Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-01

Do five on fifty live,
But by election and assent
And privilege and government
Powers that the fifty give.
If fifty men are really fools,
| And five have all the brains,
| The five must rule as now We find;
But if the fifty have the mind
| Why don't they take the reins?
This ad appeared in one of the Den
yer Sunday morning newspapers
'Wanted-Two able bodied men to sub
stitute in place of men with families in
Colorado National Guard; will pay men
to take place of same, as they have fam
lilies to support Apply at once, 1863
South Pearl" These two patriotic mil
itiamen" did not advertise for subs when
called upon to act as strikebreakers in
the southern Colorado coal fields two
years ago. Wonder why?
The most potent Pronunciation" of the
week comes from Ripon, Wis, where
the CITY officials and 456 citizens wired
Senator Hastings to turn back into the
United States treasury the $4,000 voted
Ripon for new government building
Said they preferred that the money be
used in the care of those families whose
fathers and brothers are preparing for
war.
The Denver bank clearings for the
week ending June % reached the total
of Sl3, ,9S2, 900, an increase of 65 per cent
over the corresponding week in 1915. The
clearings for the previous week ending
June Is, aggregated Sl3,S46,O0o. The
clearings for the United States J last
week were S472652l 900, as compared
with S3,O32, ,67s, 600 for the same week
last year, gain of 55.s per cent.
Astronomers tell us the planet VenuS
is 100000 miles nearer to the earth
than it was month ago. A month
ago it was 6O,O0O,oOO miles from the
earth while now it is only 100000
miles. Some of the theorists who desire
to guide the workers in their efforts for
improvement shout as tho they were in.
habitants of realm at least as remote
as Venus is today.
Just because regiment of soldiers
went to sleep at Columbus, n. NJ, while
Villa and a gang of bandits raided the
town, this great nation is about to make
war on Mexico. Had the United States
troopers and their officers ibeen per.
forming their duty this prospective sac.
rifice of lives and waste of money would
in all probability have been averted.
If you demand the presence of the
union label on your purchases YOU will
always have sentinel on guard look.
ing after your interests. A sleeping sen.
tinel is worse than useless, and the
union label sleeps if you do not demand
it. Put the label to work. IT will be
well worth the trouble
The woman who led the cheering fol
Teddy Roosevelt in the recent Repub
lican convention at Chicago has beer
pronounced insane by mental experts and
is now confined in sanatorium How.
ever, few of the Terrible Teddy's sup
porters yet remain at large.
Organized Labor in Colorado has A
great opportunity this year to be a con.
trolling factor in the selection of state
candidates for administrative and legis
latinve offices, and then elect a ticket
that will give labor a square deal
| United effort will do it.
o. \. Hilton. the Denver lawyer, has
been honored by his alma mater with
the degree of Ii. d. The Bates college
at Lewiston, Me, where the attorney re-
celved his diploma many years ago, con.
ferred the degree upon him unexpectedly
One of the incidents of prohibition in
Colorado is action taken by the Pueblo
Trades and Labor Assembly to have con
venient and sanitary drinking founts es
tablished about that city. Coming from
Pueblo, this is, indeed, gratifying news
The best definition of the Republican
national ticket given so far is that ot
Congressman Heflin of Alabama, who il
the House Thursday referred to Hughe,
and Fairbanks as the cold storag,
twins"
That lonely Bull Moose candidate fo,
the vice presidency, Parker of Louisiana
we believe is his name and location, ma,
have an idea he can break that Hoosiel
combination of Marshall and Fairbanks
Denver newspaper heads n poltica
editorial, "Roosevelt's Great Renuncia
ton" This is the first time on recort
the Terrible Teddy was ever accused O
doing anything of this character.
MUNITIONS PLANT is DEFEATED
The 1927 100000 sundry civil appro
priation has passed the House and qoe
to the Senate. During discussion tn,
House rejected a proposal for a $40, 600.
600 government war munitions plant n
Pueblo, Colo, but added $4,000 to tn,
appropriation for printing farmers bull
letins Representative Keating of Colo
rado in offering the munitions amend
ment said it presented a votal problem
and that every United Statas araana1 ~