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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

members are enthusiastic boosters for
safety Generally speaking. the mem
bers of a workmen's committee should
command the respect OF their fellow
employees. For this reason il may be
well to let the workmen themselves
have some voice in the selection of
membership should, sooner or later,
give most employees a turn as a mem
ber of safety committee.
Size of committee. There is no
standard number for workmen's COM
mittees. In fact the purposes of the
committee should govern its size. II
it does the work of inspection pri-
marily it should be small; if its pur-
poses are primarily educational II
should be somewhat larger. Indeed
some employers favor a large educa-
tional committee. However, it should
be noted that large committees are
always cumbersome. Several depart
mental committees existing at the
same time are probably more effec-
tive than one large committee. As
occasion requires, these several COM
mittees may be called together for
consultation or instruction. Some en-
ployers have relatively small depart
mental committees and appoint
larger number of auxiliary members.
Since independent departmental COM
mittees in relatively small depart
ments are operating successfully at
present. there is no reason why small
factories may not obtain benefits
from workmen's committees: the
| small factory corresponds to small
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
American Exporters Must Combine If
They Are to Profit by Foreign Trade
BY GILBERT ROWE Of New York

resident Europe
frequently noticed the inefficient which American manufacturers
engineering products sell their through
method which often results cutthoat
kindred and supplemental products all of American This
smaller well
methods and their foreign representatives
equally ignorant of American conditions
The obvious solution for number of allied industries
through single organization which should
for foreign consumption alterations
and form meet foreign requirements and to establish forms
credit suitable to the country of destination
Such organizations would decrease greatly the cost selling
publicity would avoid waseful competition and the
dependable foreign market would
permit regulation of the output and of the demand for labor at home
while maintaining prices at reasonably profitable level
composition organization of this kind would approximate
TO what lis known n Germany the cartel
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

country There were investigated T.
746 death cases; loss of ore limb.
s26. loss of both limbs. 172. and 5,0il
other injuries. making the sum of l0.-
7S5 persons who were killed or in
jured by reason of the fact that they
were trespassing upon the rights of
way OF the railroads. These acci-
dents occurred as follows: 3.400 in
country districts: 3,4s2 in cities and
3.ss2 in towns or villages. 1t was
found that but 175 of these trespasS'
ers who were killed or injured were
professional tramps. the balance be
ing mostly factory employees Who were
using the right OF way as n short cut
from their homes TO their work. But
five per cent of those kill,- were chill.
dren; fifteen per cent we y between
the ages of fifteen and twenty-ona:
thirty-two per cent were between
twenty-one and thirty: twenty-nine
per cent between the ages of thirty
and fifty, showing that the trespass-
ers killed. totalling about 5000 an
nually, were not tramps or hoboes,
but were workers and men of value to
their country. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has reported ap.
proSimately 1000 trespassers killed
and injured on railroads of this coun
try each year for the last five years
The Labor Law requires the guard
ing of machinery in the factories OF
this State. II is the duty of the fac
tory inspectors TO enforce this law
No work of an inspector can be more
important than this. II is literally
life-saving work, for in the four years
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

