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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
Recognition Of Union Labor
Is Guarantee Of Good Faith

to the employers proposal to deal
with his employees "as individuals" as
soon as the employer agrees to aban-
don the trust, corporation, company
and co-partnership and go back to the
primitive relations of master and
man. And that will be plenty soon
enough,
The interests of labor and capital
are one, declare some persons. But
the very frequency and insistency
with which the statement is made
would seem to argue a doubt as to
its correctness.
The Daniel who should come to
judgment on the contract between a
trade union and a corporation would
find that, according to the latter's
construction, there is more than a
pound of flesh nominated in the
bond.
, Business men would do we'll to re.
member that the logical remedy for
any disadvantage in competition suf-
fered by them through the employ
ment of organized labor is not less
trade unionism in their own business
but more trade unionism in the bust
ness of their competitors.
1t is a mistake on the part of la.
Dor to attempt the refutation of the
"class" theory by insistence upon the
mutually of the interests of labor
and capital. These are merely ele
ments of the same principle-the pro
ductive capacity. To speak, there
fore, of the mutuality of interest be
tween labor and capital as of two
principles is of itself to recognize
two classes, the laborer and the capi
talist.-The Journal of Labor
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

1T would be better for us to have
no American merchant marine than
a merchant marine with no American
mariners.
IF the act is a burden" added Prof
Farnam, "the best time to impose the
burden is in a period of prosperity
rather than in one of decadence"
Dr. Frederick Hoffman dealt with
the statistics of death through acci-
dent at sea. Records which should
be compiled by the Bureau of Navi-
cation to show the death rate by ac-
cident were very incomplete because
the regulations requiring the filing of
this information were largely ignor.
ed. According to the statistics of
the Prudential Insurance Company
which We're on the whole the best
available, the percentage of deaths by
accident among seamen was 10 per
cent as against 10.5 per cent. among
the general population.
Dr. Hoffman proposed a resolution
urging upon congress and the bureau
of navigation the annual tabulation
and analysis of statistical data on the
hazard of employment in the Ameri-
can merchant marine.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
SCHMIDT SPEAKS OUT
Reads in Court Tirade Against Prose
cution and Rotten Indus
trial Conditions

LOS ANGELES -Availing himself
of the statutory privilege of making
a statement before the court imposed
a sentence of life imprisonment, Mat,
thew Schmidt, recently convicted Of
murder in connection with dynamit-
ing the Times building, read from
typewriter manuscript a long TRADE
against the prosecution and the rot
ten industrial conditions" in the coun-
try.
Judge Willis rebuked Schmidt for
cr'ticising District Attorney Wool
wine
A stay of execution was granted
until Jan. "a
Schmidt declared a detective visi-
ted him a few days after he was
brought here from New York.
He asked me why ! didn't get
some reward money said Schmidt
"They don't want you nor Caplan,"
he told me. "They want to hang
Tveitmore and Johanssen. You can
help them and you will be free"
Judge Willis overruled a motion
! for a new trial.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

Recognition of the union" after
all, implies merely a guarantee of
good faith on the part of the en-
ployer toward his employees.
The Importance of the demand for
recognition of the union" may be
very well judged by the amount of
opposition it encounters from the
employing class.
About the only argument CD left
the non-uR'onist Is that of the fox
Who had lost his brush. to-wit: that
brushes are altogether too common.
There can not be any question of
the "sacredness of contract" with a
trade union whose actual existence
is assailed. The contract itself is
abrogated by the act of assault.
If consistency were a marketable
commodity the average employer
would probably keep in stock an en-
tirely different brand of anti-union
argument (O.
: The man who insists upon run
ming his own business" would be
more consistent and more successful
If he would recognize the line be-
tween his business and the welfare
of the human race.
Labor can not make an improve
ment in its own conditions without
breaking the friendship (0 of the
employer who has assumed the whole
right to attend to that sort of thing
lin his own good time.
The employer who is most strenu
GUS in claiming the right to run
ibis own business" is frequently most
insstent in the claim that 1t Is the
duty of his employees to attend to the
advertising end thereof
The organized workers may agree
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
Better lave No Merchant Marine Than
Marine With No American Mariners

