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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
ONE OF THE HUGHES VETOEs

shall receive equal pay with men.
1t is for the principle that the sup
porters of the bill contend, and not
for increased pay. cannot ap-
prove this bill.-Charles f. Hughes.
Governor Hughes present argu-
ment that the bill ought to apply to
the whole state and not to the city of
New York, and that it ought to in
clude all government positions and
not those of teachers only, sounds
like the excuse of man who is trying
to escape from the manifest justice of
the measure itself, since enacted into
law to the satisfaction of all concerned.
His prophecy that the desired legis-
lation would be unfortunate both for
the schools and teachers" has proved
as foolish as his misgivings about the
income tax, whose rejection by the
legislature he also advised.
1t would be interesting to know il
the hundred per cent candidate"
holds it to be still fundamental
matter" which he Cannot approve. /"
that for the work of given position
women shall receive equal pay with
men,"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
Prominent Lady Dead

Mrs. Evelyn Hendershot, wife Of
o. P. Hendershot. secretary Of the
Gem State Fair, died at $3.50 o'clock
on. the afternoon of Sept 9th at a
local hospital after critical illness of
about a week. Mrs. Hendershot un-
derwent a serious operation. several
weeks ago and was rallying nicely
when septic pneumonia set in and she
failed rapidly until the end. The de-
ceased was born in Iowa and moved
to Nebraska while quite young where
she later married. The family moved
to Boise valley about five years ago.
She is survived by her husband and
three children Ralph, Esteelle and
Eugene; three sisters, Mrs. J. w.
Lynch, Mrs. c. w. Strong Of Daven-
port, Ia, and Mrs. Walter Lewis, Of
Kenwood Point, Ia, also three
brothers, Frank Of Huston, Tex, ].
R. Of Hebron, Neb., and William Of
Hollywood, caGf. Mrs. Hendershot
has many friends in this vicinity who
mourn the loss OF truly god and
kind neighbor
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

way operatives. ! wonder il you UNI
derstand the circumstances out OF
which this new law has come? You
have been told that the threatened
strike was to secure an eight-hour
day with ten hours wages. You have
been told and you are still told that
this will cost the railroad corpora
tions millions upon millions of dollars
for the wages increase. Do you real
ize that no such condition is involv-
ed? That threatened strike was for
the purpose of securing better rail-
road service. At one time the rail-
road men were kept on duty for thir-
ty, forty, fifty and even sixty hours
at stretch. Their ony chance for
sleep was in caboose, or on loco
motive during all those hours. The
reason for it was inefficient manage
ment. The reason for it was because
the railroads were being controlled
not by railroad men, but by financiers
NOT in the interest of good trans
portation service, but in the interest Of
plundering profits. Senator La Fol-
lette secured law which limited con-
secutive service to sixteen hours
day. The same outcry was made
against him that is being made now
that the railroads could not afford it.
They couldn't afford decent wages
because they had to pay dividends on
watered stock. And now the railroad
operatives through bad management
of the financers-the kind Of manage
ment that has wrecked the Hartford
& New Haven, the Rock Island and
the Frisco-are forced to make less
than reasonable speed. A fair rate of
speed would be l21z miles an hour.
They have been kept down to ten
miles an hour or even less. What the
men threatened to strike for was l2z
miles an hour, which would cover 100
miles in eight hours, the hundred
miles that has been covered in ten
hours or more. Now why should it
cost the railroads any more in wages
to cover 100 miles in eight hours than
to cover 100 miles in ten? If they
will manage their roads decently they
can cover the 100 miles at the same
wages cost that they are covering that
run now. This would give the men
shorter time for the same wages, it
would cost the companies no more
for the same run. and it would furnish
a better service to the public. This
is what the threatened strike meant,
this is what the new law means. And
no one who has not been befuddled by
the publicity agents OF the railroads
costing an immense amount for no
useful purpose-will for one moment
stand on the side of the railroad COM
panies in this controversy. 1t has
been and it still is controversity
between the operatives who do our
railroading for us and the interests
that have been engaged in looting our
railroads.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
(By Marcus Day)