l911-14 no less than 457 employees in
this State lost their lives as the re-
suit of accidents connected with fac
tory machinery. an average OF ia per
year, or more than one in every three
working days. II is also the work OF
saving employees from being crippled,
for in a single year Q9l2), at least
eighty-eight workmen are known to
have been crippled in connection with
factory machine accidents, to the eN-
tent of the loss of hand, arm, foot,
leg or eye, and 1,i5S others lost fling
ers or toes. Or. again, besides saw
ing of life and limb. this is work OF
important economic saving also, for
incomplete figures for 1913 show i,1II
accidents connected with factory ma
chimes, in which employees suffered
injuries which are compensate under
the present Compensation Law and
for which the total cost of such COM
pensation, figured at the average for
the first nine months awards under
that law, would have been nearly
5000. 900, and this is nowhere near all
of the economic loss, because IL in
cludes only compensate cases and
only two-thirds of the wage loss
in those.
sands disabled. and economic losses
running into the millions anoually-
these are the measure of the factory
inspectors duty and opportunity TO
press the safe guarding of factory ma
chinery.
OF the three general groups of fac
tory machinery it is found that of al.
accidents connected with such ma
chinery. three-fourths are connected
with working machines, one-eighth are
connected with conveying and hosting
machinery, one-tenth are connected
with power-transmitting machinery.
But of fatal accidents, which repre-
sent the extreme of seriousness, one
half are connected with conveying and
hosting machinery, one-fourth are
connected with powertransmittinS
machinery. one-fourth are connected
with working machines.
Or comparing fatal with all acci-
dents, il is found that among acci-
dents connected with conveying and
hoisting machinery. one in forty-five
is iatal: power-transmitting machin-
cry. one in sixty-eight is fatal; work
ing machines, one in SIS is fa'al.
Machinery in Each Group.
Power-transmitting machinery. In
this group belts and pulleys. and
gears cause much the largest num-
bers of accidents. and both these
causes also have had bad records for
acknowledgements. But shafting showa
also a bad record, having the largest
number of fatal accidents. more than
one in ten of shafting accidents re
sulting in death.
Conveying and hoisting machinery.
Here elevators stand out for the sec
ond largest number of accidents and
the highest number of fatal ac-
cidents. Plant locomotives and
trains. though not SO conspicuous
for number of accidents, come next
for fatal accidents. Cranes show the
largest number of accidents and n
seriously high proportion of fatal cases
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

State Department of Labor You will
receive copies of this bulletin. The
enclosed leaflet is, first, for your in
formation and then for the informa-
tion of your shop safety committee, if
such a committee is in existence or
if you determine to act on the sug-
gestion contained in this letter and
appoint such committee.
Additional copies of the enclosed
leaflet will be furnished on request
l will be pleased to have a reply
from you as to your opinion of the
suggestion am making, as to whether
you have such a committee in exist
ence at the present time or as to
whether you will appoint such COM
mittee.
1t is the present intention to hold,
probably some time in the fall, a gen.
eral safety conference under the au-
spices of the State Department of La
Dor to be participated in by manufac-
turers, superintendents, foremen and
representatives of shop safety COM
mittees.
sincerely,
JAMES NJ. LYNCH,
Commissioner.
Safety Committees"
Accompanying the foregoing letter
was this leaflet (reprinted from spe-
cial bulletin No. n on industrial ac-
cident prevention).
Safety Committees.
Some suggestions that May be Help
ful TO Shop Committees on Safety.
Careful Reading and Consideration
are Requested. OF First Importance
TO Employer and Employe.
Functions. In general. the func-
tions of workmen's committees may
be divided into two kinds: educational
and regulatory. The emphasis
placed upon the latter will vary in
different establishments. If there is
a supplementary staff of inspectors
working under the director of safety,
the functions of the workmen's COM
mittee will be primarily educational
Where such staff does not exist
these committees may be used to ad-
vantage to search out defects in me-
chanical safeguards and in the habits
of their fellows.
1t is especially the educational func-
the employer must look to for results
in the prevention of accidents. Even
where this is the sole motive for their
formation the committees must be
given some duties and some respop-
sibilities of inspection in order to
awaken their interest in the work. In
other words, though the employer
may use the committee as means
of educating its members. he must
make them feel that is being used
for another purpose as well.
Selection of members. Consider
able care should be exercised in the
selection OF the men to serve on COM
mittees. The personnel should fit the
main object for which the committee
is organized. Some employers have
succeeded in overcoming the indiffer-
ence Of and contempt for safety work
in the minds of individual workmen
by appointing one such man as a
member OF n committee whose other
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

