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The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02
Why Railroads are Poor Education Is Important

Cleveland-The Railroad Trainman.
official magazine of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen. makes this re-
Ply to the publicity campaign of rail-
road managers who oppose the efforts
of their transportation service, en-
ployes to establish an eigbt-kbur day;
fTo let them tell IL "a listen to a
story of oppression that would wiring
tears of sorrow from the eyes of a
stone dog; TO get right, down 10 the
cause of the appeal toHreason' woSad
tempt one. as matter of human kind
ness, to take the business away from
them because they don't know what
to do with it. That they know what
to do to it. story after story of rail-
road mismanagement, financial wrong
doing and business concessions to fa-
vorites bear testimony.
Everywhere the voice of the rail-
road publicist cries for projections:
every page that he controls tells of
the dangers to capital from the de-
mands of unreasonable employees, un-
til those not familiar with the prac-
tices of the railroads, dream dreams
and see visions of what the wicked
railroad employe proposes to do to
righteous. helpless, railroad capital.
The plain every day fact of the mat
ter is that, almost without exception,
the railroads that are poor owe their
poverty not to regulation, legislation
and wages. but to the manipulation
and trickery of the financial managers
of the properties"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02
DOINGS OF TRADES COUNCIL

There was a good attendance at the
regular meeting of the Boise Trades
and Labor Council Wednesday even
ing and much business was transacted.
A letter was read from the Spokan
council requesting the Boise council
to urge the Idaho senators to vote
for the confirmation of Louis Bran
deis as supreme court justice. This
action has already been taken.
The Switchmen's Union OF North
America sent in a communication
charging the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen of America were unfair to
all other unions and asking for an in
vestigation by union men.
The American Federation of Labor
notified the council that the G. and
c. Merriam Co., of Springfield, Mas
sachusetts, were issuing a new edition
of Webster's Dictionaries printed in
a non-tinion shop, and that the r. r.
Donnelly & Sons company, of Chi
cago, were putting out an edition of
the Encyclopedia Britannica from
non-union establishment.
The Golden Rule store of Boise
congratulated the council upon the
stand taken for home made goods and
stated that store had everything done
in Boise that was possible.
. United States Senator Borah wrote
that he would vote for The cnnf;r,,n
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02

San Francisco-"Education is the
most important industry in the United
States. The most American thing is
our school, The most democratic
thing in America is our system of edu-
cation, which gives equal Opportunity
to eveEy child, regardless of race.
creedA Ar economic conditions of the
para to acquire an education that
fits thechild to enjoy life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, declared DIR.
P. P. Claxon. United States commits
sioner of education.
THE public schools must be the
foundation of our institutions of lib
erty," continued DR. Clayton. 1--WE are
spending now three times as much
money on our common schools as we
did years ago; FIVE times the amount
on colleges and six times the amount
on normal schools.
During the last IS years the num-
Der of children in the high schools
has increased 200 per cent.
1T is most difficult to Judge in
matters OF education whether you are
getting results. You cannot judge
what your children carry away with
them at the end of a term or at the
end of the school year.
Education is the fitting for life.
The demands OF life are constantly
changing. What is good today will
be out of date tomorrow. Education
can never be perfect in any continuing
way.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02
STANDARDS OF LIFE
Facts and Figures Show These Are Affected
by Wage Rates

Back of all our trade union cf-
forts lies the desire to elevate our
standard OF living, the necessity OF
holding Our own and going forward,
or seeing ourselves forced backward
to lowered standards. Our standard
OF living is determined by the terms
OF our employment. The amount of
wages we receive determines what
Kind OF place our home shall be
whether two or three-room apart
ment in crowded tenement district
or live. or six-room cottage with
pure air and sunlight around it. Our
wages determine what kind of food
we shall eat and the clothes we shall
wear, what opportunities our chill
dren shall have, what books and mu-
sic there shall be in the home, what
amusements shall be available to our
selves and our families.
The hours of labor during which
we are employed and the degree of
physical and mental labor our work
forces us to perform determine the
amount of recreation we can eniov
and the Self Improvement which We
can develop through reading and as
sociation with others.
Our standard of living determines
what kind of citizens we will be. and
what type of men and women our
shall be.
The statistics which have been
gathered in this and other countries
indicate that the lower the workers
standard of living the less opportunity
IS there for the children, either physi-
,ally or mentally. The Federal Chill
iren's Bureau has just supplied some
dat3 upon this point The
investigation in Montclair, N. J. shows
hat the average infant mortality was
a per thousand, while in the wards,
where the highest standard of living
,xisted, the rate was but 80 per thou
and. In Ward 4, where 90 of the |
13 tenement houses of the city are
ocated, the death rate was l30 per
thousand. Carrying the subject fur
her, it was shown that the kage rate
lad much to do with infant mortality.
IS the infant death rate among fanlil- |
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02

