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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-02

81 Tie electric industry, power sta
lions. obbers, contractors and manu-
facturers, with their vast army OF en-
ployees, are exerting every effort to
stamp out the cry OF hard times a
wall which is menace to business in
the United States.
These are extraordinary times. BY
studying business conditions through
out the country the Society sensed
the time was right to enroll every
merchant and every business man in
every town and city in the United
States in vast army of fighters for
Prosperity"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-02
THE FEDERATED TRADES
Frank J. Weber, Cor sec.-Bus. Mgr

OF course so long as the label re
mains on the goods made by the above
mentioned firms there should be no
discrimination whatsoever against
them but it will be we'll to keep this
matter in mind as the stocks in the
hands Of our merchants now will be
replenished from time to time and
these goods will no doubt show rp
without the label sooner or later. De
mand the label.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-02
Fraternally yours,
NJ. MOORBECK,

N1NNI Z WI T 5NII Z =
Executive board Glove Workers
Local No, 6, Milwaukee, Wis.
p S. Please send all donations to
Miss NJ Moorbeck, 343 End Ave-, Mil
waukee, Wis.
The above appeal to the unions of
Milwaukee by Glove Workers Local
No. 6 of the I. G. w. U. of A., is here
by approved Of
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-02

resource at its command.
1t has great subsidized press. paid
college professors, politicians and
numerous other hirelings advancing
this idea in cunningly disguised plati-
tudes that cover up the purpose to the
unsophisticated but not to the think
ing people
A compulsory arbitration law
should be passed now while the poll
ticians will not like to oppose any
measure advanced by organized labor
for fear Of the hostility of labor at the
polls.
If labor's friends in Congress will
submit this compulsory arbitration
measure at the present session it
would stand good chance of passage
and would also serve in the matter of
finding out just who were hostile to
organized labor's rights.
If the manufacturer had been will
ing to share some of the profits ac-
scruing from the protective tariff with
the laborer who created his pros
perity the latter would not now be in
different to the demand of the maun-
facturer for a return to a higher scale
OF duties. But as the manufacturer
demand for high tariff is unjust If is
much better for the country that the
manufacturers greed got the better
OF his judgment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

fresh provisions on board individual
ships Of the feet gives out there is
supply ship standing by with a ready
cargo of all kinds of fresh products
fresh eggs. meats, vegetables, etc.-to
replenish every ship that needs them.
SO well developed is the navy's sys-
tenn Of feet supply that on the memo
rable trip Of the Atlantic fleet Of six
teen battleships around the world in
1908 ample supplies Of fresh provisions
for all hands were always provided.
From this it will be seen that whatever
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FINALLY SERVED |
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piled with, and not one pound is &C
copied until these government experts
have assured themselves of entire com
pliance i'll every respect with the letter
of the specifications and contract.
The same elaborate system of speci-
ficatiOns and inspections which governs
the purchase and delivery of this one
item of the navy menu is just as as
SiduOuSly and scientifically applied to
every other individual component of
the ration. including butter, eggs and
SpudS Qrish potatoes down to canned
tomatoes. The religious degree Of adj
herence to the prescribed specifications
for each and every item purchased can
perhaps best be illustrated by reciting
that i'll one delivery of about 5000
dozen eggs, ordered under navy con
tract, SO per cent of them were reject
ed as not conforming strictly to the re-
quired standard for fresh eggs. The
specifications Cor the different items of
fresh and dry provisions are interpret
ed very literally, and cold storage eggs,
like oleomargarine. never find their
way to the enlisted mans table.
Nor does food inspection cease at
this point. for the naval instructions
require that upon delivery aboard ship
"a medical officer shall inspect as to
quality all fresh food purchased for the
general mess" and thus the wisdom of
the following excerpt from the naval
| instructions is apparent
"OrderS for the fresh provisions to
be taken on board preparatory to leav
ing port shall always call for delivery
sufficiently in advance of the time set
for sailing to make it entirely practical
bic to secure satisfactory provisions III
replacement i'll the event that the deliv-
cry made by any contractor should
prove on inspection to be not entirely
up to specifications in every respect"
And so it is that when the navy's
market basket is filled its contents are
such as would make the eye of a pure
food expert sparkle with pleasure.
The same degree Of care and system
which is bestowed III filling the larder
| applies equally in the preparation OF
the food for the sailors table. This
work is delegated TO a corps Of skilled
efficient cooks and bakers. whose cult
nary ability and versatility make
mealtime aboard ship such Il welcome
| occasion. And these men know their
art we'll, for they are given very
comprehensive course of study and
practical work in these branches of do
nestle science at the training station
at Newport or San Francisco before
they qualify for the rating of their vo-
cation on board ship, where, under the
direction of a commissioned officer of
the Pay Corps, they bake bread and
pies and concoct all manner of tempt
ing dishes which any good housewife
would be proud to acknowledge as her
own product, with the result that the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