WASHINGTON A keen discus
sion of the working of the American
Seamen's Law took place at the meet
ing of the American Association for
Labor Legislation.
The meeting, which was opened by
Secretary of Labor VIM. B. Wilson,
was addressed by Andrew Furuseth,
president of the International Sea
mems Union, Prof. Henry w. Farnam
of Yale, and DR.. Frederick L. Hoff-
man, of the Prudential Insurance Co.
of America.
That the shortage of American mer-
chant marine was due to the decay Of
American seamanship was claimed
by Andrew Furuseth.
Sea power" he said, 'is the sea-
men, and the race or nation whose
citizens or subjects leave the sea
must lose its sea power. The ad-
vice of the shipowners has always
been taken by congress. The sea-
mems voice has never been heard and
the result is that at the beginning
of the present war the United States
had very few ships in the foreign
trade. White mer are leaving the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
ABOLISH CONVICT LABOR

PITTSBURG, Pat is stated that
500 prisoners at the Western peni
tentiary have ceased work in the hat
broom and hosiery departments be
cause of the new convict labor law
which took effect the first of the year
and which provides that products of
the penitentiary shall be consumed
by state and county institutions. Un,
til the prison labor commission has
perfected its plans, work at the West
ern penitentiary viii be apportioned
among those made idle because of the
law.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
JURY CONVICTs SCHMIDT;
NEW TRIAL ASKED
IRREGULARITIES ALLEGED
Los Angeles, Calf

Los Angeles, Calf
After three months continuous trial
which cost the county of Los Angeles
probably not less than $4,000 and
during which the old stereotyped story
of alleged dynamitings by the stool
pigeons of the steel trust and their
dupes was rehearsed in detail the
jury in the NJ A. Schmidt case
brought in verdict of guilty on
Thursday evening, December 80, aft
er brief deliberation A sentence
Of life Imprisonment was recommend
ed.
Schmidt listened to the verdict with
the same calm and fearless demeanor
that has characterized him throughout
the trial and that has cone far to.
wards convincing the spectators dur.
ing the trial of his entire innocence
of the charges against him.
His devoted sister Katherine. who
has been constantly at his side dur
ing the trial, also bore up wonderfully
under the ordeal, her whole thoughts
evidently being for the brother whom
she carressed and to whom she spoke
words of cheer and loyalty.
Schmidt himself probably was the
most unconcerned man in the court
room To say that his friends were
surprised at the verdict is to put it
very mildly Indeed the verdict has
been widely commented on, the gen
eral opinion among lawyers and 9th
ers being that the evidence did not
warrant it and that in any event the
punishment recommended was too
severe under the circumstances
Time for sentence was set for Mon
day of this week and at that time
Attorney ]. II. Ryckman filed a mo-
tion for a new trial The motion au-
tomatically blocked the sentencing
Schmidt. Argum snts VIII be neard on
the motion on January IL
MAKES sERlOI ARGE
Besides advancing the usual statu
tory grounds, Attorney Ryckman as
serted that new evidence had been
discovered. He also charged miscon-
duct on the part of the state and
hose in charge of the jury during the
trial He asserted that the jury had
been treated to various theatre par
ties and taken for numerous automO-
bile rides during the time the trial
was in progress. Other favors and
"luXuries" We're alleged to have been
shown the jury and these things were
characterized as unusual" to say the
least That these luxuries provided
by the state would naturally incline
the jury to look with favor upon the
states case, was the contention.
Chief Counsel Nate Coughlan and
Edwin V Mckenzie, his associate, left
for San Francisco Immediately after
the trial, but will return to argue the
motion for a new trial
In the Caplan case Attorney Ryck
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