Under the auspices OF the Indus
trial Commission. a safety conference
to be made up OF employers. safety
\ kusineers. labor men and Interested
Driiizens will be convened some time
this fall. says James NJ. Lynch, In
dustrial Commissioner of New York.
in the Albany Federationist 1t will
in all probability meet in Albany. The
promotion OF the task OF reducing the
annual number of accidents in this
State will be the underlying motive
of the conference.
Recently the State Department OF
Labor issued special bulletin on in.
twenty-five thousand copies were
printed and a large number are in
circulation. So favorably vas this
bulletin received by employers AMI
employees, and SO cordial was the
promise OF assistance and cooperation
in the work of accident prevention.
that the Commission was much en-
couraged and anticipates further &C
celebration of the spirit of Industrial
safety for life, limb and health by
reason of the forthcoming conference.
Such an assemblage was convened
in Harrisburg. Pa, on March 23d, AMI
WAS addressed by number of au-
thorities on accident prevention. One
of the representatives OF the railroads
drew attention TO the dangers inner.
ent in trespassing on n railroad right
of way, and submitted these figures
In the year 1914 compilation was
made of the number of trespass cases
happening on the railroads of this
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

ballot and either for part
the candidates ballot
of that party.
In voter is challenged he required make affidavit
that he qualified that member affiliated with
of the political parties by ballot the cleo
that he
ddates of the political party of which he member The
who wants scratch his primary ballot will find impossible
unless he has other insert the ballot be
made opposite the the individual candidates the
vote legal
primaries
by the of the direct primary Each political
titled participate entitled watcher for precinct
Nominations candidates for office, they
feaed the be made by petition without the
If the office be filled by of the
the 300 the office be
filled by of district less than and than
100 required petitions when the nomination
office be filled by the of ward other
al days before election.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

~ RIMARY ELECTIONS and County be
held truout Colorado Tuesday September 18th The Den
County Elections Commission has issued the following
instructions
All who voted the last election May 49, 1915 and
before special
1916, need
of the house and have their entered This
The office will be
including September sh Sunday and Saturday
from 80 m. $50 p.
Persons who have moved from another they
the office
their addresses changed This be done and
including September Sh If has moved from house
another the the change of address be made
elections commission office the polls election
questions have been asked the members of the elections
candidates To all
the referred the of the
which provides straight party the primaries
The that each political party entitled participate
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-06
SKIP. FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS
BUT GET THE LAST

New York, Sept. 6. : Paul 'Poiret
has fallen from his exalted position
of dictator of fashion in Paris, ac-
cording TO the word brought to New
York today by American buyers.
Chic and dashing women Of
France are ignoring the Towering
lines of Poiret's fancy and have TAX
en- to the straight up and down of the
"slim silhouette" Skirts are narrow
and tight.
One encouraging refutation of ear
ier reports came when buyers said
that skirts were still going up and,
of course, boot tops are following, al
though flash of silken-clad calf be-
tween boot top and skirt bottom is
considered attractive.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-06

Pullman co. are his strongest weap-
ons against the colonel"
Aid. Merriam is out with a strong
boost for Hull.
John E. Nohhup wants to know if
Thompson and Lundin want Harry
Miller as states atty because they
fear grand jury probe of the City
Hall.
Union labor men throughout the
state are writing letters of endorse
ment to Lieut-Gov. Barratt O'Hara,
candidate for reelection.
A Personal Liberty club in the in
terest of Joe Grein's candidacy for
congress in the 9Th district has been
formed. Al Wiederrecht, Thos. Zio-
Iowski, John ]. O'DonneIl, Herman
Juhnke and Marks Frank are the or
ganizers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-06
POLLING THE GERMANS

The Republican national commit
tee is having a secret poll taken
among the COMMUNICATIONS for
sentiment as to Hughes. If they find
that vote strong for Hughes the can
didate will stand pat and sing low as
to hyphenates. If they find the vote
is splitting up, then Teddy's policy
will be adopted and Hughes will use
his little hammer on the hYphenates,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-06
MERELY POLITICS