ton of Brandeis to the supreme court
unless the investigation showed such
acts on his part as would make him
unfit for the position.
The Pocatello Trades Council wired
relative to the meeting to organize a
State Federation of Labor and were
assured through p Fl. Spangenberg
that the hall had been secured and all
arrangements made to hold the meet.
ing on March 20.
In a communication the Federal CT
vii Service employees requested the
council to petition congress to pass
the Nolan bill and also senate bill No.
632 and HAR. No. lO3oS, which are of
interest to them.
1t was reported by the label COM
mittee that Bruce Martin company.
the ciothiers. had put in a stock of
union-made goods.
E. F. Cation, A. w. Kool and L. o.
Nichols were elected delegates to the
State Federation of Labor.
The entertainment committee is al
ready preparing for a grand time at
the state meeting, with a big feed.
music and other interesting numbers.
A member reported he had tele-
phoned four stores before he could
get Boise-made broom.
Brief speeches were made by
Messrs. Massey, Cation and Duffy on
the question of "PreDaredness
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02
Weather a Year Ago

From the summary of the weather
by months prepared by the u S.
weather bureau station at Boise, we
give the conditions for March, 1915,
as follows:
The month was mild and dry. Com
ditions were favorable for farm work,
and by the close OF the month seeding
of small grain was well advanced in
the western counties and blowing had
begun in the east. Vegetation adj
vanced rapidly except where moisture
was sufficient Early fruit trees came
into bloom in the warm districts and
early sown grain began to germinate.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02
Puts 1t Up to Congress

President Wilson in a letter to Con-
gresham Pou, acting chairman OF the
committee on rules, has asked an
early vote in Congress on the resolu-
tions regarding the attitude Of the
government in dealing with Germany
on the matter of attacks by subma-
rines on armed merchantmen. The
President states the present situation
gives rise to false impressions in the
European capitals as to the stand OF
this government.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02
Burglar Makes a Haul

A burglar stole some $500 worth OF
jewelry, more highly valued as gifts,
from the residence of Jack Skillern,
Sunday e vening, while the family was
away from between the hours of six
and eight o'clock The burglar broke
through rear door and cut his left
hand in making an entrance, as prints
OF bloody hand were, found in sever
al places. The residence is ol5 Warm
Springs avenue.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02

les receiving less than $l2 per week
vas twice as large as in fanatics with
an income of $23 or more per week
Analyzing still further, it was found
that the infant mortality where the
fathers were business or professional
men Al thousand; in the skilled
trades group this rose to "a. while
, among the babies whose fathers. were
IN the unskilled trades the rate rose
to lOl, slightly over 10 per cent. and
twice as high as in fanatics of busi-
ness or professional men. Going still
deeper into the subject, it was found
that out of IS babies born to working
mothers 10 died. while there were but
"a deaths among the 357 babies born
to no-working mothers, p per cent.
OF deaths among babies born to work
ing mothers, and per cent to the
n n-working mothers.
But these statistics are but the be-
ginning. They only show the per-
centage of deaths. What about the
babies who do live? To what degree
are the children of the 1ow-paid pre-
pared to take up the Struggle of life as
compared with those whose parents
standard of living was on a higher
plane?
In the investigation made few
years ago in Liverpool, England, it
was found that at Ia years of age the
children of the lower paid workers
were 6A inches lower in statute and
weighed 231$ pounds less than the
children of the well-to-do.
All statistics gathered upon the
subject indicate that the parents
Standard of living determines the
children's physical and mental
strength, and this standard of living
is determined by the wages earned
and the conditions under which labor
is performed.
Every advance in wages, every
OF the hours of labor, not
only means more comfort and en-
ioyment of the good things, the nee
sssary things of life, but they also
mean better opportunities for the
workers children-Iron Molders'
Journal.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02

