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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
Taxes and Babies

tons are maintained with doctors in at
tendance. and mothers bring their babies
for weighing and examination and ad-
vice about feeding and general care.
Many cities have both infant welfare
stations and visiting nurses. Glasses for
instructing older school girls in infant
hygiene are conducted by forty.four mu.
inequalities
Many state departments of health and
extension divisions of state universities
also report extensive educational work
in child hygiene. such MS lending cxhib-
its, lantern slides and films. distributing
pamphlets and sending our lecturers,
maintaining a regular press service and
conducting special campaigns for com
plctc. birth registration. Kansas, New
Jersey, New York. and Ohio have organ
lied special divisions of child hygiene
within the state departments of health.
In Massachusetts, infant welfare work is
well-defined feature of the work OF
the division of hygiene.
This new bulletin of the childrcn's bu
rcnu is intended not only for health of.
iiccrs and social workers. but for all who
are interested in comparing the infant.
welfare work in their own communities
with that carried on in other places.
Copies may be obtained free upon ap-
plication to the chief Of the childrcn's
bureau, Washington.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
NEW YORK MOVIE SUPERS
HAVE ORGANIZED A UNION
FIVE HUNDRED JOIN AND PLAN TO
ESCAPE THE AGENTS.
Frohman and Other Big Producers Rec
ognire New Union and Will Employ
Extras Direct in the Future.

No longer will the New York moving
picture "supers'' consent to be flung
from cliffs, or take the star role in a
lynching scene for the sake of art and
Sl.5o day, while the agent who gets
them the job gets either Sl.50 or 81,
which would go to the workers if en-
gagged direct by the company.
The extras have organized union.
under the leadership of Louis Stern. and
already nearly 500 have joined the local
Ii is hoped to extend the movement to
every city in the country where supers
are working.
\ list of demands has been submitted
to the different motion picture producing
houses \ minimum OF $3.50 a day for
work in street clothes has been estab-
lished. Already the Frohman interests
and other large firms have agreed to
hire union men, wherever available, at
their own ratea
The death blow to the agents will be
struck thru this union. Even managers
have come to realize that these agents
prey upon the workers to an enormous
extent.
Another thing the union will seek
TO do is to see to il that only those
persons who are engaged in "suping" a.,
a profession will be hired. At present,
almost anybody can get hired OCCASION
ally, while many of the skilled workers
and it takos long training to make
a really good moving picture extra
are forced to walk the streets in idle
ness. or else accept the starvation rates
offered bv the unscrupulous agents
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

labor to a degree of unanimity never
before reached on any political issue.
Trade unionists are not the champion,
of war, for it is they who are compelled
TO do the fighting, and also to bear the
great burden which follows in its wake.
Mllitarism has no supporters among the
men and women of labor. Militarism
interests all members OF the family, and
the wage earner's wife and family are
as strong in their convictions against
war. if not stronger, than the wage
Garner himself 1t is therefore not diff
ficult to discern the basis OF the senti-
ment now prevailing among the workers
This first cause is bulwarked by the
decision rendered in the Danbury Hat
ters' case by the United States Supreme
court, with Mr.. Hughes a member or
that court and concurring in the decision
which took from the hatters their homes
and savings. The experience that labor
has had with the courts and with Judges
Is one long story of abuse of the judicial
power. Judges do not commend them
selves to working people because of this
general abuse. The laboring people take
the position that Candidate Hughes, who
concurred in decisions against labor
while member of the supreme court,
is not very likely to promote the rights
and interests OF labor if he becomes pres
ldent. No working man can vote for
Candidate Hughes without indorsing his
decision in the Danbury Hatters' case
as the result OF which workmen were
robbed of their savings and the shacks
which sheltered them. Advocates of war
control property and wealth. and the
Danbury Hatters' decision emphasizes
the control of the courts by wealth
with humanity forgotten.
The men and women of labor will
demonstrate on November in a most
emphatic manner their disapproval of tx
theory that dollars should be considered
paramount to humanity.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
Eight-Hour Day Should Applyto
All Workers Where it Is Possible
President Wilson Clearly Defines His Policy on This Subject
in Address at Shadouu LaDn Before
Pilgrims From Neup York

