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Evening star., 1915-01-26
THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY g. 1918.

conditions, the witness agreed. Work
ers employed by an unjust and unkind
employer would be at great disad-
vantage.
An organization Of the employees Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
not affiliated with a national union.
would do what was necessary for their
welfare, he thought
Five Hours on Stand Yesterday.
Mr.. Rockefeller occupied tho witness
stand for i've hours yesterday. mucn
of his testimony having to do with the
policies Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company. In this company the witness
stated that his father had invested
$24, ,OO0, 900, and added that tho Sc
curities are now worth $19.OoO.O0o.
Regarding labor questions. the witness
said that he had no knowledge, but
declared that he was In favor OF labor
organizing.
Mr.. Rockefeller said he had heard
there was corruption in Colorado poll
Iron Company was supposed 70 nave
furnished the money for the corrup.
tion, but he disclaimed knowledge OF
any such incident
officer who furnished money to buy
liquor and corrupt voters? asked Mr..
Walsh.
II would not look upon such a thing
with favor" replied the witness.
He was not aware, he said. that the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company main
tanned saloons.
''If the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany spends $4,000 in erecting build
ing in one OF its camps. next door to
a schoolhouse. and rents 1t to q saloon
keeper for $125 month. would you
not say that the company was in the
saloon business. hiding under a thin
veneerf'
Mr. Rockefeller replied that It had
company had no right t. toll q man he
could or could not drink
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Liberty for Both Parties.

"6. Tho court intimates nothing in
consistent with the right of individuals
to join labor unions, nor is the legitimacy
OF such organizations questioned. SO long
a. they conform to the laws of the land,
as others are required to do. But the in
dividual has no inherent right to join the
union and still remain in the employ of
ono who is unwilling to employ union
man. any more than the same individual
has a right to Join the union without
the consent Of the organization.
Just as labor organizations have the
inherent and constitutional right to
deny membership to any man who will
not agree that during such member
ship he will not accept or retain en-
ployment in company with non-union
men. and just as union man has the
constitutional right to decline prof
fered employment unless the employer
viii agree not to employ any non-union
man. SO the employer has the consti-
tutional right to Insist that the en-
ploye shall refrain from affiliation with
the union during the term of the en-
ployment
There cannot be one rule of liberty
for the labor organization or its mem
hers and a different and more restric-
i've rule for employers.
I'D The employees liberty of max
tng contracts does not include a lib
-rty to procure employment from an
unwilling employer or without a fair
understanding. Nor may the employer
ne foreclosed by Legislation from ex-
srcising the same freedom of choice
that Is accorded to the employe.
Free to Decline Employment.
To ask a man to agree in advance
TO refrain from affiliation with the
union while retaining a certain position
Of employment Is not to ask him to
give up any part of his constitutional
freedom. He Is free to decline the en-
ployment on those terms. just as the
employer may decline to offer employ
nent on any other. for 1T takes two TO
make a bargain
And. having accepted employment
On those terms. the man is still free
TO join the union when the period of
employment expires. or, II employed
at will. then at any time upon simply
quitting the employment. And If bound
by bis own agreement to refrain from
Joining the union dusing a stated
period of employment, he Is In no diff
ferent situation from thet which is
necessarily incident to contracts In
general
For constitutional freedom of con-
tract does not mean that party Is to
be as free after making the contract
as before: he is not free to break it
without accountability. Freedom Of
rontract. IN the very nature of tho
hing. can be enjoyed only by being
Exercised. and each particular exer-
Else OF II involves making an engage
inent which. If fulfilled, prevents for
The time any inconsistent course Of
conduct"
Evening star., 1915-01-26

Mrs Emma McAfee Goodwin, dfty-
four years old. wife Of John q. Goodwin.
daughter Of the late w. w. McAfee of
Atlanta, Ga, died at her home on
Reisterstown road, near Baltimore.
Evening star., 1915-01-26