several very excellent and. faithful
judges to the peoples interests and
no one questions the honesty of those
who are reactionary. According to
their standards and their beliefs they
are honest. There is no one a Big
Business operator desires so to see
sit in the seats of the mighty as the
man who adores great wealth and
who serves from trucking spirit-it
costs them much less than to have a
wayward public servant who demands
partnership and division of profits.
But one of the strangest of all psy-
Geological conditions that come over
the minds of men is that state of men
tality in the aristocrat which makes
him oblivious to the slipping of power
by the aristocracy of the world. There
is not an Institution upholding class
privilege that is not being undermined
on every part of the earth at the pres
ent moment and the heneficiaries of
privilege seem as an almost entire
whole to think that they will all come
out OF the struggle as masters OF the
situation and go on indefinitely us
urping power, unloading all the mis-
cries upon the producing classes and
making no sacrifices whatever
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Most Of the precipitation was rain.
the average snowfall having been
least on record for March. The snow
in the mountains melted rapidly with
out causing high water.
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F. K. Lorimer's City Dye Works
have enlarged their downtown Of
fices and now occupy the entire cor
ner at Tenth and Idaho. These are
the largest and best equipped dye and
cleaning works in the state, and Mr.
Lorimer is to be congratulated upon
the splendid business he has built up
in this city coming here a stranger
few years ago and pushing TO the
front by fair dealing and up-to-date
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-02

Within tEe last decade the labor
press has become one Of the most
potent in publicity work in the
United STARS Where a dozen
years ago lew labor pepers were
published in a slipshod manner,
now there are hundreds of clean,
well-edited and prosperous sheets
which speak for the wage earners
of their respective communities.
In Idaho, The Gem Worker is the
recognized spokesman of organiz-
ed labor.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-22

his own thoughts, ideas and princi-
pies and will not follow anybody
bindly, nor attempt by cunning de-
vices to ensnare others to follow him
for his own special benefit and for
their enslavement.
In the noble words of Nietzche:
Now l bid you lose me and find your
self; and only when you have denied
me will return to thee again"
believe that such a philosophy is
the greatest mental tonic and stimu-
lates real and true clear thinking. 1t
points to no clear economic goal, but
if men were to become impregnated
with such noble thoughts human sal
walton would be near at hand; for it
develops a healthy psychology by
urging the individual to believe in
himself, and he in turn should urge
his fellowmen to do hkewise.-Sam
Druck.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-22
COMMERCE AND WAR;.

mon query to be heard is: What is
this war about?" Otherwise well-in-
formed people ask this question every
day and are rarely any wiser from
the answers they receive. A careful
survey of news dispatches ought to
enable most every one to see the
principal cause, as careful as the kept
(by advertising) press is to conceal
it.
Walter ,Runciman, president of the
British board of trade, speaking in
the house of commons not long ago,
said that Germany must be crushed
as a commercial nation, and sug-
gested that the allies league them
selves together for a continuance of
this policy after the present war has
been concluded. He also said that
much of her foreign trade was al
ready in Britain's possession.
This, with statements made at the
National Foreign Trade convention
at New Orleans a few days ago on
our own foreign commerce, and 9TH
er recent happenings of equal inter-
est, should make it clear why the
present war is being fought. 1t should
also enable them to see into the pres
ent agitation for increased arma-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-22

ments here at home-it should serve
to show what preparedness is really
for 1t should be clear that the very
life of productive nations depends on
their being able to dispose of their
surplus products-products which it's
workers have produced, and who
need them, but which are denied
them by an insane economic ar
rangement.
Supporters of such a system are
consistent in advocating huge arma-
ments to protect it providing they
will benefit by it,, but they are befog-
ing the issue.
Reliable statistics tell us that a
very small part of our people own
the greater part of our wealth. This
small part is the most active in adj
vocating preparedness, and the large
part will be expected to do most of
the fighting.
Let the men and women who are
afraid they will lose what liberty they
possess think twice before support
ing any program for increased arma-
nents. 1t is possible that they may
lose them by the very means they
propose to preserve them. Militarism
and democracy are not good bedfel-
lows, and if this present war has
proven anything it has proven that
preparing for war does not prevent
it, but, to the contrary, makes it
more likely.
The true patriotism is that which
tries to find the causes of a nations
national and international troubles
and seeks their removal. Such a pa
triot objects to fighting someone
else's unnecessary battles and has a
horror of numbering some one he
never saw and with whom he has no
quarrel. Develop social conscious
ness and abolish this dog-eat-dog me-
thod of the right to live and you will
have largely removed the causes of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-22