promulgated by the Paymaster General
Of the navy, in which lie directed that
mo provision requiSition will hereafter
call for any food substitute.
Adequate and satisfactory subsistence
is the very foundation not only Of real
efficiency, but Of discipline itself There
is no class Of purchases for the naval
service that needs to be more constant
ly watched than provisions, our men
being no poison squad but American
citizens, for whom we stand in the re
lation Of trustee in 50 far as relates to
the question Of food"
1t is Of timely interest to mention
that not many weeks ago the mother
Of one Of the bluejackets wrote let
ter to the Navy Department in which
she complained that her boy was too
well fed on board ship, for when he
came home on n visit her table which
was always well maintained, did not
suit him any more.
1t is of common knowledge that
cleanliness is a cardinal virtue through
out the navy and this fact deeply i'm
presses itself on one after Il visit TO
the galley and bakery Of Dread
naught. ScrupulOusly clean and bright
are they always to be found.
The tiled floors Of the galley and
bakery are scrubbed many times each
day, the big brass coffee urns and broil
ing pots are cleaned inside and ont
daily. and all cooking utensils are Civ
Ell frequent daily baths in scalding
water. nor is this daily routine OF
cleanliness ever skimped. because OF
fetal inspections are frequent and at
unexpected times. so that there is every
incentive for those in charge Of these
places to maintain with unvarying ex-
actitude degree of cleanliness which
could not be in fact exceeded by the
mayor Of SDotlesstown himself.
"DOing the Dishes which is SO IN
inviting n task in the average home,
is no task at oil on board ship, for
down in the scullery there is the most
modern machinery for automatically
washing and drying all Of the mess
gear. and it does the job thoroughly
and quickly
And thus it is seen that Uncle Sam
administers wisely and with generous
hand this phase Of the sailors life. No
matter how well his home table was
maintained. the bluejacket is well con-
tent and satisfied with his three square
meals a day In the navy, and If you
ask him how he likes the navy cuisine
he will invariably answer Bully"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

tive manner as the family table at
home is administered, and every one is
sure of getting just as much of every
thing as he wants.
The daily bill of fare is by no means
stereotyped, for it varies every day
and is never the same this week as it
was the week before.
In contrast with the present day gen
eral mess aboard ship it is interesting
to look back and see how a hundred
years ago our sailors lived in this re-
spect. In those days the men did not
have tables upon which to eat, but
spread a mess cloth upon the deck
in their respective gun rooms and
squatted on the floor around the fes-
tive cloth. The ration then. as now,
was governed by law, which specified
exactly what articles and how much
of each would be issued to the men
daily, and the following extract from
the law approved March 81, 1894, is
herewith quoted to show how frugal
was the sailors menu in those days:
Sunday.-One pound OF bread, one and
one-half pounds of beef, half pint of rice.
Monday.-One pound of bread, one
pound Of pork, half pint Of peas or beans,
four ounces of cheese.
Tuesday.-One and one-half pounds of
beef one pound of potatoes or turnips and
pudding
Wednesday.-Two ounces of butter or in
lieu thereof six ounces of mOlasses, four
ounces Of cheese and half pint of rice.
Thursday.-One pound of pork, half pint
of peas or beans
F'riday.-One pound of salt fish, two
ounces Of butter or one gill of oil and
one pound of potatoes.
Saturday.-One pound of pork, half pint
Of peas or beans and four ounces of
cheese, and there shall be allowed one
half pint of distilled spirits per day or
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01
DREADNAUGHT THE MAM0WARs MAN
SAILORS


