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es in that locality.

es in that locality.s,;%.
I'm Bayonne it paid common labor
ers less, than thoseIpf two companies
whose plants adjotl Its refineries.
This is in direct contrad diction to the
claims Of the company In a statement
issued at 26 Broadway that it always
has paid the prevailing wage or bet
manager or the COMPANY that the in
terests of other companies in the
same locality areconsid in the
fixing of wages constitutes, in effect,
an admission that the company COM
bines with the pooksst and least gen.
erous employers toSfxs the wage rate.
Then men aremade to UNDER
stand" the report4continued, that
they must seek no.outside assistance
in their dealings With the manage
ment, and that any show Of tnde-
pendence or any hint Of compulsion
will be vigorously resented 49,,
'The company hss Instituted no ma
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may be fined $25 day for each
workman locked out. 4 - i<,.f
~'> Accept New Terms. 49, r.
BY an almost unanimous vote, the
conference of miners delegates iac-
cepted the new terms offered by the
government and pledged the men to
resume work Immediately. .s::@,
Before the conference, which was
attended by 343 delegates, represent-
ing 141,346 members Of the South
Wales Miners federation, Dispersed,
Lloyd George; Runciman and Hem
derson, addressed the delegates, ap-
pealing to- them to make up Tor lost
time. The ministers were given / 4
great reception BY the delegates. PR.
,ticularly Runciman, In whore impar... ar..
TALLY and desire u: s:tcl y see fair pia1
the miners ave directly and. indirAct.
xpresse the iat n comic
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1.-THE Standard OIL nompany of New
Jersey, although, conducting an enor-
mously profltabl enterprise, pays
wages too low to- maintain. q family on
a coftortable. healthy basis. y
1T fixes waEessHnot with relation
to the earnings OF the company, but
by taking into cpnstderation wages
paid by other companies In the same
locality, and then Axtng the wage as
low as or! lower han the prevailing
wage in. that. locanty. 4 From report
on Bayonne strikes industrial rela-
tions commission investigators.
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CARPENTERS UNION
MAKES B|c.sTR|DES
.S
- " ->Ss =.
Organized Thirty Four Years Ago
With Twelve Locals and
... 2o42 Memoirs.
Has: Increased Membership by
Over: zoo, 600 During Third
s,.. ! 4: 1 { : OF centul IL. !. ]

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 27.-Thirty-
four years, ago this month the Brothers
hood Of Carpenters and ,Joiners was
organized, the convention. consisting
Of Representatives. of Il local unions
with "a membership of 2,042. Today
the organization consists Of 1888 local
unions, 141 district councils and 1S
state and proVincial I, bodies, with. a
total sn1embsrshi = OF $50, 900 and owns
its own office building of three stories
and a basement, in which is located a
printing plant. :. W: 4: ...
In the current issue Of The Car
penter, official magazine of the broth
erhood, much space is devoted to the
early trials and the wonderful ad-
vances made by this organization.
In a resume entitled Looking Back
ward" General Secretary Frank Duff
fy writes:
THE average rate of wages per day
in 1881 was $500 and the average
workday, ten hours. The average rate
of wages per day now is $500 and the
average work-day, eight hours, with
the Saturday half holiday in all the
large cities under our jurisdiction.
The reduction Of the hours of labor
In this manner gave employment to
thousands of men who would have
been out of work if The old system OF
working from sunrise to sunset was
still in vogue. 80 80
From our Insurance departments
alone we paid out in the last 81 years
the sum of $4,o51,70s in death and
disability benefits, while our local
unions paid out $2,600,000 in sick
benefits: .& i@%''
Strikes and lockouts cost us over
$1,300.000 and organizing work a lit
tie over 5 100000. ..
ITO other labor organizations in dis
.tress we. donated .$356,6O7.26." This
shows what can be done w11e.. me1,
band themselves together for their
own good. -.4..., - i. .,... ..- +
we have done much good in our
time; we have relieved our members
Of the burdens that pressed heavily
upon them; we have established bet
ter working. :. conditions; we, have
fought for better homes to live in and
better shops to work in; we have. de-
manded & better education for our
children; we have visited the sick AND
buried the dead, u! and last, but not
least, we have taken care Of the VII
dows and orphans lef: behind. We
can say ours has been a great work, a
worthy work, a. noble .work-we are
proud Of our record. It will.compare
favorably with that Of any other or
ganization and surpass many. = t',o$ ..3 q
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ard Oil company Of New Jersey. al
though conducting an enormously
profitable enterprise, pays wages too
low to maintain family on a COM
a comfortable, healthy basis.
, The above is one Of the numerous
indictments Of Standard Oil methods
found in the report on the recent
strike at Bayonne, N. j., by investigat-
ors of the commission on federal
relations. !:
The report says:
''The company is the most import
ant Of the Standard Oil group, and
this group is the principal contribu-
tor to the wealth prestige and power
Of the largest estate in the country, ii
not in the world, that of John D.
Rockefeller. Sr., and his immediate
family.
Facts regarding the company's la
bor policies must, therefore, be re-
garded az of special significance, be-
cause Of the tremendous power WELD
ed by the group of men who control
this industry, and because of their an
nounced intention to enter the field OF
industrial relations with a view to
widening their influence and activity
and propaeating what they deem to
be the proper theories and principles
that should govern the relation be.
tween employer and employe."
The investigators say Standard OH
uses this method in setting wage
rates:
1T fixes wages not with relation to
the earnings Of the company, but by
taking into consideration wages paid
by other companies in the same local
ity, and then fixing the wages as low
as or lower than the prevailing wag.
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HUGE SHIPMENTS n /!
0F..ARMs:jpRl|IG||V|G
:-:..AhI[L|06I0|D. N II. ||||||| S.