sea and their places are taken by
men of African or Asatic races. Men
w thout knowledge of The language of
the officers and without sufficient
practical experience to know how to
obey orders, are destructive Of safety
and hence loss of life at sea has
been increasing. For these reasons
the Seamen's Act provides for a YER
bal understanding of orders and a
technical ability to obey orders
eff any element of safety to the pas
sengers and anything like an equal
opportunity for the Americans on the
sea is desired, the Seamen's Act will
have to be protected and properly
Prof H. w Farnam of Yale said
that the fact that the seamen's law
was opposed by important interests
was not in itself conclusive
1--WE have seen over and over
again, in the history of labor legis-
laton, that measures which were
proved mathematically by those in
terested to be ruinous to business
have been found to be perfectly
feasible
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
LabOr'S Activities
MINERS GIVE UP
FEDERATION; WILL
YIELD CHARTERS
Industrial Peace Expected to Follow
This Action in Arizona
Mining Camps

CLIFTON, Ariz.-As a result of
mass meetings of the Arizona, Shan
non and Detroit Copper companies
striking employees at Clifton, Morenci
and Metcalf last Tuesday evening,
the Western Federation of Miners
was unanimously renounced.
The charters of the local unions
were returned to Denver headquar-
ters.
John Donnelly, secretary of the
State Federation of Labor, declared
he believed that industrial peace
would result in the strike field with
in 80 days
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
MINERS GET RAISE

1t is said that beginning with the
new year a 10 per cent increase of
wages has been granted to the en-
ployes of the Calumet and Hecla
mills, mines and smelters in Michi-
gan. The increase affects $4,000
workers and while their wages still
are sadly insufficient, the raise will
help some"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES

We understand that some of our
employees are buying meat from the
Crescent Meat Market of Everett.
We are running our own meat market
and we ask that ALL our emploves
make their purchases from this mar.
ket. If you DO NOT care to do that
WE DO NOT care to have you in our
employ and if you continue to buy
from that market DO NOT be sur.
Prised at being dismissed without no.
tice.
CROWN LUMBER CO..
A. A. Scott, Nor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
U. S. WILL BUY 100000
AUTOS IN 1916 ESTIMATE

NEW YORK.-More than 100000
automobiles will be sold in 1916, ac-
cording to sales managers at the six
teenth annual show of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
which opened here this week.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
OBJECT TO OVERTIME

SEATTLE.-The Plasterers Union
has notified employers that its rule
will henceforth be enforced which de-
bars its members from working over
time while other members are unem-
ployed.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

The above notice faces the slaves
employed by the Crown Lumber Co.
of Mukilteo Wash. The slaves aver
age wage amounts to S160 per day OF
ten hours. All their supplies must
be bought from the company store
Some Of the slaves reyolted, hence
the notice Hurrah for America-the
land of he FREE.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

China is perhaps the one country in
the world which can shift from re-
public to a kingdom and vice versa,
without the population being aware
Of the fact-Chicago Herald
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

man asked the court to grant a con
tinuance until Coghlan and Mckenzie
returned from San Francisco as they
were the attorneys in the case This
was granted
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
PAINTERS SLcN AGREEMENT

Youngstown, Ohio-Painters' union
and the Master Painters Association
have signed a union shop agreement
and ended a long strike
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
INCREASE FOR MOLDERS

ERIE, Pa.--Members Of the Iron
Molders' Union employed by the Erie
Maneable Iron Company. have Sc
cured per cent. wage increase.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

Give the wages of an hours labor
January 27 to relieve the Danbury
hatters.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
RECEIVED TOO LATE
FOR PUBLICATION
IN THIS ISSUE

Several columns of advance" copy
relative to the North Yakima Con-
vention of the State Federation of
Labor were mailed to The Labor Jour
nal too late to be published this week,
Who is responsible for this delay?
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

The world is governed much more
by opinion than by laws.-Channing.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14
Patriotism and
"Bethlehem Steel"