the board might take"
What would you do to q corpora
ton ofioer who admitted that he had
used money and influence in An cleo
ton" Chairman Walsh asked.
Il would do my utmost to have him
separated from the corporation" the
witness replied. II would not care to
be associated in business with such a
dishonest man."
Mr.. Rockefeller said that he was not
aware that for twenty-three years no
verdict had been found against the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company for
the injury to or death Of a workman.
Letter From Former Employe.
Commissioner Walsh read a letter
from W. ]. Dalton Of Cleveland, Ohio.
written to the commission. in which
Dalton said that while working for the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company he
had lost an eye and had injured his
knee and his leg in three accidents.
The company gave him sympathy, but
that was all, according to the letter.
Dalton wrote that he had written to
the witness and to John D. Rookie
fellsr. sr.. but that the only answer
he had received was q note from the
secretary Of Mr.. Rockefeller. ST., who
said that Mr.. Rockefeller was in Cleve-
ness"
The witness said that he had not re-
ceived any such letter SO far as he
knew.
sociological department could be de-
veloped in Colorado. His attention was
drawn to the recent testimony Of Hen
ry Ford Of Detroit, who testified that
department of his company kept him
advised as to labor conditions among
1T -
pointed out that Mr.. Ford was making
millions of dollars of profit every year,
but that the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company was not making returns to
its stockholders
Some of the officers Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, Mr.. Rockefel-
ler said, were trying to help the en-
ployes. He did not know whether they
were directing their efforts In the best
way.
corporation should select teachers for
the children of It's employes?' Chair
man Walsh asked.
'I do. II there we're no other way to
provide a teacher. In fact, in Isolated
communities 1 think it would be the
duty Of company to furnish school
teachers"
Use of "Black List" Discussed.
Mr.. Walsh asked Mr.. Rockefeller
whether he thought 1t legal and right
for corporations to use a "black list"
The witness said he believed cor
poration might have its own list of
"undesirables," but that he did not
believe the list should be sent to other
companies.
He testified that he favored collective
bargaining on the part of the en-
ployes. The position of the worker
would be much stronger under such
Evening star., 1915-01-26

The annual per capita fire waste in
the United States is s2.54, while in Eu-
rope it is only 33 cents.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Art Kimonos, ST

The famous makers OF serpentins
crepe are demonstrating the pos
sibilities of this artistic fabric
and thus these Art Kimonos In ori-
entail and Partisan styles. With
every latest fashion touch-note
the elastic waist band.
Third Floors Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Spring Skirts, ST

Halcyon Cloth looks like silk
and wears infinitely better than
cheap silk. Note skirts made OF
this material with striped borders.
Black and colors, in regular and
extra sizes.
Third Floors Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
SEEKS STRIKE DATA
OF MOTHER" JONES

Continued from First Paxe)
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Wool Sweaters, ST

OF soft. pure wool. comforting
and lasting. Made up both in
single and double breasted styles.
in white and colors. Sizes to IA
years.
Third Floor Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Wash Tubs.
Were 6gs: 35c

Galvanized Wash Tubs.
in all sizes; dented. but
do not leak. Values, sc
up. Now 35c.
Basement Store-4 Ele-
Nators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26

Bread Boxes. japanned.
white rolling top. Brown
Flour Cans. holding 25.
IS and 50 lbs: dented,
values, 7sc up. Now csc.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Right to Prevent Coercion.

- The court does not decide that
a state may not exert its police power
to prevent coercion on the part of en-
ployers toward employees, or vice versa,
but holds that a state cannot, by
designating as coercion conduct
which Is not such in truth, render
criminal any normal and essentially
innocent exercise of personal liberty.
for to permit this would deprive the
fourteenth amendment Of it's effective
force In this respect
"5. The fourteenth amendment pro-
hibits the states from striking down per-
sonal liberty or property rights. or ma
terially restricting their normal exercise.
excepting 80 far as may be incidentally
necessary for the accomplishment Of some
paramount object concerning the public
welfare. and the mere restriction of liberty
or Of property rights cannot of itself be
denominated public welfare and treated
as legitimate object Of the police power,
for such restriction is the very thing that
Is .prohihited by the amendment
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Girls Hats, ST

OF fur. velvet and felt. in black.
white and colors; with trimmings
of flowers, fur and ribbons. In
cIuded are Picture Hats and Bon
nets, worth more than $500.
Third Floors Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Bath Robes. ST

For girls of to IA years in Ell
derdown, Indian and Beacon
Blanket Robes that are as elabo-
rate as Adults 500 Bath Robes.
Third Floors Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Wide Interest In Decision Bear
lhq on "Coercion" of
Union Men.
HOLDS LAW OF KANSAS
INFRINGEMENT OF LIBERTY
Insists Employer and Employe Must
Have Equal Freedom in Max
ing Contract.

