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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
COURTS ON SIDE OF EN-
PLOYERS

The police would, however, be much
less effective if their control in a
given locality did not usually imply
also control of all or part OF the local
courts to give legal sanction to law
lessness, to protect those who are
criminally liable, and to exercise their
full rigor in the prosecution of the
strikers. Such controlled courts have
not only found it possible through the
use of blanket injunctions to make
illegal acts which would otherwise be
legal, but, resting upon their protec-
ton, the police, the deputies, the mi
litia and the private guards have in
many cases felt free to go to unbe-
lievable lengths in order to carry out
their plans.
The subserviency of the courts in
many parts of the country can not be
more clearly shown than by the fact
that they have time and again per-
mitted the militia, under color of So
called martial law" to usurp their
functions and to defy their associa-
tiates who resisted the encroachment
The situation is accumulated also by
the fact that the decisions of such
corrupt and subservient courts be-
come the basis upon which later hon
est record worshiping" judges form
their own oDiniopS
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
GOVERNMENTAL USURPA-
TON

When governmental institutions are
thus corrupted and used as instru-
ments of oppression men can only re-
sist with such power as they have,
not alone for the protection of them
selves and their families but for the
preservation of the fundamental
rights of themselves and their fellow
citizens. Resistance to the usurpers
of governmental power and to those
who pervert to base uses the official
power with which they are clothed
was made the keystone of the Amer
lean nation, and Abraham Lincoln,
on a most solemn occasion said:
IF by mere force of numbers ma
jority should deprive a minority of
any clearly written constitutional
right, it might, in a moral point Of
view, justify revolution - certainly
would if such right We're a vital
one"
The grave danger in the United
States is that on account Of the enor-
nous area and the sense of isolation
of each section as regards the others
the encroachment upon fundamental
rights and the subversion Of local gov
ernments will be permitted to gain
ground without the effective protest
of the entire nation un i |
the liberties of all citizens are hang
ing in the balance
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
WRONG CONCEPTION

The right to do business is in fact
permitted only so far as its exercise
is in the public interest, and it may
be restricted or prohibited through
the police power whenever it is dan
gerous or in any way deleterious to
the public This is the reason under
lying not only quarantine, but every
form of regulation and prohibition.
The plea of the workers for the as
sumption of a new attitude in relation
to strikebreakers is, however, based
not only upon the negative character
of the rights of the employer and
the strikebreaker, but upon positive
though somewhat undefinable demand
for recognition that strikers have a
right to the jobs which they have left
until their grievances are in some way
adjusted. The argument is not only
that when workers are willing to
strike and sacrifice their livelihood,
the conditions against which they pro-
test must be assumed to be socially
injurious, but even more, that the
worker who has struck in support of
his demand for better conditions has
not abandoned his job, but, in fact,
has a keener interest in it than when
quietly submitting to distasteful con-
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by enticing workers from other en-
ployers. Now, the development of
transportation, the establishment of
specialized agencies for supplying
strikebreakers, and the growth of
large corporations which can shift en-
ployees from one plant to another,
have given each employer a command
of the labor market of the entire
country. There are agencies in ev-
cry large city which will contract to
supply any kind of labor on short
notice. while almost any of the large
industrial corporations can either sup
ply the normal demand with one-half
or three-quarters of their plants, or
recruit from the surplus labor around
their various plants a skeleton or
ganization which can resume opera
lions in a short time.
The respective rights of employer,
striker, and strikebreaker are mat
tiers which can not be solved by any
method of cold reasoning, and should
not be solved except by the force of
public opinion acting either directly
or through the medium of their rep
In such matters we feel
that our action can extend no further
than the analysis of the issues, the
presentation of the pertinent facts,
and the expression of such general
opinions as we may have reached.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
NO EFFECTIVE REMEDY

There are certain features of the
State police system, however, which
seem to be preferable to the present
haphazard methods of policing strikes.
1t is desirable, first, that all kinds of
police should receive their entire com
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
STATE CONSTABULARY