According to the Idaho Statesmans
editorial on the morning of Sunday,
Sept 10, President Wilson and the
Democratic Congress has received a
rebuke for his alleged surrender to
the demands of organized labor from
three papers which supported him or
was leaning toward him, namely, the
New York Times, New York World
and New York Evening Post. But
this editorial either shows ignorance
or an attempt to register a false inn
preston. All of the papers mention
ed are reactionary in many respects,
with radical impulses at times. They
have never given the President
whole-hearted support upon his ac-
tions directed at the greater vested
wrongs and all have in the past been
anti-union labor but they are growing
toward radicalism and are openly at
tacking the courser or more open ras-
calities of great criminals.
Regardless of whether the Presi-
dent keeps or loses their support he
has pleased and served the country
and all three of these papers will be
very apt to support him morally when
the real kernel of the railroad settle
ment comes to a head The present
temporary post-ponement does not
do anything but give the country a
breathing spell while it musters up
courage to face real crisis in the
near future. If these newspapers are
real supporters of the people they
will grow more radical; if they are
not, you will see them in accord with
Mr.. Hughes. The railroad question
in essence will deal with ownership,
with such men as President Wilson
demanding public purchase at real
values and such men as Mr.. Hughes
contending for either the continuation
of the present system of irresponsible
mismanagement or public purchase at
the price dictated by the owners and
manipulators who will try to unload
upon the general public several bill
lions of water for hard cash The
real crisis between the people and
the classes is nearing and there will
be many changes of front back and
forth between newspapers. If Presi-
dent Wilson keeps to his present
course he can afford to lose the sup
port OF many cosmopolitan newspap-
ers of reactionary tendency because
he is breaking. up rapidly organized
support to Republican candidates who
simply register the will of plutocrats
who support their campaign barrel
with funds. Our present chief execu-
tive is the one man running for re-
election who needs less newspaper
support than any one since Lincoln's
day because the people can read a
solid four years performance in their
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
HeIpY Local Taxpayers

Edward Smith, candidate for coun-
ty commissioner for the first district
is the secretary and general manager
of the New York canal company
which position he has held for several
years to the satisfaction of its 400
stockholders. Mr.. Smith is at the
present time commissioner from that
district and is an advocate of having
the road work done by local taxpay-
ers and residents instead of letting the
work out to contractors who bring
in foregn labor who take the money
out of the country.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

Some Achievements Of Organized Labor in the
Field Of Legislation

lhe following clear and lucid ex-
PLANTATION of the crux Of the issue be-
tween the trainmen and tho railways
is taken from a speech Of Louis f.
Post of Topeka, Kansas, on Labor
Day:
Thanks to labor organization, the
hours of labor have been reduced
Not very long ago they were from
fourteen to sixteen hours a day. 1t
was no boys play to bring them
down to twelve, and then TO ten. The
struggle to bring them down to eight
is now on. 1t is the same hard strug-
gle as all the earlier struggles we're
There are those who sneer at the
thought of an eight-hour day, os if
1t were something new, something
unheard Of something absurd. Yet
we have indications in the ritual of
the Masonic order that an eight-hour
day was regarded as fair work day
as long ago as two numbered years
possibly as far back as the Middle
Ages, or TO the construction of Solo
mons temple. When free Masons
repeat the formula, Eight hours for
the service of God and a distressed
brother, eight for our usual vocations.
and eight for refreshment and sleep"
do they realize that .hey are advo-
eating an eight-hour day? And in
the very language of generations of
Masons who have gone before them?
Think of it, at this stage of indus
trial progress, that wage workers
must struggle for the same eight
hour day that was considered full
day long before marvellous inventions
had enormously increased the pro-
ductive power of labor!
In those labor struggles violence
has often occurred. No one can deny
it; no one will defend it. All fair-mind-
ed wage workers deprecate violence.
But it does not lie in the mouth of
lawless employers to denounce law
less wage workers. They should look
after their own virtues hrst.Let them
reflect that bank checks may be used
as wickedly as brickbats.
And it is to be noted that labor
struggles are coming more and more
into the field of politics-into the do
main of legislation. The Clayton
law which declared that labor is not
a commodity is one landmark of po-
litical action. This law is to certain
court decisions in labor cases what
the emancipation proclamation was to
the court decision in the Dred Scott
case. Another legislative landmark
is the seamans law which frees the
sailor from feudal serfdom. Another
legislative landmark is the child labor
law, which forbids the weaving of
little children's lives into the web and
woof of factory cloth. The latest of
these legislative landmarks is the
eight-hour law in railroading which
Congress has just passed in response
to the demands of the organized rail
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
(Ohio Labor News.)

