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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
Union Leaders ScOrned PrOfered Bibes to
FOment Trouble
Marcus Day.)

The non-participation of organized
labor leaders in the conspiracies
against American munitions plants,
hatched by German and Austrian
agents and receiving the support of
many of the respectable element in
this country, gives the writer great
pleasure and vindicates an opinion
which he has always held concerning
these same "respectables."
The great organizations of capital
in this country are very loud in
preaching about their own virtues but
when real investigation is started it
invariably lays bare their own hypo-
cricy. This has always been the way
of the pharisees-to lay claim to a
monopoly of virtue and to attempt to
drown all criticism of dishonesty on
their own part by cry Of: ''Stop
thief!" thinking thereby to dominate
and delude the weak by bluff.
In every political campaign, in
every labor trouble, in a civic move
ment of any kind which is engineered
for the general advancement, the
sanctilied hypocrite is always on hand
to give those who contain infinitely
more virtue humorous lecture on the
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
SUPPRESSION OF LIBERTY
Marcus Day.)

All educational movements startred
by men connected with our great
privately monopolized industries have
for the main purpose an arbitrary
control of the labor supply in order
that more profit can be extracted out
Of the operation OF the industries.
II their purpose was a wholehearted
benefit Of the .laborer and his general
advancement why have they waited so
long and why have they always op-
posed verbally anything that would
really mean freedom in education and
thoro investigation OF causes of &c
onomic failures to bring about equit-
able distribution? Why do they fear
investigation?
Organized labor would be foolish
indeed if it made any possible sur
render of its rights to initiate action
in its own behalf to obtain justice and
it is the duty Of unionism to begin a
light on this attempt to paternalize in
dustries and bring about a recogni-
tion of propertied rights in the labor
er, which is the object of the mono
polistic employers.
In Colorado John d. Rockefeller
Jr., is now on the road toward per
lection of his paternalizing scheme to
become master of Colorado's re-
sources and there should be general
wakening to the fact that this pro-
paganda has for its purpose the sup
preston OF liberty and the degrade
ton of the laborer.
Labor must become universally
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23

A story worth repeating was told
at our convention by the private sec
retary of the mayor of St. Paul in
his welcoming address;
A Southern negro was displaying
his skill with a bull whip by cutting
heads off of flowers and tearing bits
of paper to pieces with the cracker
and enjoying the plaudits of the
throng of less skillful negroes when
one of the crowd noticed hornet
near its nest, and suggested that Ike
lest pop it in half with his whip. The
whip expert looked and said, You'll
pick out sumpin else, niger. amt
gone to monkey none with that Mr.,
Hornet, they're Organized.
Mr.. Nigger knew he would have to
deal with all the hornets if he injured
one and so the lone hornet was safe
When the employer knows that an
injury to one workman will stir up
the entire nest he may pick on other
things but let the workmen alone
Workmen will then be as safe a,
that one hornet. They may want te
strike him, but like Mr.. Niger, they'll
take one look and say hit something
else. boys, they're organized.-Jour-
nal OF Elec. Workers and Operators.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
NORTH AND SOUTH ROAD

line of his contemplated action, all of
which would certainly be interesting
reading for the people of the state,
and would in nowise depreciate il
value time by the Withholding at this
However, from casual remarks and
comments dropped by members of the
commission at times since their ap-
pointment it is a fair newspaper
bet" that the report will recommend
that the governor call a special ses-
sion of the legislature at all early
date to deal directly with this North
and South railroad and kindred sub
jects, so that it will be freed from all
other distracting matters, and will be
in a position to make quick and clean
work of the business before it. The
Globe does not put this conclusion
forward as an absolute fact, but after
putting two and two together, believes
that if its mathematical calculations
are not all .awry, that it figures out
four
Should the governor call special
session. it will be an excellent oppor-
tunity while the solons are together
to also deal with the north and south
highway, the initial work on which
will be commenced the first of the
i'new year with force Of fifty con-
victs, starting in at White Bird and
working south towards Higgins. The
completion of first class wagon roat
/ between the two railroad terminals
Grangeville and New Meadows, is
really the sensible first step to b.
taken toward the construction Of th'
railroad proper, as it will expedite
the transportation of the supplies anC
construction material which will have
] to be brought in.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
Cheap Labor Always Causes Disaster and
Takes Toll In Death