Last Saturday was Woodrow Wilson
Day in the Democratic national cam
paign. On this occasion a large delega-
tion OF New Workers visited the presi.
dent at his country home, Shadow Lawn,
New Jersey. The president reviewed
his foreign and labor policies before the
largest assemblage that has made a pill
grimage to his home SD far during the
campaign. He declared in favor OF a
universal eight hour day for the workers
insofar as it is possible. Defining his
position on this subject, the president
said:
The only thing that those OF us have
done who have tried to lead has been to
purge our hearts and understand what
we heard, because, my friends, a man
who tries to serve a free nation must
try to have in his own heart the
thoughts OF free nation. He must see
to it that he, so far as his intelligence
permits, thinks the same thoughts that
the man on the streets thinks and the
man in the factory and the man down
in the mine and the men running the
trains.
If he believes that men ought to
work only eight hours, he is expected to
say So and if he is asked whether he
means everybody, he ought TO answer,
} es, everybody Tor WhOm II IS possible
There are some occupations in which
you cannot divide the day up into eight
hour periods, for the simple reason that
you have got to do what nature de-
termines.
Il do not see how, for example, a
farmer could divide the day up into Pc
riods of eight hours, because nature does
not divide it up into periods OF eight
hours, but in most occupations where
the seasons do not dominate-where the
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

plans OF men dominate, it is possible to
have eight hours, and, moreover, eight
hours are more profitable to the men
who manage the capital OF the country
than the longer day"
Renewing his discussion OF the foreign
policies of the United States and speak
ing of the vocal element" of the Repub-
lican party, the president declared, as
the audience thought, of Roosevelt:
They prefer a peace that is produced
by the methods of those who defy, OF
those who brag, of those who threaten,
in order to establish their prowess. They
have forgotten their manners They
want a peace indeed-but they do not
want peace obtained as gentlemen OBJ
tain it, but only as braggarts obtain it,
Further along in his address the pres
ident said:
Think of it, my friends. In order to
reunite the Republican party by giving
dominance to that section OF it which
has been rejected by the party itself, a
time of world crisis is to be used in
which it is absolutely necessary that
the counsels OF this nation should be
united and unmistakable. What are We
to say OF the patriotism OF men who
take advantage OF a crisis of the world,
when the fortunes of men hang in un-
certain balance, when the peace of this
great nation can be maintained only by
the most thoughtful and considerate
means, in order to settle a question of
power among themselves! The thing Is
incredible. 1t is not to be endured by
men who love America and more and
more the attention OF this country Is
being concentrated upon the Democratic
party and the thoughtful men who are
now allying themselves with the Demo-
cratic party"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
BOYONNE STRIKE OFF AS
RAISE OF PAY PROMISED
STANDARD OIL EMPLOYEES WIRING
CONCESSIONS FROM COMPANY.
Federal Mediators Succeed in Gaining so
Per Cent Increase After a Riotous
Strike Lasting Nine Days.

The strike of STANDARD Oil employees
came to an end at Bayonne, y. j., last
week following a meeting of the strikers
when decision was reached TO return
to work.
Three thousand American workers rc-
turned to work Immediately, but many
Poles and Hungarians remained on strike
until the meeting when they, too, decided
to call off the walkout.
The strike lasted nine days, and in
the reign of disorder which character
lied the first week, three We're killed and
forty injured, one of the killed being n
woman
The company had steadfastly refused
to treat with the men until they re-
turned 10 work, but the strikers were
assured carly in the week by John y.
Moffitt and John A. Smythe, mediators
of the federal department of labor, that
n return to work would be followed by
a raise in pay within a reasonable time.
The strikers were handicapped by the
fact that the mayor of Bayonne is en-
ployed by the Standard Oil company as
one of its counsel and that city politics
was infused into the situation.
The strikers. most of whom were re-
cciving $3.50 a day each, demand a so
per cent increase for all receiving under
81 day, and 90 per cent increase for
those receiving more than So a day.
The plants affected We're the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, the Tidewa-
ter Oil company, the Vacuum Oil com
pany. the International Nickel company,
the General Chemical company, the Ia
cific Coast BoraN company, the Southern
Cotton Seed Oil company. and the Col
umbia Oil company. While only abou,
$500 men were on strike $500 other,
were thrown out of work.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
Wilson Establishing SocialJustice
Without Being Social Revolution