NATIONAL ANTHEM.-Our trust
paper, the News, informs the public
of a preparedness session" to be
held at the Coliseum. 1 notice the
program will be opened by singing
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-07

called Italian salads, for all eatable
odds and ends are made into salads ~
this thrifty people.
For salads none but the strongest
vinegar and the purest Of olive oil
should be chosen. II fresh vegetables
are used they should be revived in
plenty Of water and we'll drained and
dried on a soft cloth. II the draining
Is not thorough the dressing will be
watery and the salad spoiled. A salad
shaker. consisting OF two woven wire
cups placed together, IL a good inyen-
ton and greatly helps the drying. as
most of the water can be shaken from
the vegetables by its use. -.
Plain salad should never be prepared
until. required at table. for II mixed
long before being used the lettuce
withers and the dressing becomes wa
terry. Lettuce should be torn into
pieces with the fingers not cut with a
knife. as 1t is deadened by contact with
the blade. The Spanish proverb for
mixing salad says, "a counselor for
salt, a mixer for vinegar.za spendthrift
for Oil and a mailman to stir all to-
gether.""
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-07
SAYS ATTORNEY
ABUSED HAREAS
CORPUS PROCESS
Judge Clemens Denies Petit
lion of Nobu Mitobe, Repeat
ing Judge DoIe's Action

In handing down an opinion dis
missing the petition of one Nobu Mi
tobe for a writ of habeas corpus, Fed
eral Judge c. f. Clemens has few
remarks to make concerning the
abuse" of the habeas corpus process.
According to the opinion, Hon. San
ford B. Dole determined the Mitobe
matter on July 5, 1913, finding against
the petitioner. Her attorney, J. Light
foot, gave notice of appeal, but failed
to carry the case to higher court.
Later, however, Lightfoot brought in
another petition which contained sew
eral amendments to the original one.
Commenting on this procedure,
Judge Clemens says:
In discharging the writ of habeas
corpus In this case, it must be said
that the court regards counsel as hav-
ing caused an abuse of its process.
This petition adds nothing to the petit
ton for a writ in previous case
determined on July 5, 1913. by his
honor Judge Dole, adversely to the
petitioner. Fer the added allegations
of, her employment as a nurse Ito
show that she Is no longer likely TO
become public charge, as was a
ground of the order denying her ad.
mission to the country. and the add
ed allegation of her present good
moral character Ito show that she
was not imported for immoral pur-
poses. as was another ground of said
order), and the added allegation of
her failure by, accident and mistake
to perfect an appeal from Judge Dole's
said order. therefore as her petition
reads depriving her of her right to an
appeal, are each and all not only ir.
relevant and immaterial. but to say
the least, frivolous and trifling.
Nor is the sham character of the
petition. at all cured by the allegation
of the appeals having been heard by
another person than the secretary of
labor, when the secretary was himself
officially present in Washington and
no one else could. therefore, be author
lied to hear it, For that allegation
is merely one of belief, and it is re-
markable that there is not even the
usual allegation of information to sup
port the belief
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-07
THE IDEAL MODERN
FEMALE FORM

SO many women realize that their
:, bodies are out OF proportion. that
they are too heavy for their height or
not know where the trouble lies. There
are some irregularities OF form which
can be corrected by the reduction or
gaining OF flesh or by the stretching OF
certain muscles. For instance, one can
add as much as an inch to ones height
by stretching exercises. 1t 10 well, II
you would have really good figure.
to know Just what the ideal female
figure should measure. Modern artists
have deduced from a study Of the old
Greek statues. the most perfect exam
pies Of female anatomy, that the ideal
female form should show the following
proportions: A height Of Eve feet FIVE
inches requires q weight Of 1873 pounds.
with arms extended q woman should
measure her height from tip to tip Of
the middle fingers. The length OF the
hand should be one-tenth the height,
the foot one-seventh and the diameter
of the chest one-fifth. The distance
from the top of the head to the chin
should be the same as the length OF the
foot, and there should be the same dis
lance between the chin and the arm
pits From the elbow to the little fin
ger should be the same distance as
from the elbow TO the middle Of the
chest A woman five feet Ave inches
tall should measure twenty nine inches
around the waist and thirty-four inches
bust II measured under the arms and
forty-three II measured over them.
The upper arm should measure thirteen
inches and the wrist six. The calf Of
the leg should measure fourteen and
one half inches. the thigh twenty-five
and the ankle eight inches. Measure
UP and see how near to the ideal you
come!
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-07

ma added feature that will be one
of the attractions will be the appear
ance of Duke Kahanamoku, Ludy Lam
ger and many of the best Hawaiian
swimmers. Although these stars will
not compete in the events, 1t is GER
tain that they will at least give exhi-
billions Miss Frances Cowells will
also be present on that date.
"Mr Wilder's suggestion is a good
idea, and will be carried out. 1t will
give the Hawaiians day of their own
and inasmuch as the Water Carnival
has been neglected for five or six
years, it will bring back the spirit of
the Carnival Visitors will appreci.
ate the events, am sure, and Homo
lulu people will welcome the return
of a big day in aquatics," said Mr..
Rawlins today. q