Low wages are in conflict with the
principles of industrialstatesmanship.
Craftsmanship has concern Tor fu-
ture growth and opportunity-it dis
tinguishes between the ephemeral and
the permanent, and takes into account
relauge values. some industrial prac-
tices may be cheap from the standpoint
of immediate money costs but extra
VACANT from the standpoint OF long
time costs and from the costs calculat-
ed in human producing ability and
national virility.
There has been no brce that has so
insistently demanded and sought to
establish ideals OF industrial states
manship as the trade union movement
and economic craftsmanship is the
foundation for all national well-being
and progress.
Repeatedly, trade unionists have
called attention to conditions that con-
stitute national menace. For many
years the Central Federated Union
of Greater New York and vic
Unity has urged upon the city council
that cheap labor does not necessarily
or usually mean low cost OF produc-
ton. The Central Ferederated Union
has urged as of vital concern the con-
servation of human life and the en-
ployment of efficient workmen and
employees competent to perform their
work in the best way Their frequent
warnings have been recently justified
with most appalling force.
Without warning, several, blocks Of
Broadway, underneath while the ex-
cavations in the new subway were in
progress, caved in. The subway was
being constructed in accord with
ideals of economy" The men who
were doing the excavation, the muck
ers" as they are called, were digging
and delving in the mud for $3.50 per
day. Another Economy device was
the absence of an engineer to oversee
the work of construction. When the
danger was imminent, there was no
one who knew and no one who could
give warning. Whatever was the
cause of the cave-in, the total alb
sence of precaution against such dis
aster or to insure the safe construc-
ton of the work upon which the safety
of the lives of so many passengers will
depend. was in harmony with the
policy of cheap labor. But cheap la
Dor is in accord with false notions Of
cost. 1t is that ideal of cheapness that
has no regard for permanence, fol-
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23

The United States Supreme Court
has held that a state has the right to
pass a law prohibiting the employ
ment of aliens on public works. The
decision was made in the case of the
New York anti-alien labor law under
which it was made compulsory to em-
ploy only citizens in the construction
of public works.
The case was appealed by New
York subway contractor, who was
found guilty in the New York state
courts Of violating this law. In up
holding the act, the New York State
Court Of Appeals said;
"The moneys of the state belong 10
the peoples of the state. They do
not belong to aliens. The state
through its legislators, has given no
tice to its agents in building. public
works it wishes its own money to be
paid to its own citizens. and if not
to them, at least to citizens of the
United States. Those who are not
citizens are not members Of the state
The power Of state to discriminate
between citizens and aliens in the dis
tribution Of its resources is sanctioned
alike by decisions of the courts and by
long practice. Neither aliens nor the
citizcns of other states are invested
by the constitution with any interest
10 the common property Of the peo-
Ilpie Of this state. The common prop
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23

active III politics in order to. prevent
the manning of official offices with
stool pigeons of the employing class,
as has been a part OF United States
history in the past, and at the same
time dig deeper into the monopolist's
line Of defenses by organizing for pub
lie ownership by the people, because
in the end nothing but ultimate public
ownership can ever free the laborer
from the danger Of economic serfdom.
The power OF extracting profit for
private use and power means newt
ably an abuse OF that power and the
producing and consuming hosts must
free industry from the direction Of
private exploiters.
The first and important question
will be the purchase of transportation
lines. at their real yaluation-not their
capitalized and wholly fictitious val
ues-and the application of an auto
matte taxation upon the unearned in
crement values that apply to fran
chises, rights of way and the increase
in the worth of land created by the
community.
After all is said concerning the dis
tribution of wealth it finally resolves
itself into the question of private mo-
nopoly-without the destruction of
the latter there can be no equitable
distribution and the disgusting and
futile attempts to mitigate the evils
viii fall down one by one until the tap
root of the evil has heavy ak laid on
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
tGrangeville Globe)

Hon. A. f. Parker, member of the
special commission appointed by Gov.
Alexander to investigate and report
on the feasibility of the construction
of the Missing Link" railroad be-
tween New Meadows and Grangeville,
with such data and recommendations
as the members in their judgment
might think wise and practicable, re-
turned the first of the week from
Spokane where he met with Senator
Jerome Day, the other northern meal-
Der of the commission Rev. Pad
dock, of Weiser, the third member Of
the commission was unavoidably de
tanned, and was not present at the
meeting But. it will be remembered
that Mr.. Paddock some weeks ago
presented a partial report to the gov
ernor, and the majority of the COM
mission were therefore thoroughly adj
vised as to his views on most of the
essential points, and in a position to
supplement and extend the former re-
port, and also to furnish comprehen-
sive statistics so vital to a practical
and workable report
Messrs Parker and Day admit that
they are fully agreed on the report
but absolutely refused to talk with
the newspaper reporters for publica-
ton on this important matter, simply
stating that their findings would be
in the hands of Gov. Alexander within
few days. and after having digested
the same he would be in position
to give the press of the state the re
port in full or such portions of it as he
thought advisable, together with hi:
own views OH the subject and an ort
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23