Governor Hughes veto of the
equal pay for equal work" bill is far
more self-revealing, in the reason Civ
en- for the veto, than his personal"
endorsement of a national suffrage
amendment. 1t will no doubt be held
that the right to make living is a
more sacred right than that of win
ming the suffrage by national rather
than state initiative.
The story is an interesting one.
The teachers of New York city, wo-
men and men both, had secured, after
a long, hard fight, the adoption by the
legislature of an amendment to the
charter of New York city, providing
that women teachers should be paid
IN same salaries that the men re-
ceived. for the same kind and quality
Of work done.
When the bill reached Governor
Hughes, he returned it without his
approval. He wrote;
The motive of the present bill IS
to compel equal pay for men and
Women hiding the same position
under any particular schedule OF
salaries. II clearly appears to be
open to serious objection. It is
proposed by legislative enactment
to establish the proposition that for
the work Of a given position women
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
Would Help America

A cry has gone out that if the
president should place an embargo on
any foreign goods coming to this
country those countries would retail
late by refusing to let us have goods
that we need in this country. Tin
and nickel have been spoken of as
two of such articles but if England
should refuse to allow us to import
those articles from that country it
would be the means of developing
the great tin mines in this country of
which we have many as well as the
many nickel mines in the United
States some very good ones being
found in Idaho. We found out when
the war broke out that we were maxi
ing no dyes in this country although
we had just as much material and
could make them just as cheap as
they could in Germany and the con-
sequence is that great industry in
that article is being built up. We
should fear no embargo for the rea-
son that we can produce anything
in the United States that they can
in Europe and the result will be the
building up of our own resources.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
TRAINMEN'S TROUBLES RE-
VIEWED


The country faced potential dis
aster from disorganization of trans
portation thru strike by organized
trainmen. President Wilson met the
situation squarely and secured a
settlement. Mr.. Hughes, one hun
dred per cent candidate, meets this
with an equally one hundred per cent
insinuation, in complete accord with
his puny intellect, that the President
has made a surrender to "dictation"
at the hands Of the laboring men OF
the country who choose to deal thru
cooperative bargaining with men
whom they have learned from ex-
perience can only be dealt with thru
force-the organized few who rule
railroad banks. The trainmen did not
ask President Wilson to interfere and
never i'll any way sought government
action. 1t was a matter between
themselves and the companies. But
general .tie-up of transportation
and its loss of billions to the coun-
try was another matter when regard
ed from the standpoint of public well
fare by the exercise of its action. If
Candidate Hughes can get any adj
vertising out of this matter Demo
Gratis will gladly let him take it and
will welcome more of his whines be-
cause the Government did not fall
down at the critical moment. No one
would claim for a minute that this
Adamson Bill is the last word con-
cerning government action and the
railroads but it is an expedient which
saved disaster and gives further time
for permanent adjustment. If we
take c. o. p. politicians at their word
the country would have remained
neutral while railroads and their en-
ployees fought the matter out through
strike and striEe-breaking. to a SUI
preme discomforture to the country
while the scrap lasted The spirit
exposed by their criticism OF the
President should give one at the true
measure of Hughes and his ilk.
They always assume that it is nee
essary for the public be robbed if
wages are increased and they never
question the right of corporations to
over-capitalize. There is never sug-
gestion that there should be an un-
watering of stocks mad bonds. Their
silence upon this feature Of the rail
road situation speaks volumes and is
thoroly understood to be Standing
pat" upon furthe rexploitation of the
public thru more watering The elc-
tion of Hughes and congress of his
liking will lift the lid thru the ap-
pointment of cabinet officers who will
snore to heaven while the merry orgy
of loot stages a cOme-back
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
FORD PLANT PROFITABLE