6. The Commission devoted a
great deal of attention to the question
of a State constabulary as a method
of policing industry. Extensive in
vestigations of the organization, per-
sonnet, and activities of the Pennsyl-
vania State Constabulary were made
at length. The findings with regard
to this particular police organization
may be briefly stated: it is an eX-
tremely efficient force for crushing
strikes, but it is not successful in
preventing violence in connection with
strikes, in maintaining the legal and
civil rights of the parties to the dis
pute, nor in protecting the public
On the contrary violence seems to
increase rather than diminish when
the constabulary is brought into an
industrial dispute; the legal and civil
rights of the workers have on numer-
GUS occasions been violated by the
constabulary: and citizens not in any
way connected with the dispute and
innocent of any interference with the
constabulary, who have escaped pun
ishment for their acts Organized up
on strictly military basis, it appears
to assume in taking the field in con-
nection with a strike, that the strik-
ers are it's enemies and the enemies
of the State, and that campaign
should be waged against them as
such
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
STRIKES ARE NECESSARY TO
WAGE-WORKERS

At the very basis of the workers
contentious, however, lies the realiza-
ton that working conditions can be
improved only by strikes and that no
strike can be won if the employer
can operate his plant without diff
Guilty. This is becoming increasingly
true with every step in the Nations
industrial development During more
primitive periods, if workers struck
their places could not be filled except
through the existence of a surplus of
qualified labor in the community or
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-11-05
LEGAL POWERS FAVOR BOSS

The second misconception is con-
tanned in the idea that the right to
do business is an absolute right. Be
sides the fact that it has only been
insisted upon by the courts within
the past twenty years and has no ex-
press legislative or constitutional
sanction whatever, this right is sub
ject to the most severe limitation and
infringement even without due pro-
cess of law Not only can the legis-
lature limit the right to do business
in almost every conceivable way, but
health authorities are given power to
suspend it entirely if the public safety
demands, as in the case of either hu-
man or an animal epidemic. Further
more, the courts can not and will not
guarantee in any way the good will
which is supposed to be the property
aspect of the right to do business, nor
will they assess damages on account
of any alleged injury based upon the
probable expectancy" of the bust
ness
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Continued from Page ~

and of governmental officials gener-
ally is that the entire machinery of
the State should be put behind the
strikebreaker. This attitude is based
upon the theory that two important
rights are nvolved-first, "the right
of the strikebreaker to work." and
second, "the right of the employer to
do business" During earlier years,
the right of the strikebreaker was
stressed by the courts, but since the
decision of Vice Chancellor Stevenson
in 1902 Jersey City Pig. Co. v. Cas-
sidy, SO Att 230), in which the doc
trine was announced as recently rec
ognized," the right of the employer
to do business has been in favor ap-
parently because of its wider applica-
ton and the fact that being denom1-
mated a property right, injunctions
could regularly be issued for its pro-
lection. Regardless, however, Of their
orogin, both of these social rights
seem to have been based upon mis-
conceptions by the courts. The right
to work" guaranteed to the strike
breaker seems to be based upon the
conception that the strikebreaker is
normally a workingman, who seeks
work and desires to take the place of
the striker. The fact is, practically
without exception, either that the
strikebreaker is not genuine work
ingman but is a professional who
merely fills the place of the worker
and is unable or unwilling to do
steady work, or, if he is a bona fide
workingman, that he is ignorant OF
conditions or compelled to work I'M
der duress. The nonworking charac-
ter of the strikebreaker is shown by
the fact that very few are ever retain
ed as workers after the termination
of strike, while the attitude of genu-
inc workingmen toward strikebreak-
ing is shown by the significant fact
that in the bids of employment agen-
cies and detective agencies to fur
nish strikebreakers it is provided that
guards will be furnished with each
car "to prevent escape in transit"
and by the fact that when men are
candidly informed in the public en-
ployment offices of the existence of
strike, workers practically never ap-
ply for such positions even though
they be in dire want.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-30
NOTICE O BIDS