ethics of honesty.
From the rich and contented we
always hear something on the bless.
ings of poverty" from those who
never made sacrifice without scream
ing, we read voluminous persiAage
concerning the individual benefit of
sacrifice, from those who steal in
chunks we hear the vehement lecture
against the piking thief and so on
down the line of the human weak
nesses, always reserving the right to
participate in anything crooked them
selves and attempting to make them
selves believe that there is double
standard of virtue-one for the poor
and honest-the amended standard for
those who have succeeded in hitting
below the belt while the unsophisti-
Gated were asleep.
But the times are changing and the
perfection of communication between
all parts of society is making it pos
sible for the hypocrite in high places
to be exposed several days after his
sanctifed front has been paraded.
the age of hypocricy is fast dying
from the continued campaign of ex-
posture that is getting results with un-
erring accuracy.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23

,structive lines. It is to be hoped that
all efforts at great military prepara--
Ition in this country will be squelch-.
ed by Congress but the mnitions mani
ufacturers will bring much pressure
at Washington to prevent the loss
of market for guns and ammuni-
tion by attempting to pursuade Uncle
Sam to take up the burden where
Europe leaves it off.
This is about the extent of mu-
milton makers patriotism-it is con-
cerned only with that of private ac-
emulation Of money. IF he could
take profit by selling an enemy coun-
try betters guns than his own he
would readily do so because he has
no country that he recognizes as his
own if there has to be any sort of
personal sacrifice on his own part.
Most of them belong to the class
conscious multi-millionaires who ex-
pect to make of this nation a military
government in the interest Of the
propertied classes, with the masses
held in subsection by force thru the
perfection Of the caste system in the
army
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
BIG LABOR ORGANIZATION

The largest labor organization in
the history of England, representing
about 100000 men, was formed on
the 9th for offensive and defensive
action in matters respecting wages and
conditions of work. The alliance in
clndes the Miners Federation, the
National Union of Railwaymen. and
the National Transport Workers
Union. The c institution provides
that joint action can be taken only af-
ter the consent Of the three organiza-
lions concerned IS obtained,
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-23
IMPORTING PARIS GOWNS

The importation Of Paris gowns
during the current month is reported
to be the largest on record, and it is
further stated that they are mostly for
private persons and not for the trade.
In the domestic division Of war-order
profits il was logical to suppose that
a substantial part would be devoted to
ti.is use.
Evening journal., 1915-02-12
SUNDAY School CLASS
IN FIRST REUNION

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MlDDLETOWN, Del. Feb. 12.-The
members of the Can and VIII" class
of Forrest Presbyterian Church. Miss
Mary S. Rothwell. teacher, celebrated
their first anniversary on Tuesday
evening by giving a social to the mem
bers. The affair took place in the
lecture room OF the church and pleas
ant program was given. after which
a light supper was served. The mem
bers present, with their guests, we're:
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin East and son,
Kenneth, Mrs. S. Edward Lewis, Miss
Nellie Rothwoll. Miss Jennie Cal
lagher, Miss Blanche Deakyne. Miss
Matte Cleaver, Miss Mary Rothwell,
Miss May Clayton Miss Helen Cleav-
er, Miss Maude Deakyne, Miss Elma
Deakyne, Miss Lydia Eliason. Miss
Odel Gallagher. Miss Edith Eliason,
Miss Margaret pleasanton, Miss Clara
Gallagher. Miss Lydia Redgravc. Miss
Letitia Pool. Richard r. Cam. Jr..
Lemont Jones, Kendall Mcdowell
and John Pool
A box social will be held this eyen-
ing at the Levels School house
Paul Messicks auto collidod with
Clyde Shockleys auto on Tuesday
night nearly wrecking both machines,
but no one was badly hurt
Mrs. Milcha Lusby, widow of Henry
Lusby. of Cecilton. died at her home
of heart trouble. aged az years. She
leaves five hildren-James. Harry,
Nellie and Robert Lushy Of Cecilton,
and Parker Lusby. of Sassafras.
The revival services at Townsend
! NJ. r. Church began on Sunday even
/ ing and will continue for the next
/ two weeks
The Rev. Percy l.. Donaghay will
have the following preachers at his
I services during the Lenten season
J February %. the Rev. A. r. Clatten-
/ burg. vicar Of Christ Emmanuel
Church, Wilmington; March 3, the
7 Rev. J. E. Parks. ST. James Church
/ Newport March 10. the Rev S. d.
] Van Loan. st. Pauls Church. George
town; March n, the Rev. j. w
Areson. Church of the Ascension
! Claymont March "a, the Rev r. H. J.
] Andrews, Christ Church. Milford.
Evening journal., 1915-02-12