DetroitAA profit of more than
81 100000 a week was made by the
Ford Motor company during the year
ending July 81, according to state
ment made public last week The
years business totaled $2O6,867, ,347,
and profits during the same period
were $5ooo4,ll8. The total number
OF men employed in all plants is 49,
$40. OF these 5000 receive S. or
more a day, the statement says
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

Mary Fels, the widow OF the noted
philanthropist-Jo Joseph Fels-is an
earnest supporter Of President Viii
son for reelection for the expressed
reason that the President is for his
fellowman at home and abroad.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
SPEND SUNDAY
WITH THE FOLKS

They'll be glad to see you. Half
fare excursions every Sunday, Also
low rates Saturdays TO Mondays. See
o. S. L. agents for details.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

A visit to various business houses
in Boise will convince anyone that
business is fully rs per cent better
than this time last year.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

On account of loss OF revenue from
saloon and other license the city
council have added $45,O00 to be rais-
ed by taxation and the levy will be
l.07 mills this year. The tax was
~ mills last year.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

G. H. Strickler who shot and killed
Pho Gayo in Elmore county has been
held to the district court in the sum
of 81 900 ON the charge of man
slaughter.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

The state sanitary Office has issued
pamphlet giving housewives in
structions how to rid their homes OF
ants, bedbugs and other insects.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

The total tax levy by the state for
the year 1910 amounts to $6S6, ,342 48.
This includes all interest, endowment
and sinking funds.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
BREWTLFS OF CITY, STATE
AND NATION

In fit OF jealousy, Harvey Shoe
maker shot and killed Mrs. Mary
Davis at Baker City, Oregon, and
then killed himself.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14
VIEW OF NEWSPAPERS
Slowly Changes Towards Progressive Thought
Trainmen's Troubles Reviewed

behalf which requires no editorial to
drive it home.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

Much credit it due Boise's mer-
chants for the manner in which they
staged the Big Fashion Show which
opened at 8 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. Praise was heard on every side
and many declared it the best yet.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

By special request of numerous
readers we are printing in full this
week the Speech of Acceptance Of
President Woodrow Wilson, which
will be found on page three.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

The state sanitary Office has issued
pamphlet giving housewives in
structions how to rid their homes Of
ants, bedbugs and other insects.
G. H. Strickler who shot and killed
Pho Gayo in Elmore county has been
held to the district court in the sum
of $1,000 ON the charge of man
slaughter.
By special request of numerous
readers we are printing in full this
week the Speech of Acceptance Of
President Woodrow Wilson, which
will be found on page three.
Congress has passed law repeal
ing all of the war stamp taxes and
they are no longer required on legal
papers, kilograms, sleeping car tickets
or any other article named in the law
repealed.
The clothing of Miss Jennie Nc
Gee caught on fire while watching a
trash pile FIRE in the back yard of
DIR. Titus last Thursday and she re-
ceived injuries from which she died
the next day.
Congress has increased the pen
sions for the widows of soldiers in
the civil war from $l2 to $40 per
month for all over 20 years of age
and replaced on the pension list all
widows who have married a second
time.
Two hundred and seventy millions
in gold has been shipped to the United
States from Europe since last May
1t is estimated that more than bill
lion dollars of that metal has been
sent to this country since the begin
ming of the war
Twenty boot leggers were arrested
at Mackay last Saturday by the au-
thorities of Custer county. A good
deal of complaint has been made
about the open manner in which liq
uor has been disposed of at that place
and an attempt is being made to sup
press it.
The Gem Worker is being recog-
nized by the big national advertisers
as a reference to our advertising col
umns will show This week we signed
a contract with John J. Bagley Com
pany for $40 inches of space to ad-
vertise their tobaccos We also have
regular advertising contracts for the
Crescent Baking Powder and the
Dutch Boy brand of paints. The fact
that The Gem Worker is the State
organ of the Federation of Labor
makes it an especially good medium
for fair manufactures and dealers who
desire to obtain the trade and sup
port of labor unionists-a growing
trade and one that can be appealed to
best by the labor press. This fact
makes labor paper far better ad-
yertising medium than an ordinary
newspaper of the same circulation as
it appeals to high class wage earners
who have money to spend.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

