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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
Keokuk. Iowa. Aug. 8. 1915.
Rand Park Water supply.

To the Editor OF The Daily Gate City:
May l call attention of the members
of the Civic League to the fact that
they think they have discovered some
thing in relation to the lack of water
accommodation in Rand park? The
state of affairs complained Of has been
a public scandal for years past. and 1t
has been intimated, but never with
substantial basis of proof, that what
ever benefit accrued was for the pur-
pose of enriching the retailers of Ice
cold pop, lemonade made In the shade
and other liquids of q cooling nature.
II Is known that In the past, water
has, for instance, been freely flowing
at the fountain, say on Friday. On
Saturday, when. parties Of cutters we're
camped in various sections of the
park, the fluid could not be obtained
at the usual place. So nickels and
dimes and two-bit pieces were passed
to the concession men. Is the prac-
tice being continued for their benefit?
THIRSTY ONE.
Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
publicity q BENEFIT.

PUBLICITY u 6eu0rN.
To the Editor of The Daily Gate City,;
One Of my misguided friends takes
that stand that to publicly point out
shortcomings of oficials is q bad
thing; that the public ofiicial at fault
should be guided to a remote corner
Of the city, beyond the sight and hear
ing OF the community, and there la
bored with. Whether my friend would
apply the paddle to the most sensitive
part OF the derelict officials anatomy
or softly speak with him as to the err
ror OF his ways was not disclosed la
the intimate conversation, anent the
suppression OF the names Of violators
of the trafic ordinances as relating
to the driving and lighting Of automo-
biles. I fear my friend is unduly
alarmed over the i'll effect Of publicity.
Pointing out defects or non-observ-
ance Of police rules, especially as re-
lates to the blotter at headquarters,
is, in my opinion, a mighty good thing.
Covering up the truth and a shielding
OF offenders, be they ever SO promi-
nent, does more damage than worlds
Of publicity.
OBSERVER.
Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
STARVING POLAND.

| STARVING POLAND.
| Any appeal to the belligerent governments OF
Europe cannot be fully and lnstantaneously
successful at this crisis of events, even when 1t
concerns the vital need Of Poland. Those OF
us who have watched Poland struggle on
through exhaustion and starvation and neglect
would like to see President Wilson's message
to Europe strike through the gloom like ray
of light, but after all these months OF hell IN 70
land we dare not hope for so much.
In the name of humanity-and he never
served the cause in truer sense-Presldent VIII
son has suggested an agreement whereby Po-
land can be fed and clothed The allies must
allow the supplies to be shipped through the
enemy's country the German government must
guarantee in turn that supplies intended for
Poland shall not be diverted to military pur-
poses It sounds simple enough. The difficulty
is that the warning nations need their sympathy
at home; where Poland is concerned their per-
spective is blurred.
Without posing as the custodian of all law
and humanity-a pose that would be most I'M
becoming at this moment-the United States
should be able to help Poland. If simple APP
peal for the life of an inoffensive and unoffend-
ing people cannot be heard, the hope that
America is to have part in ending the war is
absurd indeed.
Great Britain's consent to distribution of re
lief supplies by neutral commission, provided
that the central powers shall take no more ma
tive food from the suffering districts, seems to
be reassertion, in new terms, of a proviso that
halted relief work long ago. England consents
l"if',-
But there should be no off" The main
thing is to have Poland saved from death by
starvation. To attach provisos to neutral re-
lief work is a travesty on humanity.
| What's the matter with Kansasg Answer:
Money; stacks, loads of it. The immense wheat
crops, beginning with the boom Of two years
ago. are responsible for the bullying bank ac-
counts of the state IS farmers and consequent
prosperous business conditions in the cities.
Kansas state banks had $4,000O00 more de-
posts June 30, than March "a. $16,000,O0O
more than year ago and $45, 000, 900 more than
two years ago. Total bank deposits were $145,-
$50, 31O15, the largest ever recorded in Kansas
| Secretary of State Lansing, returning from
his vacation, finds no new business, but his old
customers are still with him.
Mexican raids continue, without much hope
that murder can be postponed until after the
peace negotiations.
Our note on the British blacklist would be
better if it were little more red, white and
blue.
/ Remember Only one hundred and forty four
days to Christmas Do your shopping early
4 Colonel Roosevelt is quiet just now that
the lull is keeping some people awake.
Abolishing grade crossings is effective life
insurance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Our note on the British blacklist would be
better if it were little more red, white and
blue
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Mexican raids continue, without much hope
that murder be postponed until after the
peace negotiations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Secretary of State Lansing, returning from
his vacation, finds no new business, but his old
customers are still with him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
They Are Regular keokuk Fellows,
Which u Saying Enough, Cap
tain Leeron Writes to
I. A. Hamlll.
TRAVELLED IN STYLE
PulImans and Kitchen Cara Carried
the Local Militia to Border
Men In Camp Now and
Doing Fine.