in lieu thereof one quart of beer per day
to each ration.
The last item is interesting in the
light Of present day regulations, which
strictly prohibit liquor in the navy for
drinking purposes. There were no ia
cilities for refrigeration aboard ships
provisions were a luxury. Icemak-
ing machines were then unheard Of,
and it would have taxed Aladdin's
magic lamp to the utmost to produce
a drink Of ice water on one of those
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

bluejacket misses ''home cooking" not
at all.
Let us visit one of the big gray
Dreadnaughts and see how the men
fare at mealtime, starting with the
morning meal at 'Seyen bells" Prompt
" on the minute all hands are piped
below, and in orderly procession they
eagerly take their allotted places in the
different gun rooms, which at mealtime
are converted into dining rooms. AS
we take our places with the men this
is what is set before us:
Breakfast-Fried bacon, scrambled eggs
oatmeal and milk. bread butter and cot
fee
Dinner.-Roast chicken with bread dress
ing mashed potatoes, stewed peas cram
berry sauce, mnce pie, bread, butter and
coffee
Supper.-Salmon with onions potato
salad with mayonnase dressing. corn fritz
tiers, bread, butter, coffee and cake.
The meals above described were ac-
tually served on board the United
States battleship Wyoming and repre-
sent in quality and variety the average
scarcely wish to partake of more
tempting or wholesome repasts.
The food is not served to the men in
individual portions, but each table, ac-
commodating from ten to fifteen men,
has its own supply in several big
dishes, which the men pass around and
help themselves from, in the same rela-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

ships after she had been out to sea
for a few days, whereas now every
battleship is sufficient unto itself in
that respect and turns out each day
tons of ice for refrigeration and drink
ing purposes.
In the navy of today fresh meats and
vegetables are issued every day, and,
no matter whether the ships are pa
trolling the coast of Mexico, at their
home ports or cruising in the Mediter-
ranean, full ration cf these articles is
always served, and when the stock of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01
THE NAVY MENU:
PREPARED AND
By w. r. RYAN.

u Il the Little Corporal had been
an admiral instead Of the worlds
most famous general he would
have probably applied the follow
ing fundamental truth to the soldiers
of the sea when he said that IAN army
travels on its belly" for. whether on
land or sea-. bodily fuel is indispensa-
BILE
If you have ever had the good for
tune to witness company OF Uncle
Sans sailors on parade you have I'M
douhtedly felt Il wave of admiration
and pride surge over you at the sight
Of so magnificent body of men, eX-
hibiting health and strength i'll every
line And you have perhaps pOndered
the causes that combine TO produce
such Stalwart specimens of manhood,
for in no nation in the world is there
4 finer. stronger, healthier body of men
than those who man the lighting ships
Of the United States navy.
one Of the most important factors
contributing to achieve this physical
perfection in the naval personnel IS the
food-the ration as the three meals
a day are termed 1t is upon the foun-
dation OF food hygiene that the other
health giving factors in our man-o-
wars mems daily routine find per-
feet base on which to build.
The ration compOnents are fixed by
law. which specifically states what ar
ticleS Of food and how much of each
shall be served to the enlisted person
mel daily. Thus the task is set to pro
cure the different items of food and
see that they are prepared in manner
calculated to make them most attrac-
tive and nutritious.
Marketing for the navy has been
evolved into most elaborate and sci
entitic system. and when it is consider
ed that the navy market basket must
provide for over $4,000 men every day
It is apparent that the task is no small
one. Like the wise. discriminating
housewife, the government demands
and gets always the best i'll quality and
purity in every article of food that Is
purchased for the men. Take, for eX
ample, from among the innumerable
items comprising the ration, the prin
cipal item, meat This one item is pur
chased in great quantities, from 500,
600 to 100000 pounds being not in
frequently purchased at one time. This
meat, including several kinds, such as
beef, pork, veal, fowl, ETC.. is pur
chased after advertising for bids which
must be based on carefully prepared
specifica tions that will admit of only
the best products the markets of the
world afford being accepted. WheI
the contract has been consummatet
and deliveries commence, expert In
spectors are detailed to see that the
smallest detail Of the specifications 4:
TO quality, purity, etc, is rigidly com
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CLASS AT NEWPORT TRAINING STATION BEING INSTRUCTED
CONCERNING DIFFERENT CUTS OF MEAT, ETC.