SEALED PROPOSALS, directed to the
Regents of Education, care of State College,
Brookings. South Dakota, and endorsed
Bid" will be received on or be-
fore the 10Th day OF october, 1915, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, for the erection and completion
OF a four story, brick, fireproof. Girls Dor
mitory and Pavilion for the State College al
Brookings. South Dakota. according TO plans
prepared by Joseph iva
Bids are solicited as follows:
/. For the building complete.
2. For the building proper. exclusive OF
heating, plumbing and wiring.
3. For the steam heating.
4. For the plumbing.
3. For the wiring.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a cert-
fed check in a sum equal 20 2c of the con-
tract price, in no case less than $4,000, made
payable to the Regents of Education or
South Dakota,
Plans are on file at the Builders Exchange
in ST. Paul and Minneapolis. MINI, a limited
number Of plans are on file at the state COL
Iege. and can be loaned for a period OF ten
days upon application to Mr.. r. A. Larson
Secretary. Brookings. South Dakota.
Contractors can arrange with the Architect
for the loan OF a set of plans upon making
a deposit of SIS. 90, said plans can be re-
turned on the day OF letting. when one-half
Of the deposit will be refunded.
The Regents of Education reserve the
right to reject any or al bids.
IT. w. Dwight, President,
l. d. Aldrich, Secretary,
Regents of Education.
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naturally buy in markets where the
rates of exchange are in her favor.
If the Dardanelles should be opened
in sixty days Europe's needs of $50
million bushels can be supplied with
out one bushel from the United States.
If the farmers generally hold their
wheat in the belief of a certain strong
advance later on, it will be mistaken
policy. The wisest course is there
fore either to hold the crop back for a
rise or rush it to market, In such guam
titles as to break prices. This means
steady marketing by the producer as
his convenience permits, so that he
will, at the end Of the season, have
received the average market price for
the season.
We have written the above to you
in possession of the facts. The figures
are from government reports. We
suggest that you advise your custom
ers accordingly, SO that they may not
be persuaded to either extreme, while
having due warning against the posi-
bility of loss later on If there is a gen.
eral disposition to hold back their
wheat now.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-30
MARKET EARLY?

A st. Paul Wholesale house is send.
ing out the following letter to its
merchant customers over the north
west. 1t will be of interest to farmers,
but they should use their own judg-
ment in following the advice contained
therein. The letter is as follows:
We should like to call your atten-
ton to a condition in the wheat mar
ket that we believe is not known to
your customers and which should have
their serious consideration.
Europe needs about $50 million bus
hels of wheat between now and the
next crop.
The United States will have a sur
plus of $50 million bushels of wheat to
sell.
Canada has a surplus crop of $50
million bushels.
The Argentina has a surplus crop
of 100 million bushels.
India and Australia have a surplus
crop Of SO million bushels.
Russia has at her ports on the Black
Sea awaiting the opening of the Oar.
danelles $50 million bushels.
Great Britain can buy OF Canada,
Argentina, India and Australia, all of
whom are her debtors, and pay for
her purchases with sterling exchange
at par. Sterling exchanges between
this country and Great Britain is at
a large discount and Great Britain will
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threshing, but the silo owners are
using it to good advantage.
Dry Goods Special. With every pur.
chase of 9 yards of 10c outing we will
give n yard free at the Bee Hive
Saturday.
Paul Hartman and daughter were
in Trenton over Sunday.
w. n. Atkins is able to be about
his farm a little now, but his hand is
not yet safe from the effects of blood
poisoning.
H. o. Simon, w. n. Atkins, G. F.
Telkamp and John Fabrick are among
those filling silos the first of the week.
E. B. Newton has sold his farm to
|. f. Lees of Bookings. He took a
house and lot in Brookings as part
payment, and expects to move there
before long.
Mrs. Emma l.. Lamb of Estelline. is
visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Glenn c. Bower and other friends in
Trenton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-30
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION TO AID
NIT + WILL TO
AND FOR TES-
TAMENTARY

State Of South Dakota,
County OF Bookings IS.
In County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate OF Carl Plag-
man. deceased.
Pursuant to an Order of this Court made
on the 10th day OF September, 1915,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 4th
day Of October, 1915, at two o'clock in the
afternoon at the office of the County Judge
at the Court House in the City of Brookings,
County of Brookings, South Dakota, has been
appointed by the Judge OF said Court as the
time and place for hearing the Petition OF
Carl w. Plagman and Fred Plagman for
issuance to them of Letters Testamentary In
the Estate Of Carl Pla gman, deceased and
for hearing the proof and allowance to pro-
bate of the last VIII and Testament OF said
deceased, when and where any person inter-
ested in said Estate may appear and con-
test said Will and show cause why said
Petition should not be granted.
Dated at Brookings, South Dakota, Septem-
Der 10th, 1915,
(Seal OF County Court) GEO. p. HALL,
Judge OF the County Court.
Cheever & Cheever. Attorneys.
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BUSHN ELL