eve are this minute talking OF go
ing over to India. where you lived so
long" she told him after the first
greetings "And you are just the man
to tell us all about It,"
"Going to Indiar' calculated the bar
onet. MY word
YES" she proceeded I'VE are aft
er a Hindu and his idol"
At this point John laughingly came
to the rescue and briefly explained the
object OF their quest.
Sir Donald listened quietly. occasion
ally glancing at Ruth. whose beauty
was enhanced by pretty excitement.
At the conclusion of the tale he
nursed the end OF his stick awhile in
very apparent perplexity.
You know. my dear fellow" he
said. addressing John. that India IS
large country filled with millions Of
different races. Even granting that
this man is n Hindu and that your
surmise about the idol is correct.
don't see how you are going to accom-
plish anything
THAT is Just where you can help
u.s." said Ruth impulsively.
For the instant Sir Donald actually
blushed with embarrassment
Then he gathered himself together
and went into details of what they
must expect and the difficulties they
must encounter.
r-ots could opI- On al nrfh
said plaintively when he had got then
thoroughly discouraged. "You could
talk their horrid language and make
them behave"
by Jove." said the baronet, smiling
that's not a half bad ideal hav'
nothing to do. and might as well SCI
the chaps in India again as stay here.
'You know, SIr Donald was in tn
army there" Ruth explained TO Ever
EFT.
Brought up there" Faversham add
ed. Know India pretty well. I real
ly believe I'll go with you II you'll &C
! cept Of my company. What a lark!'
Neither John nor Everett received
this proposal with undue warmth. bu
Ruth found it delightful. and before
any Of them realized the seriousness
OF the conversation everything haI
been arranged.
\ Outside Faversham spoke to Dorr a
man TO man.
IT don't want to thrust myself 'oi
you in any way" he said briefly. a.
happen TO know India and to be sur
that l can he Of service to you. Il
fact. should think it n jolly triT
But n you think I took advantage o
the little lady's courtesy say So"
Entirely disarmed, John Dorr ha
TO confess that Sir Donald's offer r.
lieved him OF responsibility to
heavy for him.
The two parted the best Of friends
though John could not refrain from a
expression Of jealousy TO himself.
But he knew that Ruth's interest
were now doubly safeguarded an
tried to restrain his unruly heart.
AS the steamer sailed the next da
they had little time for their prepari
tiOns. but John made sure that tn
Hindu was on board before the las
line was cast off and the big lin,
backed into the stream and heade
slowly round for the channel to II
open sea.
Evening journal., 1915-02-12

Jean Darnell received Drake coolly
and listened to Wilkerson's explana
ton Of his new scheme without Z
word.
Her stormy eyes BODIED no good b.
some one. and Wilkerson feared she
would abandon him.
But there was the tenacity OF q
gress in her passions. and now she
could not give up her sweet revenge
nor forega the thought Of possessing
the wealth which had once been Tom
Gallons and which he had tried TO
conceal
She agreed to go, and they decided
30 leave by train that evening. thus
being I'm San Francisco in time to meet
the steamer and watch for DORIS next
movement
Two days later Everett again met
John and Ruth in the hotel in San
Francisco
Johns news was that the Hindu they
sought had undoubtedly been on the
Halcyon and that John had bought a
steerage passage for Bombay.
"You ought TO get the plans before
you get TO India" Everett said ear
nestly. You'll find yourself in strange
land. where It will be like looking
FOR a needle in n haystack to get hold
Of your man."
Dorr acknowledged this and outlined
his tentative plan of getting hold OF
the idol during the passage.
"After all. we don't want the idol
I shall try to persuade the man Of this
and get him to let me have the papers
concealed in it"
At this moment Sir Donald Faver
sham was announced.
The entrance Of the Englishman wh'
had made himself so attentive to Rutl
at the southern hotel awakened littl'
enthusiasm I'm either Dorr or Everett
but for Ruth's sake they played th'
civil part.
She. on the other hand. received Sil
Donald with every evidence OF lively
pleasure.
Evening journal., 1915-02-12
GRANDHOMME.BRIGGs.

A pretty home wedding was solemn
lied Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Grand
hOmme, OF Centreville. when their
daughter, Charlotte, became the bride
of Joseph A. Briggs, of Wilmingto.
The Rev. Father Launey officiated.
The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Clara Grandhomme, while
A. A. Grandhomme brother of the
bride was best man. The bride car
ried hand-embroidored handker-
chief which was carried by her grand
mother when a bride fifty-three years
ago. After the reception the bridal
party left for an extensive honey
moon through the Middle West re-
turning by Niagara Falls. After
May l they will reside at their home
AZ Prices Corner.
Mrs. Ernest Green played the we'd
ding march.