service conditions are the men are al
ways sure of getting as good fare as if
they were at their own home tables
There is no occasion to have recourse
to dehydrated products or food subSti-
tutes of any kind in lieu of the real
thing. The navy departments attitude
on the question of subsistence for the
enlisted personnel with regard to the
acceptance of food substitutes, such as
dehydrated potatoes, oleomargarine,
ETC., is best made clear by quoting an
excerpt from an intrabureau order
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

Y Il the Little Corporal had been
an admiral instead of the worlds
most famous general he would
$50 b.,,.o nrohoJ,lv nppIind tbn follow
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-16

respective counties Of the A. & NJ. col
lege and the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The whole sys-
TEN of agricultural extension work is
to be built up around the county
agents. They will hava charge of their
respective counties of all the various
activities of the A. & NJ. college and
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture for teaching practical agri-
culture, domestic science and home
economies to the people on their
farms and in their homes.
We have working at this time sc
county agents, Is women agents and
two negro agents working through the
negro agricultural school at Langston,
Oklahoma. There are 92 people on
our regular salary roll. Our total ex-
penses, including salaries and Incl
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-16

of work, is more economical and
makes possible much greater ef-
ficienoy. The last legislature re-
pealed the Farmers Institute law.
the County Demonstration Farm law
and appropriated sl6,256 TO meet
the terms of the Smith Lever approp>
ration. Hereafter all forms OF agri-
cultural extension work In Oklahoma
will be carried on through the exten-
sion division Of the A. & NJ. college.
The general plan is, as rapidly as
possible. to put county agent in each
county, working full time, and also
woman assistant In each county for
not less than nine or ten months per
year. who will have charge of all froms
of agricultural extension work for
women and girls. These two agents
will be the representatives In their
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-16

based on the rural population of the
several states. In the case of Okla
homa the additional appropriation Is
s16,256 for the fiscal year Of 1915
i6 and s29,SO2 for the year 1916
IL Thereafter the increase is Sl3,-
SAT greater each year than It was
the previous year until the seventh
year when the amount fixed si2l,-
0S1 each year.
In July 1914 the state board of
agriculture to better meet the CO.
operative requirements of the Smith
Lever law and to harmonize the ex-
tension work OF the A. 4 NJ. college
and the United States department Of
agriculture TO be also the director OF
the extension of'the a. & NJ. college.
The union Of these two forces under
one head eliminates the duplication
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-16
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dentals, for March was s9,1O1.4s. We
nope to have working before winter
not less than 20 county agents and az
women agents. We are trying our best
10 give the people of the state full
value for every dollar spent: our pur-
pose is to cut out the spectacular get
down on the ground and help the peo-
PIE 10 make Oklahoma one of the
I,chest ana most prosperous states in
the union. "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-16
Her Limitations

Wei, is your bride a good house.
keeper"
She hasn't had much experience
along those lines, l must admit. She
thinks anybody ought to be satisfied
with an ice cream soda for breakfast.
KANSAS CITY journal.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-16

F''''"''' -" '"''y "'"'u'' '"h '"'''y
is not necessarily an early opening
variety. A large bou NAV mature as
early as N small one but NAV not
jackson Bip Ron" ia splendid
variety but il is too late for tho north
border OF the cotton section
second Some varieties make much
larger Yields than others. There are
one or two Of the large boiled va
rIctics that are all right except that
the Yields of seed cotton per acre are
too low
Thifd- Large bolls are demanded
by Oklahoma cotton pickcrs. A va
/ rIcty with bolls so large that less than
co viii make "a pound Will usually be
too late i'm maturing, or a light yicldcr
I II the bolls run so small that it takes
/ more than so 10 make "a pound 1t
/ makes the picking cost too much
/ Several Of the highest yielding va
/ rioucs run about l25 bolls to the
/ pound. such as tho king" A variety
making 90 to so bolls To the pound is
best
The Kind To Plant.
only iWc-iock variety should be
/ considered.
The shape of the boll and the way
/ the boll sets ON the stock should be
| such that the locks viii not fan out
/ or Doe blown out by the wind, and yet
should hang together and come out
easily i'm picking.
The old Texas storm proof variety
( would stay In the boll all right but
I'm picking the locks would break and
"a s,cd or two stay In the boll making
% second attempt necessary TO clean
the boil The holls should turn ON
/ their stems and hang down.
The lint turnout should bc between
% and 40 per cent AS the per cent
of Uut is Increased much above 40
per cent the tendency is for il to
become shorter and Of less value. The
variety known as the "Hulf and HAIR
is q noted example Of this II is pos-
sjblc To rum the average limiting per
cent up To between 30 and 40 per
New Britain herald., 1915-06-18