Mr.. Ripley is moving over from
Aurora into Mrs. B. r. Billings resi-
dence. Mr.. Ripley runs the elevator.
MI. Quinlan had a very severe at
tack of appendicitis the fore part of
last week. He is better at this writ
ing.
Inez Heinrich was on the sick list
last week and unable to attend school.
Mrs. Earl Martin from Oldham, is
here visiting at the Sedan home.
Mae Hendricks attended conference
as a delegate at Worthwhile last week.
Thomas Eckman of Brookings, was
over on business one day last week.
Henry Schluter left Friday morn
ing for Mitchell to attend the corn
palace.
Dry Goods Special. With every pur-
chase of 9 yards of 10c outing we will
give one yard free at the Bee Hive
Saturday.
Mrs. Ralph Smith delightfully."- enter
tanned a few lady friends Saturday
afternoon in honor of Ruth Judd, who
soon will be a bride.
The Helping Hand Society was de-
lightfully entertained last Wednesday
by Mrs. Fricke. The time was spent
crocheting, visiting and admiring the
beautiful lawn and flowers. An ele-
CANT two course luncheon was served
consisting of sandwiches, salad,
pickles, olives, coffee, cake and ice
cream were served by the daughters,
Misses Martha and Hattie, assisted by
their friend, Miss Florence Kasa of
Iowa.
Mrs. Schaphorst and two sons, Will
and Ben of Brookings, were welcome
visitors at the Fricke home Sunday.
Gladys Pearson spent Saturday with
Jennie Poppingo.
Vera Giem spent Sunday at the
P%Oppingo home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kroh of Elan
dreau, and Mr.. and Mrs. Norzius OF
White, were pleasant callers in Bush
nell Saturday.
A parcel shower was given at the
home of Mrs. Ralph Smith Saturday
September 25th, in honor of Miss
Ruth Judd, a bride of the near future
About twenty young ladies being pres
ent. A very pleasant afternoon was
spent in music and social talk, after
which a delicious t~hree-course lunch
con was served by the Mesdames
Ralph Smith, Fred Hartley and H.. j
Hanlan. The bride-to-be was present
ed with many beautiful and useful
gifts, consisting of a number Of pieces
of aluminium and granite ware also
linen and table ware. A delightful
time was had by all.
Mrs. Armstrong left Saturday for
Chicago to meet her daughter, who
has been spending the summer in In
diana, at her grandparents, returning
home Monday.
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SCHOOL HOUSE FOR SALE

The undersigned will receive bids
for the sale of old school house situat-
ed on the N. w. "A of N. E. Il Section
10 Bookings Township. School house
to be removed by December IS, 1915.
All bids must be accompanied by a
check for Ten Dollars which will be
returned to bidder. Bids will be open
ed at school house on October 16, 1915,
at 2 o'clock. The board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
Ole Aslackson,
Treasurer Dist. No. 8.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State OF South Dakota,
County of Bookings IS.
In County Court.
In the Matter VI the Estate of Peter Bin
ford. deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN by the un-
dersigned Executor OF the Estate Of Peter
Binford, deceased to the creditors and all
persons having claims against said estate
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the first publication
of this Notice to said Executor at the office
of his attorneys. Cheever & Cheever, in the
City of Brookings, Brookings County, South
Dakota.
Dated at Bookings, South Dakota, this
25th day of September, 1915.
T. L. CHAPPELL,
Executor Of the Estate OF
Peter Binford, deceased.
Cheever & Cheever, Att'ys for Executor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-30
MEDARY