please say to any one inau,r,ne
about the boys that they are all well
6nd happy and regular Keokuk feI.
lows, which 10 enough"
It Is with this tribute to the men
in his command and the city from
which they come. that Capt. Frank
LeBr0n closes letter to l.. A. HamiJI
telling Of the trip Of the First infantry
regiment to Brownsville. Texas, where
they are now in camp. The letter
from Captain LeBron was written on
the troop train enroute to Brownsville
and was dated Near Cameron, Texas.
July 49," The letter follows:
my dear Mr.. Hamill:
"The last shall be first. We have
q complete train of standard Pullmans
kitchen cars and all the other com.
forts that go with first class travel.
All the boys are well and seem to be
enjoying what we expected to be
very hard trip. We stop at regular
intervals and while We cannot give un.
restricted liberty we form the battal.
ion and parade at points where the
length Of stop gives us time. We have
paraded at Moberly, Mo-, Jonesboro.
Ark, and Texarkana Texas and have
received ovations and gifts at St.
Louis, Campbell. Mo-, and Tyler. Tex.
as. We also stop the train daily at a
convenient place and all so in swim.
ming In q nearby lake or river. VIII
get to Brownsville some time Sunday.
The hot weather in Des Moines seems
to have acclimated the boys and it
seems no warmer here than there.
The general comment along the line
Ia that we look like We could stand
the game and are quite a different
looking bunch from>some OF the troops
that have come through before.
please say to anyone inquiring
about the boys that they are well,
happy and regular Keokuk fellows,
which is enough.
with kindest personal regards. I
am
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Colonel Roosevelt is so quiet just now thu
the lull is keeping some people awake.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Abolishing grade crossings is effective life
insurance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
Sincerely,

Since this letter was received, mes
sages announcing the arrival of the
local troops in camp have been re.
ceived. A postal card was received
by Mr.. Hamill from McCarten this
morning saying that the boys we're all
well and had settled down to camp
life
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

-sabscribs for The Gate clsy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1916.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
ASKS. DU[O.|'1||A ABOUT
COMMISSION Govt
Green Bay j.: Unions Want to
Know How Local Working
men Like It.

The labor organizations of Green
Bay, Wis, have asked the Federated
Trades and Labor Assembly of Du-
luth to give expression to it's opinion
of the commission form of govern
ment. In a letter read at the Trades
Assembly last Friday evening it was
stated:
Green Bay is one of the most
rapidly advancing cities in Wisconsin
and there is a general feeling that a
change of government will promote
the improvement and progress of the
city,
I'VE would value very highly an ex-
preston from you as to the practical
workings OF commission government
in your city. We would like to know
whether you consider it an improve
n-ent over the old system and would
greatly appreciate, it if you would out
line some Of the results which have
been accomplished under it together
with its advantages as your expert
ence has demonstrated"
Upon motion the communication
was referred to the editor of The
Labor World, who is also member of
the charter commission, with instruc-
tions to inform the Green Bay work
ingmen of the good features and dam
gerous tendencies of commission gov
eminent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
TRADES ASSEMBLY
HAS BUSY SESSION
Advises Merchants Against ADJ
vertising in Fake ''Union
Labor Directory.