Wide interest was aroused in labor
circles today in the decision handed
down yesterday IN the Supreme Court
Of the United States which sustains the
constitutional right of employers to re-
quire employees to renounce union at
citations as a condition of employment
The decision. which was contained In
an opinion by Mr.. Justice Pitney. was
ooncurred IN by tho Chief Justice. Mr..
white, and by Associate Justices Nc
Kenna, Van Devanter. Lamar and NC
Reynolds. Dissent was expressed by
Associate Justices Hughes. Holmes and
Day. The latter declared he believes
laws which have been enacted in thir-
teen states and in Porto Rico fall by
the decision.
The case was that of T. B. Coppage.
a superintendent of the st. Louis ana
San Francisco railway at Scott, Ran.
who was convicted OF violating wnat
statute IN threatening A. r. Hedges. q
switchman. with discharge II he did
not sign an agreement to withdraw
from the switchmen's union.
Opinion Of the Court.
The opinion handed down by Mr.
Justice Pftney Is in synopsis as fol-
lows:
II. The Kansas statute declaring 1t
q misdemeanor punishable by fine or
Imprisonment for IN employer to re-
quire an employs to agree not to be-
come or remain q member of any labor
organization during the time or the
employment Is held repugnant 10 tnat
clause Of the fourteenth amendment
which forbids a state 10 deprive any
person of liberty without due process
Of law, so far as the statute applies TO
such q case as this. where the en-
ploye. a man of full age and under
standing, was merely requested 10
freely choose whether he would give
up his position of employment or would
agree to refrain from association with
the union while so employed. the case
being free from any element OF CO.
ercion or undue influence.
''2 The court follows it's previous de-
cision in the case of Adair VS.. United
states, 2eS U. s., 1e1, where. in an opin-
ion by the late Mr.. Justice Harlan. IT
was held to be the constitutional right
Of an employer to dispense with the
services of an employe because OF his
membership In a labor union. just as 1t
is the constitutional right of an en-
ploye to quit the service of an en-
ployer who employs non-union men.
"S The grounds upon which the de-
cision rests have been sustained not
only by this court in Adair VS.. United
States, 20S U. S.. ISL. but by the courts
of last resort of six states dncludfng
the Kansas court. in a previous de-
cision). In many states similar statutes
have been passed. but they have by
common consent been treated as un-
Evening star., 1915-01-26

Wash Il o l g r S; some
dented. but not to hurt.
All fitted with copper
bottoms and covers. All
sizes, values, $1.39 up.
Now 49c.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
House Dresses, 81

Note styles. the needlework, the
materials. One feature-the perfect
fitting yoke top skirts. The touches
of velvet and ribbon trimmings are
artistic.
All sizes from "a to 46.
Third Floor-6 Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
French CAPS. ST

Complimented with an Irish
name IT erary." OF val
enciennes lace and net, with trim
mings of flowers and ribbons:
typically Persian.
Third Floors Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26

A sharks teeth are movable at will
and become erect at the moment the
animal seizes its prey.
Evening star., 1915-01-26

Pure Silk B l o o m 9 r
Skirts: ankle and knee
ues to DA.OS
$500. .........
Evening star., 1915-01-26
Girls Dresses. ST

OF all-wool cloths. in plain col
ors and combinations; some In
Peter Thompson styles; braid and
button trimmed.
Also samples of Spring Style
Wash Dresses; sizes to IA years;
some worth more than $500.
Evening star., 1915-01-26
French Lingerie, ST

The chief of The New French
Room stammers an apology for OF
fering Lingerie at $1.00 and pegs
remind you that it is not $l.oo
lingerie. Choice of handmade and
eyouisitely hand embroidered
Chemises, Drawers and Corset
Covers.
Third Floors Elevators.
Evening star., 1915-01-26

The Palais Royal stock of
Winter Suits, Dresses and
Coats, bunched-and made four
monster lots-and almost given
away.
Third Floor-6 elevators,
Evening star., 1915-01-26

"Kayser" Italian SILK
Boot Hose; black 0E~
and new shades. SON
S1.25 value. 80.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village ToIJ
Briefly for Busy Readers