Farmers are very busy cutting corn.
B. II. Ringle began filling w. n.
Atkins new silo the first of the week.
Mrs. Holmes of Brookings, drove
out to her daughters school, near Mr..
Stearns' Monday morning.
Chas. Hawkins is filling his silo this
week.
Jas. Maher and daughter, Miss Julia,
were shopping in Brookings Monday,
Mrs. o. C. Atkins made a short call
in Trenton Thursday.
B. NJ. Pittinger and H. A. LeLonde
were motoring in these parts Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Carter were seen
driving towards Brookings Monday.
E. B. Newton was a Brookings caller
the first of the week.
One yard free with every purchase
of 9 yards of 10c outing at the Bee
Hive Saturday.
J. H. Moore has finished threshing
Mr.. Hill did the work.
Joe Hawkins was out Monday look
ing for corn to cut but he did no
hunt very hard or he would have beer
| satisfied.
Potatoes seem to be a good crol
| this fall but the price is worse thai
nothing, as there isn't any.
E. c. Nagel assisted Mr.. Atkins
with his silo filing the first OF tn
week.
Mike Gum called at Mr.. Harwood'
Saturday.
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NOTICE OF HEARING FOR PROBATE OF
WILL

THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA SENDS
GREETINGS:
To Andrew n. Docken, Bertha Plumb nee
Bertha Hopkins; Edwin n. Hopkins, Clara
Flanagan nee Clara Hopkins and Cyril
Hopkins, Heirs at Law and Devisees under
the last Will and Testament of 1ngeborg
Docken, deceased, and to all whom these
PRESENTS may come;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Andrew
". Docken has presented and filed in this
Court an instrument purporting to be the
last VIII and Testament of lngeborg Docken,
deceased, late of Estelline p. o., Hamlin
County and State OF South Dakota, and has
petitioned this Court that said VIII be
probated as the last VIII and Testament of
the said Ingeborg Docken, deceased and that
Letters Testamentary issue to him as Execu-
tor of the Estate OF said Ingeborg Docken, as
in said VIII provided; Now therefor
Notice is hereby given that Monday, the
4th day of October, A. D., 1915, at the hour
of Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of said
day being a regular term OF said Court, to-
wit: OF the October. 1915, term thereof, at
the office of the County Judge in the Court
House In Brookings. Brookings County and
| state of South Dakota has been set by the
Court as the time and place for a hearing on
said petition and proving and allowing the
said VIII and Issuing Letters Testamentary
In compliance with the terms OF said VIII
when and where any person Interested In
said Estate may appear and contest the saio
Will or show cause why the said petition
should not be granted and said Will pro-
hated as the last Will and Testament Of said
Ingeborg Docken, deceased.
Given at Bookings, S. D., September 9Th
by the Court:
GEO. p. HALL
Attest: Judge Of the County Court
John A. Lunden, Brookings Co.. s. d
| Clerk Of the County Court
M. 8. Liebenstein.
Estelline, g. d.
! Attorney for Petitioner.
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NORTH DAKOTA FARMS

$40 ACRES of land neal Mott, N. D.,
in the famous Cannon Ball valley. Sur
face Just gently undulating, black loan
TOP soil about 80 inches deep, with clay
subsoil. All tillable, no gumbo, 10
sand. stone, or gravel. $50 acres under
cultivation, is into crops this year-a
bumper crop. Have big frame granary
1896, single roof; shed from barn
14x32, and cook shanty 12x16. A good
well of soft water. A beautiful section
farm. Price $27.50 per acre, o%ne-fourth
cash. balance can be carried at go.
Address p. o. Box 1T B~rookings,
S. d.
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SINAI
Continued from Page Eight

REQ touring car and H. B. Nelson has
recently purchased a Ford.
Mrs. N. Bursvold has been laid up
for the past two weeks as a result of
a sprained ankle, but she is now i'm
proving.
John Slime and family autoed to
Oldham to attend the wedding of Mrs.
Carl Dyrdahl to Paul Hanson of that
city. The wedding took place at B.
Dyrdahl's, father of the bride. Mrs.
Slime and Mrs. C. Dyrdahl are sisters.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS

MONEY TO LOAN-I will loan
money on 8 or 5 years time at 6 per
cent on real estate security. No delay,
the money is ready as soon as papers
are made out . Write to me, describe
property offered as security. how much
money wanted and address Lock Box
113, Bruce, S. Oak.