J. R. Blackaby and William f. Lees
were discharged in the United States
court Monday where they were held
on charge of white slavery as it
was shown that the woman in the case
had left the state on her own initia-
tive.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

Boises's fire chief, c. F. Lindsay is
organizing a fire department at Bar
bar, and has six companies of eight
men each in training. 1t should add
great protection to the extensive
lumber yards and buildings at that
place.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

MS IncluueS all interest, endowment
and sinking funds.
On account of loss OF revenue from
saloon and other license the city
council have added $45,OOO to be rails
ed by taxation and the levy will be
l07 mills this year. The tax was
~ mills last year.
Much credit ii due Boise's mer-
chants for the manner in which they
staged the Big Fashion Show which
opened at 8 o'clock Wednesday even
ing Praise was heard on every side
and many declared it the best yet.
J. R. Blackaby and William f. Lees
were discharged in the United States
court Monday where they were held
on a charge of white slavery as it
was shown that the woman in the case
had left the state on her own initia-
tive.
Boises's fire chief, c. F. Lindsay is
organizing fire department at Bar
bar, and has six companies of eight
men each in training. 1t should add
great protection to the extensive
lumber yards and buildings at that
place.
Mrs. c. Z. Brumm of Blackfoot,
and little son William who have been
visiting with Mrs. Brumm's parents
near Portland several weeks, arrived
in Boise Wednesday evening and will
visit with friends and relatives here
until Saturday when they will con-
tinue their journey homeward.
A wagon load of watermelons was
wrecked on the hill road last Monday
evening when it was run into from
the rear by an auto driven by two
ladies. The auto is said to have a
Twin Falls tag and numbered 1882.
Mr.. Baker the driver was thrown
from the wagon and received several
bruises.
Last Friday Nick ST. Clair shot and
killed his wife on the road between
Sweet and Montour because she re-
fused to give up their year old child
and had applied for divorce. He
escaped but was later arrested near
Payette and has been placed in jail
to await his trial in the district court
OH the charge of murder.
d. c. Brichoux has been arrested for
the murder of r. c. Goodwin of
Boise. The murder was committed
near Ontario, Ore. on Sept. 4. and
the body was found near that place
weighted down in the Snake river,
with bullet hole in the back of the
head. Brichoux has confessed to the
killing but claims that it was an ac-
cident. After the killing he went to
Winnemucca and represented himself
TO be Goodwin where it is alleged he
drew by telegraph $500 from the First
National Bank of Boise. lie later
returned to Ontario where he was
arrested at O'Clock Wednesday
morning when entering the back way
to his home after having, concealed
his auto in some brush outside OF the
town
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-14

Mrs. c. z. Brumm of Blackfoot,
and little son William who have been
visiting with Mrs. Brumm's parents
near Portland several weeks, arrived
in Boise Wednesday evening and will
visit with friends and relatives here
until Saturday when they will con-
tinue their journey homeward.