splendid rest rooms and
IS the general meeting place for Ida>
hoans. Among the foreign exhibits
those from Australia and Canada are
especially worthy of mention. The
gentlemen report having also visited
Salt Lake, Los Angeles, and Port
land and were pleased to learn that
business conditions in all the cities
wished are improvinq and sn;r;t of
optimism is abroad in the land
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
SEATTLE UNIONIST WINS IN
PRIMARIES

T. H. Bolton, president Of the Se-
atle Central Labor Council, was nom
mated in the primaries last Tuesday
for place in the city council. Boil
ton ran second in a field Of twenty
three candidates, receiving IO,52S
votes. Josiah Collins. society leader
and late state senator, ran first with
1900 votes. Bolton was an out-and-
out municipal ownership man and re-
ceived support Of municipal owner
ship advocates in addition to heavy
organized labor vote. Plans have
been laid for an energetic campaign
in his behalf by organized labor dur
ing the two weeks remaining before
the final election and the utmost con
fidence is expressed that Bolton will
win hands down. He is sixth vice
president. of the State Federation Of
Labor and business agent of the Sc
attic Bakers Union.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25

If Mr.. Rockefeller wishes to see
himself as some others see him, he
should contr hst his position with that
of Mother" Jones. This old lady has
devoted her life to the miners. Hav-
ing no mon ley, she could give only
service; and bot all the militia of West
Virginia or of Colorado could keep
her from giving that service. When
she enters courtroom she needs no
special guar ID to protect her. She
needs no gu ard at all For there is
not a man, r fch or poor, good or bad,
wise or fool sh, who would do ought
to harm her. Mr.. Rockefeller, on the
contrary, is the possessor of vast
wealth. He is kindly disposed, He
has given m UGH money toward what
he believes 10 be the good of society.
He has also given much service, And
yet he finds it necessary to keep spec
ial guards a bout his Office, about his
home, and ven in court where he
goes to testify, lest some man should
so far forget himself as to do him vio-
lence. Why this difference? 1t is not
that Mother |" Jones has a kinder heart
than Mr.. Rockefeller. Or that she
gives more tor the betterment of So
ciety than h { gives. 1t is due to the
different att 1tude of each toward So
ciety. Mr.. Rockefeller accepts pres
emit industrial and social conventions
as just. He Hoes not question the laws
that enable him to amass a great for
tune while compelling working men
and women to live upon a pittance.
Yet, seeing that this is a fact, he is
willing to te 1nper his power by giving
OF his fortune to supplement their
meagre earnings. Mother" Jones,
however, denies the righteousness of
these laws. She insists that the work
ers shall ha Fe what they earn. And
when the workers have their full earn
ings it will bot be necessary for men
OF great fortune to aid them with
charity. Til IS is why men have kindly
thoughts OF Mother Jones; and why
some men have bitter thoughts toward
Mr.. Rockefe Her. Is his fortune worth
the price? $ it worth being the son
of the richie st man in the world to
surrender tn privilege of going freely
up and down the land, unprotected and
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
A VISION OF LIBERTY

Liberty it is a word to conjure
with, not to vex the ear in empty
boastings. For liberty means JUS
tice, and Justice is the natural lay
the law of health and symmetry and
strength, of fraternity and co-opera-
tion.
We speak of Liberty as one thing,
and of virtue. wealth. knowledge, in
vention, national strength and ma
tional independence as other things.
But of all these, liberty is the source,
the mother of necessary condition.
She is to virtue what light is to
color; to wealth what sunshine is to
grain; to knowledge what eyes are
to sight. She is the genius of inven-
tion the Drawn of national strength.
the spirit of national independence.
Where Liberty rises, there virtue
grows, wealth increases, knowledge
expands, invention multiplies human
powers and in strength and spirit
the free nation rises among her
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
COURT DECISION A FARCE

A recent Tacoma court decision
snakes it, necessary for the one con-
victed to support his wife to the ex-
tent Of paying her SIS month or be
confined under the lazy husband act.
This may be proper in this particular
instance, but there are hundreds OF
men in Tacoma today who can no
more secure work enough to pay the
wife or family this amount per month
than they can fly to the moon. There
are very few men who care to go to
Jail, but if this sentence was made to
apply to all those men who do not
provide to this extent for their wives
and families the present jails would
not be large enough to hold all of
them. There can be one solution for
the problem, and that is-first provide
the work, then render judgment.
Without the work the courts sentence
is farce of the rankest sort.-Tacoma
Labor Advocate.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
For WOMEN ANp cH1LpREN

Wilmington-A public protest has
been registered by Wilmington citi-
.zens against the attempt of certain
lawmakers in the state legislature to
tamper with the laws governing work
ing women and children.
Members Of trade unions, clubs, or
CARNATIONS, social and civic bodies,
met and adopted resolutions denounc-
ing the amendment of the child and
woman labor laws, and, asking that the
child labor Jaw be repealed rather than
vitiated and corrupted by the proposed
political amendments which would
make the young workers of the state
the victim of greed.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
u. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
REPORTS ON A TUBERcU-
LOSIS TREATMENT.