Not all the great capitalists are sup
porting Justice Charles Evans Hughes
for president. Jacob II. Schiff of New
York, banker and philanthropist, head
of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co, an
international banking concern. announced
his reasons for desiring the reelection
of Woodrow Wilson in a speech iii
Cooper Union few nights ago. This
is what he said:
Normally Republican, l turned four
years ago TO Woodrow Wilson, primarily
because l had become convinced that
high protection, this shiboleth of the
Republican party, was at the bottom OF
all special privilege and the many other
ills and inequalities We had so long been
suffering from.
During the past four years Woodrow
Wilson-the schoolmaster that he is
taught me some valuable lessons; as a
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

leading one, that constant cleavage be-
tween the different classes neither should
nor need exist and that thru well thought
out legislation we can reach state OF
social justice without social revolution.
we who rs independents are not tied
up hand and foot with either Of the
two great parties feel we can render the
best service to our country by standing
by the leader we believe best qualified
to guide the American people right.
Woodrow Wilson is the immeasurably
more experienced and because of this the
safer leader, and to attempt any change
in administration and to entrust the
guidance of the ship OF state into new,
untried and inexperienced hands would
be sheer madness.
Woodrow Wilson is sure to pass into
history as one of the wisest statesmen
of present times and one of the greatest
OF American presidcnts.''
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

OF the 500 American cities with TO-.
600 or more population, over two-thirds
have reported to the federal childrcn's
bureau that some kind of work affect
ing the health of babies is carried on by
the municipality from public funds, nc.
cording to the tabular analysis of infant.
welfare work by public and private agcn.
cics in the United States which has Just
been published by the bureau. In TWEEN
ty cities this work is so highly organ.
lied that special division devoted to
child hygiene is included in the city
health department.
Cities of every type are found among
those reporting special municipal health
work for babies. In general it appears
that municipal work is more highly de-
vclopcd in large cities than in small. and
yet two cities with less than 100000
population-Duluth. MINI. and Mont.
clair. n. J.-arc found among the twenty
having municipal division of child hy.
gicnc. The others arc Boston. Mass. +;
Buffalo, n. Y; Chicago, Ill; Cincinnati,
Ohio: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit. Mich. /;
Jersey City, N. j.; Kansas City, Mo. /;
Los Angeles. Cal; Milwaukee, Wis. /;
Nashville, Tenn; New York, N. Y;
Newark, n. J.: Philadelphia, Pa; Pitts.
burg. Pa; Providence, II. l.; Seattle,
Wash: Toledo. Ohio.
Babies and mothers are helped by the
municipalities in various ways. II is
true tina. 255 cities report milk inspec-
tion as the only municipal activity di.
rcctly affecting babies. but 100 munc.
palitics employ n nurse to visit the
homes and teach the mother what TO do
for her baby, and to help her when the
baby is sick. Special municipal nurses
are assigned in sixty three cities to the
care and instruction of prospective moth
ers. In sixty cities infant welfare sta
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
Dr.. Allan A. TannerLeaues Pulpit
ToAgdin Work in Machine Shop
Noted Denuer Preacher Declares Church Is Commerciazed
and Does Not Teach True Christianity; Will Don
Ouerals and Rub Eibolus With Real Humans