The Federated Trades and Labor
assembly met in regular session last
Friday evening. There was an un-
usually large attendance of delegates.
Presiden: w. r. Murnian of the Elec-
trical Workers union presided.
Credentials of the following dele
gates were received and the delegates
installed:
Brewery Workers union, Frank Nc
Donald: Superior Trades and Labor
assembly, Hugo Swenson and Alex La
Rookie; Cigar Makers union. Henry
Pereault, Peter Schaeffer and John
Zimmerman.
The trustees reported they had
made IN audit Of the books of the
secretary-treasurer and they found
the balance in the treasury to be
$420.05. 1t was reported that all Du-
luth unions contributed generously
for the relief of the Danbury Hatters,
among which the cigarmakers gave
$780,; machinists, $21.50; electrical
workers, $500; state employees,
$4,000, and plumbers, $500.
A communication was received
from Frank Morrison, secretary OF
the American Federation of Labor,
which gave the labor record Of Sena-
tor Cummins Of Iowa, who is a can
didate Tor President Of the United
States. According to the letter Sena-
tor Cummins voted right on every
bill presented by union labor to Con-
gress He seems to enjoy an excep-
tionally fine reputation among the
men Of labor at the national capital
1t was reported at the meeting that
two young advertising men were at
tempting to publish union labor di-
rectory Of Duluth and Superior with
out the endorsement of the Federated
Trade and Labor Assembly. A mo-
ton prevailed requesting the daily
papers and The Labor World to notify
all business men that the alleged
union labor directory is not author
lied by Union labor, that it is a pr1-
vate financial scheme and that the
Federated Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, has nothing to do with It,
President Murnian announced the
reappointment of all standing COM
mittees. Changes were made only in
the organization committee, which
consists of the following: Henry Pc
reault, Henry Stevens, r. ]. Coo1e, E.
A. Richard and J, G. O'Neill.
Under good and welfare, w. E.
McEWen, editor of The Labor World.
was invited to address the meeting on
the status Of the referendum petitions
against the passage of the city ordi-
nance providing for the sale of the
armOry.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
PRES. HALL REVIVES
OLD CLERKS UNION

Duluth Retail Clerks union No. 3
one of the, oldest Of it's kind in the
United States has been revived. A
we'll attended meeting was held
Thursday evening at Browns Hall, 10
East Superior street The meeting
was called by President Hail for the
purpose of discussing the beneficial
features of the retail clerks associa-
tion. Mr.: Hall gave a very interest
ing address in which he explained
why every clerk should carry union
card.
After Mr., Halls address, 10 appli-
cations for membership were signed
and a committee was appointed to
canvass the city for the purpose Of
inducing every retail clerk to join the
union. Several meeting of the union
will be held during the Labor For
ward Movement campaign and the
union will be represented on the gen.
eral committee. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
SOUTHERN CONGRESSMAN JUSTIFIES CHILD
LABOR; KEEPS IDLE HANDS OUT OF MISCHIEF"

have schools. churches and libraries;
all liquor, gambling and all vice be-
ing strictly and effectively prohibited.
We teach the children of Georgia to
work because an idle brain is the
devils WORKSHOP, an idle hand the
devils best instrument. We teach
them to work not always because their
work is pecuniarily profitable or
necessary for support of them or their
family, but to educate them in in
dustry and economy"
One congressman mentioned the
Beveridge child and woman labor in
vestigation report which combined ac-
counts so shocking Of conditions in the
cotton mill districts that senators
from southern states claimed it was
unfit to point or be circulated through
the mails.
LenrOOt in Discussion.
Congressman Lenroot, Wisconsin.
effectively disposed of the constitu-
tutional argument against child labor
legislation. He said: 1.-The house will
remember that last year this house
passed cotton warehouse bill, a bill
that was clearly unconstitutional on
the face of it, and not one lawyer. on
either side of this house dared to get
up and argue it's constitutionality.
Every one of those gentlemen who
have argued this morning that this
bill is unconstitutional, with one ex-
ception-and he was not then a men,
ber-voted for that bill on the ground
that we had the right to pass that
bill under the public welfare clause of
the constitution. The gentleman from
Virginia (Mr. Watson) who signed
this minority report (against the
child 1amor law, was one who voted
for that bill. The DISTINGUISHED
chairman of the committee on the
judiciary (Mr. Webb) voted for it, and
the others have mentioned, and it
was not then pretended that the
power which was exercised in that
Dill was exercised under the authority
of the interstate commerce clause or
any other clause of the constitution,
(Applause.)
How They Have Changed.
Nearly all of these gentlemen who
are now so vehement in insisting uDon
strict construction of the constotu-
ton did not exhibit any such attitude
at that time. The gentleman from
South Carolina (Mr. Lever), who had
charge of the cotton warehouse hill
said: The truth is, that when there
is great general good to be. accom-
pllshed by legislation am not so
squeamish about the constitution. 7
believe that when a thing is to be
done, when an object is to be &C.
complished, it should be reached in
the quickest and most direct way"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
PIONEER SUPERIOR
WOMAN is SUMMONED