ss4sHsAsaIIfseaE<s rhs trt,- IS.
mendous aextent toswhich American
manufacturers :: of war =. munitions
profited during the first IL months
OF the European war is shown by fig
ures obtained at the department of
commerce. 49, ':c:'"'
From August to June, inclusive, ex-
ports: Of cartridges, gunpowder and
other explosives, firearms and: brass
plates and shells reached a. value of
$s7,s02,27o. .s1ss'5-:*.. IS g. *>s.->
The, total value. of such shipmen
in the preceding fiscal year was $12,-
SS5, 5,5s4,~ showing the American manu-
facturer Of munitions increased his
business $55,o16,6s6, or more than
400 per cent. y.
Output Is Great.
In June the exports of arms, am
munition and she'll castings were
$4.000.000 larger than during the
entire fiscal year of 1913-14.
Classified under the headings used
by the department OF commerce in
keeping records of these exports, the
comparative figures for the full fis-
cal year of 1914 and II months of the
fiscal year Of 1915 are as follows:
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WILL ,INTERPRBr 1 AWARD.

Chicago, Aug 2 Representatives
Of the federal department Of labor
have arranged for the reassemb bling 81
the arbitration board which recently
made an award In the case Of west
ern railroads versus their firemen and
engineers. The board will / dust q
number Of questions the two parties
to arbitration could not agree upon
when they unde ertook to apply tho re
cent award on the various railroads.
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.|LL|TERATESARE
COMMON PREY IN u, S,
Aliens Return to Their Native
Land on Gall to Fight for
Their Country.
Government Report Skaters
Claim Of Those Who Oppose,
immigration Test. e.*
.I.1.5 ~"