ON D. c. Jan loTbe AntAltarm Committee which
ng the attempt to stampede the country adoption of hinge
ar budget has given biting satire on the retI
"een ornaments and parotismforprvate profit is poem nv crac
sabel Colron and bears "Peparedness 1t reads as ~
"PREPAREDNEss
A Tale Ticker
A fort is taken, the
Five thousand dead il murderous deal
A victory? No, just grim day
But up to five hundred oes Bethlehem
A whisper, no Wher
A sigh from a heartre
A murmur of Peace N he death-laden air.
But Bethlehem Steel drops thirty per cent
wen fight the the diplomats cry
"WeH fight to the igh the weary men
AS the battle o he hudderng sky
And Bethlehem Steel a ise Of
What matters the loss o a neno
What matters the 0 boomng lands?
The children's the women's pain?
If Bethlehem a X hundred stands
And so WE must join n the saualterrDin
WE must ourselves or a senseess hate
WE must waste youths in the murder drill
That Bethlehem Steel may it state
The committee which Lillian Vd m trrr
enen New York City Allan Kellogg Rev To7n t
onles' iaop stephen Wise Benedict and rr i
ING 70 RAISE unds for fight the AGAINST the -
''' dug WASH
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-14

CROWN LUMBER CO..
A. A. Scott, MGR.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
IAN AMAZING DISCOVERY

his instructions. In consequence of
which, when Signor Mont, an Italian
opera singer, living in the same apart
ment house, Numbered into her boudoir
after a bibulOus night out that had
put a crimp into his bump of locality
and interfered with his navigating APP
paratus, how was poor little Blanche
to know?
A mistake like this, as you may well
imagine, would be enough to upset any
family, and especially when as in the
case in point, an overzealous house
maid had proceeded the first thing in
the morning to carry what she be
lievcd were her masters clothes to the
tailor to be pressed.
Something like the above describes
the situation that develops soon after
the curtain rises on Salisbury Field
and Margaret Mayo's Twin Beds"
which has had the longest run of any
play in New York this season and is
shortly to be seen here. And it is a
situation which. as may be readily sur
missed, would provide the means to in
Vulnerable funny complications in the
hands Of almost any skillful writer of
farce.
In this particular instance more than
an ordinary amount of ingenuity has
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01

been displayed. Skirting thin ice at
various points, the action Of Twin
Beds" is said to be consistently and
cumulatively comic, frequently spiced
with the quick. sure clash of rapier-
like wit, yet wholly without vulgarity
or offense to persons sensitive about
the properties. The audience knows
from the start that Blanche is merely
victim of circumstances, and they
are ready to acquit her of the least
suspicion of wrongdoing, even before
she makes that fact apparent to her
naturally jealous and much over4
wrought Harry. Even the dominate
ing Signora Monti is ultimately CON
WINGED, not only OF Blanches limo
cence, but Of the unintentionalness Of
her temperamental tenor's blunder.
The vein Of humor Is richly main,
tanned from the start to the finish
But, like all good farces. the humor of
Twin Beds" with its rapid move
ment and brilliant dialogue, cannot be
adequately conveyed by verbal descrip.
ton or in cold type. One must see it
to get the full value of 1t. New York
has been laughing at Twin Beds for
many months, and playgoers here arr
soon to have an opportunity Of enlcE1
ing it.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
N ADOO READY To
START RETIRING
BIG BOND ISSUE
Most Important Step forMaoy
Months in Carrying Out Fed
eraI Reserve Act Is Taken
by Secretary Of Treasury

reY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEAsto wiasl
Washington Feb. 29.-rhe first
step was taken today toward carry
ing out the plans of the trainers of
the federal reserve act for SUBSTITUTE
ton of n currency based on the de-
mands of commerce for "a currency
based on government bonds. IN a
letter 10 the federal reserve board
Secretary McAdoo announced his
readiness to provide FOR the retire
ment during the present year Of S5o, 2
0OO, 900 of the per cent United States
bonds used by national banks TO Sc
cure their note circulation.
This is regarded by members az N"
board as the most important action
affecting the reserve system taken III
MANY months. There is outstanding
more than 500. 900, 900 worth of these
3 per cent bonds, total that hereto
fore has not varied. with the result
that the amount of national bank
note in circulation has been fixed no
matter whether money was tight or
easy.
The reserve act provides for the
retirement of the twos In twenty
wears The effect of the decision it
was said tonight probably will be to
retire the per cents much faster
than was expected.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
CHILD GETS SICK
CROSS, FEVER|SH
IF C0NsT|PATED.
"CaIifornla Syrup Of Figs"
can't harm tender Stom-
aCh or bowels.