In response to a resolution Of the
United. States. Senate. the. Public
Health Service, has investigated the
vonRuck treatment for tuberculosis,
The report of these Investigations has
just been made public as Senate Docu-
ment 64l. This follows close on the
report for the same service on the
Friedman treatment, and, as in the
latter, the verdict is that Won RuclS's
claims have not benn substantiated
On account Of the evident practical
difficulties in carrying out the studies
on human beings, the investigation was
largely confined to the attempt to con-
firm or disprove by animal experiment
tation the reliability and success of
Won Ruck's methods and practices in
the production Of immunity from tu-
berculosis. The studies were begun
in Asheville at DIR. Won Ruck's labora-
tory, but were later transferred to the
Hygienic Laboratory in Washington,
the reason given being that DR.. Won
Ruck would not concede the right of
the governments representatives to
conduct an independent and uncon-
trolled investigation in Asheville 1t
would seem from the report that the
Won Rucks did not have sufficient con-
fidence in the methods to be willing to
be investigated unless they had super
vision and control over the investiga-
ton, truly remarkable stand for a
scientist to take
One of the most striking portions of
the report is that which discusses the
attempts made in Won Ruck's 1abora-
tory by some one interested in the
outcome of the experiments to alter
the entries in the laboratory record
book in regard to the use of controls
in certain serum tests. Such an oc-
currence, as the report states, chad
the effect of removing the entire test
from consideration as a scientific pro-
ceeding," and causes The Journal OF
the American Medican Association to
indulge in speculation as to whether
the investigation was not desired for
reasons other than purely scientific
ones.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
QUIT YOU MEANNEss.

Putt the hammer in the locker;
Hide the sounding board likewise;
Anyone can be knocker;
Anyone can criticise.
Cultivate manner winning,
Though it hurts your face to smile
And seems awkward in beginning;
Be booster for a while.
Let the blacksmith do the pounding;
That's the way he draws his pay.
You don't get cent for bounding
Saint and sinner, night and day.
Just for solid satisfaction
Drop kind word in the slot,
And I'll warrant you'll get action
On you EFFORT on the spot.
Kindness every time beats kincking;
Mirth is better than a frown;
Do not waste your time in picking
Flaws with brothers who are down.
And it isn't SO distressing
If you give a little boost
To the man the fates are pressing
When the chicks come home to
roost.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25


neighbors as Saul amid his brethren
taller and fairer Where Liberty
sinks. there virtue fades, wealth Dir
minishes, knbwledge is forgotten, in
vention ceases, and empires once
mighty in arms and arts become a
helpless prey to freer barbariansl
Only III bfoken CLEANS and partial
light has tie sun Of Liberty yet
beamed AMONG men, but all progress
hath she called forth.
Shall We npt trust her?
In our time, as in times before
crept on the insidious forces that,
producing inequality. destroy Liberty.
On the horizon calls to us to again.
We mus foil pw her further; we must
trust her fully. Either we must wholly
accept her OF she will not stay
But if while there is yet time, we
turn Justice and obey her, if we trust
Liberty to follow her, the dangers
that now threaten must disappear, the
forces that now menace will turn to
agencies of elevation. Think of the
powers now wasted; of the infinite
field of knoyledge yet to be explor-
ed; of the possibilities Of which the
wondrous in mentions Of this century
give us but hint. With want des-
troyed; with greed changed to noble
passions; with fraternity that is born
of equality taking the place of jeal-
ously and fear that now array men
against each other; with mental power
loosed by cd nditions that give to the
humblest cd mfort and leasure; and
who shall measure the heights to
which our civilization may soar
Words fail the thought 1t is the
Golden Age Of which poets have sung
and high-ra1sed seers have told in
metaphor It is the glorious vision
which has a ways haunted man with
CLEANS of fltfu1 splendor 1t is what
he saw whose eyes at Patmos were
closed in a rance. It is the culmina-
ton of Chriatianity-the City of God
on earth. 1t is the reign of the Prince
of Peace!- Henry George.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25

II is not charity that the
people ask Of Mr. Rockefeller Ii is
not almsgiving that win obtain him a
place among real men, HE may give
away every cent Of the vast fortune
he controls, and yet be hated by the
race. 1t is not charity but justice,
that win give him the security en-
joyed BY Mother" Jones, and that
will secure to him a place like hers in
the hearts OF right thinking men and
women. Seldom does man have such
an opportunity for service The Pub
lie.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
Interurban Lines
IDAHO TRACTION COMPANY

Leave Boise for Eagle, Star Middle
ton and Caldwell: a. m, ZOO 500 $50,
HOO; p. m, LOO, 200, 500, 400, $50,
ZOO, 900, HOO.
Leave Boise for Meridian, Nampa
and Caldwell a. M, $50, z:30, 600,
1890, 1900 noon; p. M, 1:30, ESQ,
$3.50, 1880, 500, $50, 800, $50, 1900,
ITO Meridian and McDermott only
Boise to Duncan Station: Leave:
Boise, a. M, 1920 *7:Os; p. M, 1905,
sos. Cos.
Duncan Station to Boise: Leave
Duncan, a. m, Gas, 1870; p. M, 1890,
$50. 6:30
*Daily except Sunday.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-02-25
FAvoRs sINGLE TAx

1--WE honestly believe that the adj
option Of the constitutional amend
ment (singlt tax which has been en-
dorsed by the State Federation OF
Labor and the central Labor Council
(of Portland, Ore.) will cure about
ffteen-sixtheenths of the troubles of
the working people Portland Labor
Press.