WaehlnstOn, Aug. Z7.--The 1eQ-
eral bureau of naturalization, depart
ment Of labor, makes public much in
teresting information in report on
It's work Of making citizens out Of
the raw material Of the resident
foreigner"
The figures refute claims made by
opponents of immigration restriction
and a literary test, urged by the
American Federation OF Labor. These
opponents have pictured immigrants.
from certain sections of Europe as
imbued with the lofty purpose Of
coming to America to establish
home and assist in the work of de-
veloping freedom and democracy: for
all men.
Facts Dispose Theory.
These oratorical effusions are not
supported by the bureaus cold dec
laration that foreign illiterates main
tain their allegiance to European po.
tentates and that these illiterates ara
an easy prey to exploiters.
It Is stated that in 1910 there were
nearly 100000 foreigners in this
country, that of this number 9,00O,-
900 were not citizens, and that the
foreign body has been increased near
ly 100000 annually since that time.
The report shows that during the
past nine years upwards Of $4,000
oreigners have been refused citizen
ship papers. One half of these have
been declared to be either morally or
mentally UNIT.
Do Not Want to be Citizens.
The bureau makes this comment
on the large number Of non-citizens in
this country:
by far the larger portion Of the
foreign residents Of this country have
retained their allegiance to the SOW
ereignity of their birth. Recently,
| reports in the public press have
shown many of these are ready to
| respnd to the behest Of these SOW
erignties. It is well known that large
! numbers returned Immediately, up
on the call Of the country of their
! nativity, leaving the ties, personal,
family; Industrial, and others which
have grown up in this country, for
the stronger call Of allegiance to the
foreign sovereignty. This, was the
case prior to the great war Of Europe,
In the lesser wars among the Balkan
| states.c'' =. 80 ~.
The following statement by the
bureau is an unqualified Endorsement
Of the position taken by organized.
labor in It's advocacy of a literary test
for immigrants: ; H.. ! ~,
Among the approximately 14,00,-
900 foreign alien residents, 1,65O,361
are classed as illiterate. These INIT
/ crates are the natural prey Of the de-
! signing and scheming foreigners and
natives, as well, at every turn. They
compel them to pay str' butte, both In
cash and blood, for every service both
! real and imagined, and in the gratin-
cation OF their desires. however un-
scrupulous or unnatural ( =. 49, y i
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TWO CENTS.
Will Seek Eight Hour Day With.
out Recourse to Drastic
( /. % Measures. ....

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-when ;.
J. Keppler. vice pr, sident Of the In.s
ternational Association Of Machinists,
goes before the executive board of
the association here to urge general
strike of : n1achinists In all arms
plants which have not granted the
eight-houp day, he will find his poll
icy already vigorously repudiated by
w. H. Johnston, president of tha.aaaS
sociation, and by the board.
'The policy of the association Tor
years." declared Johnston this alters
noon, has been to work for g. shorter,
work day and better conditions ads
vocated by Keppler, but everything
possible will be done to avoid e. gene
eral strike." ~., issss
Before leaving for Washington.
Keppler declared that he was hurried
into his present demand for a general
strike by charges that German money
was behind the strike plans. From the
way things are going at the sessions
Of the executive board, It appears
that Keppler speaks for g.. minority
with which the board is ii dissS
agreement.
Opposes Big Strike.
The board has authorized john.
ston to disavow the general strike
project. According to President
Johnston, there may be strikes wheres
the conditions warrant, but he Is en1-
phatic in his pronouncement against
anything like general strike.
This statement by Vice president
Keppler," said Johnston, ''is unau..
thorized by the International asso.
citation. We have declared for
general campaign to bring about an
eight-hour day, but we do not ad-s
vocate a general strike, and shall do
everything in our power to avoid it.
Our general campaign for a short
er working day has been going on.
for some time, our efforts being di-s.
rected to particular localities and
special industries. For instance, for
three years we have been working IN
the printing machinery industry.
where we have met with marked sue.
cess. .. ,.,2 :. 5st,-s 5st IA, ID ..s $50
Conditions Are Good.
I ss4..At. the present time conditions are
except ptipnally good sin the machine
tool Hne.and In plants smanufactur
ing arms and munitions. We shan
therefore direct our united efforts
to these branches Of industry. which
particularly Justify improvements
N. p. Alias, president Of the divi-
sion Of machinists at the Washington
navy yard, appeared before the exec
utive board today and explained that
the workmen In the Watertown ara
senal were fighting against the so-
called Taylor system. Atlas was au.
thorized to 60 to Watertown and az
sure the men of the association's
support in their fight against this
unfair and obnoxious system of.co1n.
pensation.",. 81.
Executive. officers of all. the metal
trades unions affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor VIII
meet here Monday to discuss q gener.
al campaign for Improvement OF Ia
Dor conditions. and iwage increases
commensurate with the profits which
they say: are accruinsr to American
manufacturers throughs war orders
The meeting Of the metal trades de-
partment will follow the session OF
the executive board Of the, machins
lists. =. 4. :. i i : sE Z. IS.
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|SECY, WILSON, ASKS :.
LAND FOR WORKERS
Logical Solution Of Unemploy.
ment Is to Bring Land and
Man Together.