Mrs Charlotte M. Coburn, Supe-
rior, Wis, resident since 1856 and
widely known in both Duluth and Su-
perior, is dead at the family home,
TAT West Seventh street, after a short
illness. She was "a years old.
Sixty years ago, when Mrs. Coburn
first came to the Wisconsin city, it was
little more than a settlement, and she
has watched the growth of a Metro
polls on either side of the bay. She
was the widow of the late Richard G.
Coburn.
A daughter, Mrs. May Fl. Bertrand
of Superior, and one son, survive
The son. Percy Coburn, was we'll
known in Duluth. For a number Of
years he was in the mechanical de-
partment of The Herald, but now he
makes his home at Portland, Or. He
is prominently identified with the In
ternational Typographical union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
BARRIERS AND BOSSES
TO MEET JOINTLY

. Journeymen BARRIERS union No. 81
met last Tuesday evening. The COM
m1ttee which had charge Of the an
nual ball of the union reported that
the affair was one of the social events
of the winter. A large number of
pleasure seeking friends of the ton
serial artists were in attendance and
many Of them are still talking about
tho good time they enjoyed. Applica-
tons for seven new memberships
were reported.
President E. G. Hall of the State
Federation Of Labor was present and
asked the cooperation Of the union
in holding general mass meeting of
journeyinen and boss BARRIERS at a
future Gate. The union decided to
lend it's support to President Halls
plan and it was voted to hold such a
meeting Tuesday, February 20, at
Browns Hall, 10 East Superior street,
the headquarters Of the Labor For
ward Movement committee.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
PAPERS GIVE FALSE
REPORT ON HAT TIERS
Fund Subscribed by Union Labor
Still Insufficient Send In
Your Money. .

Charles w. Cullen, general agent Of
the United Hatters Of North America,
who spent some time in Duluth last
summer, writes to The Labor World
that the daily papers have sent out a.
false report about the amount of
money contributed by organized labor
for the relief of the Danbury Hatters.
It mas been stated by the papers
that more than enough money was
collected to pay the judgment against
the hatte1s. As matter of fact, Mr.
Cullen declares, less than $4,000 had
been received at Washington up to
February 10.
Mr.. Cullen is of the opinion that
this false statement is prompting a
number of unions to hold back the
money contributed by them. Every
Duluth union that has not forwarded
it's money for the relief of the Dam
bury Hatters should do SO at the ear
Hest moment.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19

latlve duties. He must have known
while realizing his own precarious
position, that economic conditions de-
prlve others of opportunities who are
not even in. a position to draw TOM
porar1ly u government salary. But it
aoes not seem to have occurred to
MIN; that it was his duty, as con-
gresham and citizen to work for leg
lslation that would remove the cause
of these conditions.
mat he made no attempt to per-
form this most important of all Leg
lslatlve duties is obvious. None of
tne members of the lower house
nave lone this, who have been con-
tlnuously reelected since 1902.
The Wide Awake Members.
But there have been congressman
elected at different intervals since
that year who have done what they
could to secure fundamental econom-
&c reform. So this complaining; con-
gresham had plenty of opportuni-
ties to learn, which he neglected.
He mas even now such an oppor-
tunity. Let him consult, for in
stance, With his colleagues Bailey OF
Pennsylvania, Heating of Colorado,
Kent Of California, Nolan of Califor-
mia, Crosser and Gordon Of Ohio, or
some other member who has read
the works of Henry George He will
learn then that his predicament is
partly due to his own neglect Of con
gressional duties. And even though
it is very late in his congressional
career to take up, this b neglected
work It Is better late than never
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19