eee ssss sss rss n maple SPAS Res price 'sa''' Sale Price '''.',.:. $13.75-
 
 sa,s s,snae r.es e.''e mirror Reg price 's''' $2395 e.e n ss ssss 235 ass pres so sss $148
 
 sss ssse rrss rsne plate mirror Reg '44s' $28.75 with French plate mirror, 0C GO drawers. Reg. price $500. Sale Price. VOs~o Quart. French plate mirror, . 70 drawers Reg. Reg price $1275. Sale Price pOs O with shaped French plate mirror and2 drawers Reg price q n GO $15oO. Sale Price ..-....... .............. ~OsOO Dresser, plank swell drawers and straight drawers large fancy shaped q - | co plate Reg. price Sale Price ID sVO Quart. plank full front small drawers and large landscape French e Il 0 co plate mirror Reg price s1s.5o Sale Price 0lZ.S6 bowel plate mirror full swell Reg. price $25.OO. 01E En
  colonial stylc large mirror. Reg. price $2s.7s. 017 IE 
 Nfahog, piece Suite, Adam design. piece with French plate mirror. Extra CAO 0A good value. Reg price s71s5. Sale Price p>fO sOT
New Britain herald., 1915-06-18
Chiffoniiers

Chfonier with square plate H 70 Reg price $11.75 Sale Price ......... WOs = American Quart Oak Chinonie plank shape ss,s ssse r,,ss p,sss mirror Reg price 'ls7S $7 .89 Chioner styles beve plate mirror Reg price $2S5O. h1n 1n 
 Maple Chonier. colonial beycl s.,s eass rrics n',s'' Reg price sssso $19.98
 Dressers
New Britain herald., 1915-06-18
Dining Room \ Tables

5-Et Square extension oak Tabe with leaves 0E 0O Reg ST75. ~~s-O eFt Square Extension Tabf with leaves and legs
 s.,s zss price r.,s. ''.'s $6.19 s leaves les and braces
 s.. sss p,'es pss. '''.'e. $7.75 Quart Oak Round Dining Table colonial les leaves
 42-n. top extends 1t. Reg. price sl15o. o7 QQ 
 Quart Dining Tab with fancy legs
 42-n. 6 fl. $13.75. 70 Quart Dining top. Reg prce .,'. .,'.71. r,,,. S13.49 Round Dining pedestal 4s-in. heavy plank top. Reg. price co Sale Fr1ce ..'........ V
New Britain herald., 1915-06-18

raas .s n:sn' a.s sssig ss se'p'a $489 Mahog. Finish Table pedestal Reg Mn SDn
 price $8.85 Sale Price ................... sQOsAO r'es s.ps sss Reg rnss pses sss e''rs s.,s oak rs ns'.r, Table Reg price 'soe $1O.39 h'hss Sale nPssss Prss Table Reg price 's'o $1O.39 Mafog. library Table with shaped q S1 n Q
 price $19.5O Sale Price Q sOO @ ss s Early English Library Table with book rack price $1S.5O Sale Price pOsZO English Table,
 and book | TO Assor Odd Corner Chairs and Rockers
 mention greatly reduced prices. s5sf#t
New Britain herald., 1915-06-18

A lot of Swing n 0 : be sold at this sale while they last for 0O> Bed Couch Ham,, spring s.. ssp nr'.es's. r,es Reg price '','s $5.3s mattress. Made of heavy Khaki cloth. Reg G 0< price $s.75 Sale Price ................... V0e0S Bed Couch in soft top mattress, National fabric spring ressin springs for solid comfort Reg price s12.5o. d o Ac
 
 Couch Ham,. very heavy Khaki cloth d Al Box springs Reg price $1e.5O. p sfS Heavy Ham. Stands at the deo n Very special Sale price e.........:..........Y YAs0> Bed Couch Hammock Awnings best grade made NA or Saie ffce ~ KsoA