Secretary Of Labor William B. VIII
son made an address at the exposition
grounds that was we'll worth hearing.
The readers of San Francisco papers
didn't get much Of what Secretary
Wilson said, because most Of the space
was devoted to a description Of the
military parade and other activities
connected with the reception to the
Secretary; and the Chronicle found 1t
necessary to print an address by M.
Fl. de Young. Secretary Wilson must
have felt strangely out of place In O
military show. In his address he said:
The most important function, the
most important thing growing out OF
the creation of the new department 1s
that from now on labor has a. voice In
the councils of our nation.
Two new functions were added to
the activity of the Federal Govern
ment with the creation Of the new de-
partment. One of those functions was
to act as mediator in labor disputes,
to bring the employer and employee
together in such a manner that they
will mutually adjust their difficulties,
when they have difficulties.
It has been estimated by various
statisticians that the economic waste
or loss growing out of industrial con-
flict annually in our country amounts
to s100,000,000. That is water that
has passed over the dam and can
never again be utilized to turn the
wheels of industry.
If any plan can be devised by which
| that economic waste can be elimi
mated, then our country will be bene-
| fitted as a result.
! Secretary Wilson said that the log
ical solution of the industrial problem
will be the bringing together OF man
and land and the man and the job. II
we can find a way to bring man and
land together we need not worry about
the alleged problem of bringing to-
trgeth rsr,1a1- and jobsS Every pieee aoi
! land Is a Job. The land is human
ity's workshop. Here in California
| millions of acres of that workshop are
held out of use by spectators.
| S, Butler, Registrar of the land of.
! flee at Sacramento, representing Sec.
[ retary of the Interior Lane, said the
| department of the interior was eager
to lend it's aid to the department OF
labor, and that it was the opinion o1
| it's chief that the most logical assist.
ance would be given by bringing the
landless man and man1ess land to.
| gether.
Tax spectators out Of the way, ant
men will not have to worry about get.
| ting jobs. The landless men will oc.
cupy and use the manless land.
|
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BUILD PLANE PLANT.

BUFFALO, Aug: 27.-work has
been started assembling machinery in
a new factory in. Depew,* a Buffalo
suburb, where war aeroplanes are to
be made for the allies. Five aero
planes: q day Will be turned out,
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OMAHA GETS ORDERS.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 27.--shrapnel
shells for the European warning ma
tions are to be; made in the McKeen
motor shops, Omaha, beginning next
week, 4# Z"
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DANGERS m INDUSTRY.

ALTOONA, Pa, Aug. R7.-Seven
Pennsylvania railroad trackmen were
killed near Mount Union, IN the early
morning, last week, when g. passenger
train, rushingtat q high rate of speed
through q dense fog, crashed into
them. The engineer was seriously
injured. {, @fssEE - . @&!%
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FARMERS VOTE TO AFFILIATE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Aug. a.
The Farmers Society of Equity, Which
met in this city, voted to affiliate with
the Montana state federation of labor,
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DELAWARE MACHINISTS STRIKE.
WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. a.
About 800 machinists went on strike
last week for an eight-hour day and
an increase in wages. Recognition
of the union Is also demanded
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Totals .$12.ss5,5s4 - $s1,so2. go
Analysis of the governments .ex-
port figures month by month show
the shipments of munitions increased
In volume as the war progressed and
the demands Of the allies for NUM-
ttons became heavier.
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I No reform, moral or intellectual,
Ever came from the upper classes Of
tsociety. Each and all came frou tho
! protest of the martyr and the Victim.
+ The emancipation of the working class
must be achieved by the working
people themselves. p,
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Va 6Ee4t g or ganizat Ion, educataon a
broad and compr el,ensiye lines is n
potent weapon in the hands OF the
working people. It affords IN oppor.
& funity to penetrate with i clear vision
into the shans and sophistries which
beclOud the minds OF the masses. &
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-15
KEARNEY GOOD ROADS
FAIR Is BIG SUCCESS