in Toledo he was a friend and co-worker
of Golden Rule" Jones. 1t was he who
preached the funeral sermon OF Toledo's
famous mayor.
Il no doubt shall return to the pulpit"
Dr. Tanner said. discussing his plans,
so | prefer to speak of my retirement
as only temporary thing When / am
free shall do the work which / turnel
aside twelve years ago. feeling | was
doing an injustice to nv family. Now
circumstances are such that | am able
to carry out nv plans
Il told my congregation at the First
Congregational church this morning that
for the seven years and more / have
been with them / have been teaching
clearly just one truth: That Christian
ity i simply the study and practice OF
the law of love as taught by Christ
the truth which the world certainly
needs above all other truths. Ny con-
rregation understands this truth and ]
shall leave to il the responsibility Of
standing for it in Denver while ! preach
il elsewhere. ] hope TO scatter this
truth by writing and lecturing. After
] am relieved OF my pastorate, shall
do some writing ! have long hoped TO
shall probably go East, first to New
York
VIII Don overalls Again.
Il do not care for money and il /
cannot earn my living by my writings
and lectures, can earn it with my
hands / plan to put my overalls on
again and work in a machine ship. l
shall perhaps try working in a factory
for a while, and, perhaps, in the mines.
| purpose to study economical and So
cial problems at close range and shall
follow wherever they take me.
Il especially desire TO study the teach
ings OF Christianity as applied to indus
trial conditions And shall study the
church not to find out what is the
matter with it, for that | know, but TO
find out what changes specifically are
needed in the church to meet the social
conditions we must face after the war.
The church Is facing the greatest
crisis in its history. The European wai
is dramatic evidence that the present
day interpretations of Christianity have
failed The war shows that Gods priests
in Europe have failed TO teach the law
Of love. The church of today either must
change TO meet the problems OF human
ity or IL must quit"
Then you think the church of today
an utter failuret" he was asked.
Where Church Has Failed.
"No. | should not say that" he an
-wercd. but the church of today has
failed in many things. Commercialism
has entered il. as it has everything else
The trouble with the church of today
is that it breaches above the heads OF
the people. II fails to understand that
You first must understand Gods crca.
lures TO understand God.
"Thc minister is handicapped in thar
l.. &. III
human relations. He is expected TO
keep company with God alone. The
other day ] was summoned to serve on
jury. When | appeared l was told
that being a minister l was not com
PEELED TO do jury duty. But | insisted
upon serving. l am still a man and n
citizen, in spite of the fact that / am n
minister, and I can think as broadly and
as humanity as other men"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
TEXTILE WORKERS PROGRESSIVE

In an enthusiastic letter to President
Gompcrs, Secretary Treasurer Conboy of
the United Textile Workers Union says
that the convention OF this organization.
which closed at New York city last Sat
urday. was the most progressive in its
history. Progress and solidarity-secmcd
TO he the watchword of the whole con-
vcntion." writes this unionist, who also
states that for the first time in the his
tory of the union ''we will send our fun
quota of delegates to the A, F. of L..
convention"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

The Rev. Allan A. Tanner, one OF the
most prominent ministers in Denver, VIII
retire from the pulpit on or before the
first OF next year. He made this an
nouncement and rendered his letter of
resignation as pastor of the First Con
gregational church last Sunday morning.
He also will retire from the Peoples
Tabernacle and expects to take up indus
trial pursuits, perhaps returning to work
in n machine shop.
To some of his close friends this ac-
tion on the part OF DIR. Tanner will not
come as n complete surprise. His heart
il with the common people, and the
present day attitude of the organized
church does not groove with his ideas
OF Christianity.
About dozen years ago he resigned
pastorate in Pueblo and went to
Toledo. Ohio, where he secured employ
ment in the shops of Golden Rule"
Jones. joined the Machinists Union and
was a delegate in the central labor body
Of that city.
Must Get on Human Plane.
In giving his reasons for quitting the
puplit. Dr. Tanner said
The church either must get back on
q human plane or get out OF business.
II must cease teaching technical Chris
tianity and teach the law OF love,
Chrlst's fundamental idea and tho idea
which i fundamental Of Judaism and
Mohammedism and all the religions OF
the world. Ministers study God too
much and human beings too little. They
preach too much OF the heaven beyond
instead of the love which should make
heaven on earth"
And one Of his objects in freeing him
self of tho responsibilities of a church
j. TO get closer to "the problems OF hu-
mAnity" And to achieve this part of
his mission he will 90 into the industrial
centers OF the East. donning oycralls to
earn his living with hi, hands.
Pulpit Ignores Labor Problems.
The minister in his puplit," he says.
"can know little of the problems OF the
-rnen who toll in the factory or shop.
He cannot understand the labor problem
until he understands tho laborcr He
cannot understand him by reading about
him in his library"
DIR. Tanner will be the second prom.
rcnt Denver minister 10 leave the pulpit
within a year. The Rev. G.. II. Van
Arsdall. pastor of the Central Christian
church. resigned las, spring to enter
business life.
DIR. Tanners announcement shat he
would retire before the first OF tho year
came as n complete surprise TO his two
congregations. He had been making hi.
plans for some time. bu: had confidcd
them TO no one. There were few dry
eyes among his congregation at the First
Congregational church when his letter OF
resignation had been read. He has been
pastor of tho church seven years ana
made himself beloved. H.. has asked TO
be relieved at the congregations con.
venicncc some time between now end
January J.
Worked in Machine Shops.
When DR.. Tanner joins the industrial
army IL will not be the first time he
has donncd ovcralls to get an inside
view of industrial problems. He went
10 work in machine shop in Toledo.
Ohio several years ago and became skilled
enough TO join the union While living
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
BUILDING TRADES TO HOLD MEET