According to the legislative pro-
gram, the keating- Owen child labor
bill has passed the house but will
he held up in the senate. It's pas
sage in the house is expected to help
the political records of some members
coming up this fall for reelection.
The debate over child labor has been
one of the most interesting of the
session. In opening it. David ].
Lewis, Maryland, chairman of the
committee on labor, in charge of the
bill, alluded to his own experience as
child worker in a Maryland coal
mine. Lewis could not read or write
until after he was Fl years of age.
Now he is regarded as one of the
best informed men in the house.
Congressman Lost Education.
Il do not care,' he concluded, ito
hear from the doctors on this subject
1t is enough to know that as a repre-
sentative of conditions sought to be
remedied by this bill was deprived of
the priceless privilege of an education
in my youth and that other children
time, when the art of the inventor and
'llO clN1lCEC1llCuI VI L1l0 great masters
of industry and the progress of this
world have made it easy for men,
without such children, to win suffi-
cient bread and raiment for the sup
port of their families. What is our
civilization worth if we still have to
employ the children of this country
in manufacturing enterprises?'
Representative James r. Byrnes.
South Carolina, delivered the stock ar
Sument of the mill owners in favor of
said exploitation. Among other
things, he said: Il do not favor the
adoption even by the state legislature
of the provisions limiting the hours
of labor between IA and 16 to eight
hours a day, because I know that the
mills could not work part of their
force eight hours and another part
Tor 10 hours day, and the result
would ne that every child under 16
would be out of job. This may mean
nothing to gentlemen who have never
known poverty, but to the widow
whose son of Is is her only support
the fact that such son loses his means
OF making a support for himself and
Tor her is quite a serious matter"
'tactory Conditions IDEAL"
Representative w. G. Adamson of
Georgia did not back up Mr.. Byrnes'
appeal in behalf of the poor widow.
IN some way the mill owners advo-
Gates got their signals mixed, for he
addressed the house thusly: "Condi-
TONS of factory life and labor in
georgia are ideal. The factory COM
munltles are model villages. They
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
PLUMBERS AND BOSSES
MAY MAKE CONTRACT

The Duluth Plumbers union is MAX
ing an effort to negotiate a union shop
agreement with master plumbers. The
executive committee of the union has
held several meetings with the exc
cutive committee of the Duluth
Plumbers Credit association, the new
organization of master plumbers.
Propositions and counter propsi-
tions have been made and it is hoped
an amicable agreement will be made
without the necessity of strike or
lockout. The master plumbers have
a strong organization, which is said
to extend to the iron ranges. The
plumbers union is stronger today
than it has been at any time since
the 1907 lockout.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
'POOR c0NCRESSMEN' POVERTY STRICKEN:
RESULT OF THEIR ECONOMIC IGNORANCE

"A congressman who has held Of
lice continuously since 1902, tells his
experience in the February issue of
the American magazine He writes
anonymously, but the list of members
of the present congress is not long.
who have been reelected at each
election since 1902. His account
shows that a congressman's career is
not financially profitable one. It
has cost him, he claims, a comfort
able law practice which Noted him
81 900 a year. He finds that this in
c. me in small town was a far bet
ter means of support, than his pres
ent congressional salary Of $500 in
Washington.
High Cost of Living.
He notes the high cost Of living in
Washington, that land values and
rents are disproportionate to the size
Of the city, and that among it's in
habitants are many idle rich draw
ing uneacned incomes, who look with
snobbish contempt on all who live by
doing something useful. He would
like to get away from this. But he
realizes that opportunities to earn a
living are now closed. He feels that
sooner or later he must fail of re-
election, and pathetically closes his
narrative with the confession that he
does not know what to do.
This story is a tragedy. But the
fact is that this congressman who
ever he may be, is suffering the
penalty OF his own neglect of legis-