KEARNEY. Neb., Dec. lI-(special.)-
Today there Is something over S2,SO0 in
the treasury OF the farmers and mer-
chants good roads fair committee here
after checking up of the funds, following
the fairs ending on Saturday evening.
or t.is amount 1900 came in in the
form OF private subscriptions. and tri-
fle over 5000 was raised by the sale
Of donated merchandise.
The amount on hand will be used TO
the best advantage in getting county
roads in shape for next year. According
to Chairman Patterson Of the committee.
who conceived the fair idea, the work OF
raising funds has just started. What
other means Of getting money will next
be Employed he does not state, but his
success so far indicates the Idea will be
a good one.
A committee of business men called
upon the merchants and got them to
donate all kinds Of merchandise. such as
shoes. clothes, drugs. hardware. and even
a live goat was among the things sold
at the fair Farmers gave chickens, egg
settings and farm produce.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-15
Transient Dealers
Are Driven Away by
Use of Old Laws

IOWA FALLS. Ia. Dec. H-CSpecial)
Every retail merchant In Iowa will be
Interested in the manner In which some
transient merchants were handled by the
home merchants under the new law that
entails a penalty for fraudulent or de-
ceptive advertising. When some Kansas
city men dropped into town with stock
OF goods in their trunks and opened up
for a three-day sale. with a flash Of ad-
vertising that promised a thriving bust
ness, tho local merchants held a council
Of war and decided to invoke the new
law that makes a merchant deliver the
goods he advertises. or come across with
fine. Warrants we're sworn out, coun-
sci was hired and chemical analysis OF
goods offered by the transients were
made. After a few hours OF lombard
nlenL. the men from Missouri decided to
capitulatc and the terms OF surrender
WA the forfeit OF three three days IL
cense, amounting to $40. the payment OF
all eosts Ia the case and 20 close up shop
ead get out Of town. They accordingly
moved on to greener fields, where the
belligerency OF the local merchants was
Of a less pronounced type
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-15
FaIrbary Ne,ys Notes.

FAIRBURY. Neb. Dec. h.--(Special.)-7
Charles Ransom, Rock Island con,
ductor. Is off duty this week on account
OF injuries sustained In the wreck near
Deshler. Neb.. Saturday evening.
The Fairbury Labor and Fraternai
Picnic association held meeting and
elected the following Officers: President,
Q. C. May first vice president. H. r.
Coffin; second vice president. Walter
Richardson; treasurer. ED Carr; secre-
tary. Homer c. Emery; trustees. Fred
Hirsch. Ray Ackley and b. z. Milhken.
James Smith. fireman on the Local
freight runs between Belleville and
Phillipsburg Kan. was taken III this
morning
Division Superintendent II. p. Allen hai
inaugurated prevent claim depart
ment at Fairbury and holds regular
meetings Not only Rock Island employees
but the public as wen. Is invited 70 at
tend these meetings.
The various organizations and societies
OF Fairhury have organised city Chart!
board Mrs, 2. r. Weiton Il president
Mrs. ID. Il. cropsey, secretary Mrs. T,
Hatfield, treasurer Zach church and or
ganization In Fairbury has an officer.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-15
VETERINARIAN INJURED
BY BUCKlNG MOTOR CAR

KBARNEY, Neb.. Dec iA-Cspoeial Tell
egram.)-J. ]. Waters. veterinarian.
suffered broken shoulder. his left arm
broken in two places and fingers crushed
today when standing in local garage
lie was thrown twenty feet against an
other car when an automobile being
driven into tho place became unmanage-
able. The injured man was standing
near, the manager. Of the place, who
escaped injury by jumping to one side.
According to the attending physicians
n no internal injuries develop, Waters
will recover.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-15
RICHARDSON ASSESSMENT
THlRTY-ElGHT MILLIONS

FALLS CITY. Neb.. Dec H-tspccial)
George smith. county assessor. states
that tho value OF the personal and real
property OF Richardson county is
{ss-0oOOoO. and this Is not the full value
of the property as always certain
amount Is never listed. OF Is not listed
az its actual value. The Increase IN
the assessed valuation from 1914 to 1915
Is si5e,Ooo. The real estate valuation ID
$gSooo.o0o.
Owing to the damage TO roads and
bridges by the heavy rains the past sea-
con an emergency tax OF 3 mills was
levied in August. Richardson il one OF
the wealthiest agricultural counties IN
Nebraska. and Stella Is the richest town
~ the county per capital.