President Williams of the A. +. of l..
building Trades Department has issued
the call for the tenth annual convention
TO convene in Baltimore, Monday. No
vembcr % Meetings will he held Mt
Moose hall. 4l0 West Faycttc street.
The New Howard hotel has been select
cd as the official headquarters.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
AIDING N. Y. STREET CAR MEN

William Zaranko. business agent for
the House Wreckers Union of New York,
has placed 450 striking car men as help
ers to wrcckers at S2.25 day for eight
hours. Men with nerve and ability can
earn 81 day. The Wreckers Union is
a recently organized body chartered by
the American Federation of Labor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04
EIGHr-HouR DAY FOR THE MOVIES

Manager Holton of the Port Arthur
tTeNasl Amusement company. has mott.
fled his movie operators that hereafter
they will work eight hours day. They
have been working nine hours and re-
ceiving $3.50 per week. the scale fixed
by the union In addition to the shortc,
hours their wages were advanced to S25,
Employees of the two other houses arc
also receiving the same pay, having been
granted these concessions.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

Frowns and scowls make fortunes ia.
vors flee
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-04

When DIR. Tanner joins the industrial
army IL will not be the first time he
has donncd ovcralls to get an inside
view Of industrial problems. He went
to work in n machine shop in Toledo.
Ohio several years ago and became skilled
enough to join the union While living
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-02
MADE THE WORLD HAPPIER.

There are scriptural passages to the el1ec.
that the Creator never has left himself without
witnesses in any time or cline; and it is a mat
fer Of common observation that every race OF
men has given the world, and still produces, IN
idiyiduals far superior in spirituality TO the
mass of their compatriots. Nobility OF soul IS
not the exclusive heritage Of any peoples anu
often where least expected, men and women o.
altruistic, loving and lofty natures appear.
There died recently in New York City a man
who came to this country half century ago
from Italy. At the time of his arrival ne was
penniless. He became dealer IN old oottles,
and amassed fortune of eighty Thousand ooi-
lars He and his wife lived simply, frugaily,
lin barely furnished rooms. Chlldless, tney
took the children of the neighborhood under
their protection. Denying themselves all lux
uries and many comforts, they were open
handed and unfailing in their generosity to all
the poor with whom they came IN contact. NO
cripple or beggar ever appealed IN vain TO TINS
kindly man, this nature s nobleman, this arls-
tocrat of the kingdom of heaven Particular
ly did he delight in Frightening the lives OF
children. He sent them in squads to picture
shows and had ever pocketfull of pennies for
them and larger coins and bills for those IN
sorest need; and. not to miss any opportunities
or DONG SOOQ, ne JOlHeu every pelie'oiciiI So
ciety he could He had costly funeral-per-
haps that was his single vanity-and over two
hundred coaches and eighteen open barouches
carried all his neighbors and delegates from
eighteen Italian benevolent societies to the
cemetery where he was buried; and eight bands
went along to make the occasion memorable
Thus lived and thus died Giovanni Liberetto,
having added materially to the sum of human
happiness We cannot say with positive knowl-
edge to which of ST. Paul's three heavens he
went or what reception he met. But if specula-
ton is permissible we should be inclined to con-
lecture that this old bottle merchant was more
of working partner Of Deity than some clergy
men we wot Of