A laxative today saves sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour
Look AT the tongue, motherl II
coated, or your child Is istless, cross.
feverlsh, breath bad. restless, doesn't
eat heartily. full of cold or has sore
throat or any other chldren's ailment,
give a teaspoonful Of california Syrup
of Figs" then don't worry. because II
Is perfectly harmless. and In few
hours all this constipation poison, sour
bile and fermentlng waste will gently
move out Of the bowels. and you have
a WELL playful child again. A thor
ough Inside cleansing" Is oftimes all
that Is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask Your druggist for 50-cent bottle
Iof 'Cnlifornin Syrup OF Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that II is made by the Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Company"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
.UNEMPL 0YMENT
AFTER THE WAR
IS BIG PROBLEM
Member of Parliament Urges
That Immediate Action Be
Taken to Prevent Grave Sit
uatioo When Peace Comes,
tAssoelaled Press Correspondence,


London, Feb, l9.-lAn urgent plea
for the Immediate laying of plans for
the prevention of unemployment in
England when peace is established Is
made by w &. Anderson. M. r..
chairman of the recent labor party
conference in published interview
Mr. Anderson declares that unless
this is done there viii in large meas
IRE be chaos and confusion, deepened
social poverty and much discomfort.
Among other things ne suggests the
creation Of q ministry Of labor which
would prepare plans and have them
in readiness for any emergency that
might arise.
In all likelihood. peace will find
us plunged In an economic crisis az
gravated by various causes" SAYS.
Mr. Anderson. "The slackening OF
government orders In various direc-
tlons. the demobilization of the troops
viii mean serious dislocation of in
dustry, and there will be lack OF
capital, with high rates of interest.
Food prices viii remain high, though
not so high as at present. and when
the act dealing with rents expires
there will be increases IN house rent
"The rapid or gradual discharge
from the army of some millions OF
men will create special problems, es-
pecialIy in view of the large numbers
of emergency workers who are doing
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
Nd SETTLEMENT
IS REACHED IN
SHELTER STRIKE
Peculiar Situation ConfrontS
Industrial Relations Com.
mittee in LeadvlIIei No Dis
Orders Is Yet Apparent,
70, ao..,~o .ovss.. .,.e.l ,...so ~,--


loldville. colo, Feb. 2g.-The in
dnstrial relations commission, all
members Of which are here, Is con-
frontod with the most peculiar prob
lam II has yet encountered. Several
Kindred smelter men, few of whom
snrnk English, are on strike, asking
FOR 80 cents day increase In wages
and che right to trade where ,hey
nlease. The members of the INDUS
rial commission, the Austri1n vice
cdnsu. and others have repeatedly
urged them return to work when theif
grievances will be investigated. This
the men refuse to do unless assur-
ances are given by the smelling
company of an increase.
The company declines to discuss the
matter, and today the commission
considered the ACCESSIBILITY of arrest
ing a number OF the strikers on the
ground that thirty days notice had
not been given of an intention 70
strike.
This plan-is not approved by Dis
trict Attorney Whatley He stated
that such course Is not practicaple
and that the law itself is of doubtful
constitutionality.
Attorney General Farrar is also in
the city making an investigation OF
the situation.
There is no disorder" he stated.
The local officials appear to have
the situation we'll in hand
The Arkansas valley plant is oper-
ating with a small force, the men be-
ing housed inside the works
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-01
Q-BAN DARKENS
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Everybody Uses It---DarkenS
Your Gray Hair So Evenly
So Handy and No Dye,
Harmless, Also Stops Dan
druff,


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