William +. Hawks went this morn
ing to New York.
John Carrigan and family passed
Monday in Dorset.
E. Estabrook is on a business trip
in Boston, Plainfeld and Quincy
Mass
Mother Agnes and Sister Eugenia
OF Rutland have been visiting at the
local convent.
There will be a band concert from
the piazza of the Cottage hotel to-
morrow evening.
P. j. Phelan of Rutland, was a
Memorial day guest at the home of
Mrs. Mary Healey.
Open cars have been put into com
mission on the Bennington and Hoos-
ich Falls trolley line.
serino Norton. who has been visit
ing his son, Guy Norton. has return
ed to New Haven, Conn.
Miss Jewel scarey has returned
from New York where she has, been
spending few days with her father.
Miss Mary Healey. who has been
passing few days at her home here.
returned this morning to Mount St
Joseph's in Rutland.
Miss Sarah McCue and her guest
Miss Helen Kohler, retured this
morning to Troy after visit at Miss
McCue's home here.
The most talked about mar. out.
side of tae F-csioent is Billy Sunday
who will he shown on the screen at
the Bennington opera house .vIight.
Plans for the strawberry eat, to be
held by the members of the Y. w. c.
next Sunday afternoon at Camp
Wayup, will be made this evening at
the sewing class.
Miss Martha A. Sibley, daughter of
c. H. Slbley Of School street and
George II. Shurtleff were married
Saturday afternoon, May %. at Wat
erbury. Conn, where they will re-
side.
George Fl. Warren of Rutland pas
sed the week end with his mother, I
Mrs. J. H. Warren Monday Mr.. War !
rem observed his 3Sd anniversary as
for the National Express
Co.
Miss Beebe would like TO meet the
and young people of the
Second Congregational church Sun
lay school tomorrow afternoon direct
ly after school in the schapel. They
are asked to meet for, q half hour to
go oyer the songs for the special /
service OF ~Children's Day
While Mr. and Mrs. Nv P. Barratt
and Mr.. and Mrs. G. p Endress we're
Monday by automobile
rom trip TO Massachusetts and
Connecticut cities. they had a start
ing experience. While rounding ia /
sharp turn on the Mohawk Trail they
came upon an overturned car
rom under which a woman was try
ng to drag am apparently
afb4Ket !
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
LOST TWO GAMES
Local High School Defeated satur-
day and Monday


The Bennington high school base
bail team was defeated Saturday af-
ternoon by the team from Proctor
high by a score of a to 6. The game
was one of the best played OF this
year but the local boys were unable
II connect with the ball at the critic
al moments The battery for Proctor
was Nichol, pitcher; Favery, catcher.
for Bennington, Parsons, pitcher and
Shaw, catcher.
Monday afternoon the team from
st. Bridgets Athletic Academy %
Rutland, defeated the local team ny
(. IL to score. Two errors and four
hits in the second inning netted 6
runs for the out of town team which
gave them lead which was main
tanned for the resi- of the game. The
battery for Rutland was German,
pitcher; La Francis, catcher for Ben
nington, Harris and Parsons, pitch
ers and Shaw, catcher.
A story with good ending,
LIES good love story with good
life insurance ending is the sweetest
story of them all National Life ms.
Co, of Vt. tMutual) Earle S.
Kinsley, General Agent, Mead Build
ing. Rutland Vt. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01

unconscious man. The victims of
the accident. II was after
ward learned. were Mr., and Alrs.
Theodore Smith of Athol. The man
injuries were SUPERFICIAL but the
woman sustained a badly wrenched
knee. The car was completely reek7
ed, The accident was caused by the
failure of the brake to hold the car
While coasting over the steep grade.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
A story with good ending,
Women Have to Smile

in a great many cases and try to
make those around them happy,
while they are racked with the pain
of organic trouble. Few men realize
how common such heroism is. The
remedy for this condition is Lydia r..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
simple remedy made from roots and
herbs. which for forty years has been
overcoming the most obstinate ills of
women. Every woman suffering from
female ills owes it to herself and
family to give it 4 fair trial.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
.4svxttifsiai .ssu.
How to
Dry Clean
Your White
Gloves

You can. do it yourself-quickly, easily
and cheaply. Save the tax on your pin
money In constantly buying new gloves or sending
sailed ones to the professional dry cleaner.
You can clean them just as we'll as he only
takes few minutes. Nothing diicn!t about
tao process
Place gloves IN fat dish containing solution Of
ra;nan Dry-Clraner aud gasoline. Brush gloves with
eif brlsh orwhis; broom. Rinse In clear gasoline.
Think Of the dollars and the time you can save by
this method. Gloves can be cleaned almost the last
minute before .ssesfiIg and made to look like new,
Pufnom Dry-Cfeancr can be used in al bundled
other safe, simple and sensible eleaningwsys
cIfa, dies goods silks, ribbons, necries, cnbfold
cry furs, etc. All can be cleaned Just as well 40 the
professional dors II at onc-eishih the cost.
Your Druggist carries Putnam Dry-Cfeaner-
sc and SOC bottles. II he can't supply YOU, write us
we " III scad bottle. postpaid, for Csc.
MONROE DRUG CO., QUINCY, Ill
Makers of Putnam Fddeiesl Dyes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
NORTH BENNINGTON

The June w. C. 7. q. meeting will
be held Wednesday afternoon at }
o'clock at the home of Mrs. a. S.
Payne. There will be papc- By
Mrs. II. B. Carter and Mrs. Electa
Murphy will tell few facts about
the work of the w X. c. Mrs. Wells
White will sing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
Every reasoning man

reaches conclusions about life insur-
ance sooner or later, and the best
reasoners buy it now. National Life
ms Co, of VT. (Mutual) Earle S.
Kinsley, General Agent, Mead
Building, Rutland, Vt. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-01
How's This /?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY G. CO.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known + ].
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE..
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
2ous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 20 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-20
THE HIGH SCHOOL, EXHIBIT.

in the mechanical arts have the o.
portunity under the existing arrange
ments, and there ny no longer the ex-
cuse that q WatertoWn boy or a Wa.
tertown girl cannot learn those things;
In the public schools which fit them
for earning a livelihood outside Of
the professions. SD 3ss. y
In so far as it goes, the Watertown
system includes vocational araining
and is doubly valuable for those who
wish to avail themselves Of the OBJ
portunities offered.
The school board, the teaching
force. the superintendent. the par
ents and the school pupils of Water
town are to be Congratulated upon
the success vita which these two de-
partments are meeting in the work of j
the public schools in Watertown.
The pleasure of the evening was
greatly enhanced by music furnished
by the high school orchestra
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-20

What wonderful stimulus would be afforded
all Watertown institutions if all the business and
professional men and all the citizens of Water
town and vicinity would buy all their needful sup
plies at home. "Buy 1T in WatertoWn' is a slo-
gan that, if favorably acted upon, would work
wondres right here at home.
Watertown business houses are entitled to
the support Of WatertoWn people and of the peo-
pie of the vicinity. WatertoWn business houses
are coming into competition daily with outside
institutions and they are demonstrating their
ability to meet competition.
Did you ever think Of it? Is there Water
town house that is dealing in the things that, per
chance, some of you may have been getting else
where2 If so, give that house an opportunity to
figure and in the figures just take into consider
alton the cost of delivery: what it costs you to
have your goods deiverd if you buy elsewhere.
This is no plea for sympathy. Sympathy
doesn't make the world move. The word-the
commercial world doesn't thrive on sympathy.
It is cold-blooded proposition, in way.
just remember that reciprocity is one Of the
things that makes the world move in a business
way as well as in a social way. Buy it in Water
town is a logan that any of us might proftably
adhere to. The Watertown house that means
business will tell you frankly what it can do and
will meet any reasonble competition-and of
course you don t expect it to meet any other kind
You would yourself do it.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-20

ones, a Spaniard, who confessed to
violating the Mann white slave law
by transporting a woman from Wa
tertown to Tracey, Mimi. for immor-
al purposes, was sentenced to year
and day at LeavenWorth. Peter
Lear OF Fort Pierre. who pleaded
guilty to introducing liquor on the
Cheyenne reservation, was given six
ty days in the Stanley county jail.
Ike 81 BIasingame and Edward HI
Stafford, who pleaded guilty to pur-
chasing cattle from Indians on the
Cheyenne reservation without first
securing the consent OF the indian
agent, was fined. Blasingame's fine
being S25 and Stafford's 800 and
costs Tom Midbee was sentenced
70 sixty days in the Roberts county
iail on mis- plea oI guilty to introduc-
Ing liquor on the sisseto- Wahpeton