Over in the 21st ward John F.
O'Maley is said to be advising his
Republican friends to vote for Frank
Lowden and Harry B. Miller, while
Jimmy Quinn is playing the Deneen
game working for Hull and Northup.
Henry L. Hertz, one-time Illinois
Republican boss, who was the polit-
ical parent of Bill Lorimer and
helped make Fred Lundin, has pulled
away from Ed Brundage's 23d ward
club because Brundage and Homer
Galpin are playing politics with Lun-
din.
Fayette S. Munro peeVed Sen. Dick
Barr, Republican, aspirant for atty
general, with a statement that big
corporations have kicked in 100000
to elect Barr.
Munro also speaks of the EtteIson-
Barr-Dailey triumvirate in the state
senate. He says Sen. Ettelson rep
resents the tobacco trust and insur-
ance companies, Daley represents
the railroads and Barr represents
the electric light and gas companies.
United Societies o. KID Hoyne for
states atty and Bernard Barasa and
l. F. DankowsH for municipal court
judges.
Frank L. Smith, Frank Lowden
and Morton Hull all held loop noon
day rallies yesterday and Smith, the
dark horse, shocked the wise birds
by drawing the biggest crowd.
During these last mad pre-primary
days the Tumor is being spread
around that the Thompson-Lundin
crowd is trading everything to save
Harry B. Miller.
A. B. Franks, fellow townsman of
Andrew Russell of Jacksonville, can
didate for state auditor, says that
when Russell was state treasurer he
cIuttered up the payroll with rela-
tives.
Ali the c. o. P. big guns are down
to the Kankakee state fair for Gre
Evening journal., 1916-02-03

political Office 20
take things too
much for grant
ed" said the late
Judge Noah Da-
Wis TO me at a
time when he
was telling me
something about
the manner in
which he was
defeated as the
Republican can
didate for United
States Senator
from New York
by Roscoe Conk-
ling. Indna Da-
Evening journal., 1916-02-03
MRS. B. Peterson
TESTIFIES IN
HUSBAND'S favor
Wilmington Lady Tells How
She Brough Her Husband
Back to Health and
Strength

Quite a gathering Of people were
standing around the Lax-a-Tone man
at Miller's Drug Store. 404 Market
street, when he said, that lady that
Just handed me her testimony is Mrs.
b. Peterson. who lives at 203 South
Harrison street this city. She writes
me as follows:
my husband has had kidney. stom-
ach and liver trouble for the past
eighteen years caused by eating cold
lunches, as he works at night He has
been in miserable condition and could
get no relief His stomach would
get sour and acid and his liver torpid
he would have dreadful headaches and
bloat up with gas and felt tired out
and miserable all the time I was
at loss 10 know what TO do TO help
him, when u read Of friend OF mine
that was helped by Herbal Lax-a-
Tone. and I decided TO try II, and am
glad I did. as Mr.. Peterson has re-
covered and feels just fine, and I want
to recommend this remedy TO ALL"
Many people in Wilmington have
been helped by Herbal Lax-a-Tone, II
has performed wonders and will con-
tinue to do so. We have convinced
the skeptical and proved our merit.
and no one can go wrong that gives
this tonic of unusual merit a trial. II
you are recovering from the Grip
and want something that will give you
a lift, try It and see the difference in
a day or two.
The Herbal Lax-a-Tone man is at
Miller's Drug Store. 404-4O6 Market
street, where he is introducing this
remedy TO the Wilmington public.
Evening journal., 1916-02-03

are employed in doing United States
Government work" said Uncle Harry.
There are also many State laws. Al
together thirty States. and two Of the
territories, have WOrkingmen's Com
pensation laws. During 1915 the State
Legislatures Of Colorado. indiana.
Maine. Montana. Oklahoma, Pennsyl-
yania Vermont. and Wyoming. and
the Territorial Legislatures Of Alaska
and Hawaii passed compensation
laws. In 1914 louisiana and Mary
land adopted the plan. and in 1913
these States passed compensation
laws Connecticut Iowa. Minnesota.
Nebraska Nevada. New York. Oregon,
Texas and West Virginia In 1912
Arizona, Michigan and Rhode Island
adopted the plan. and in 1911 the
first State laws in the country were
adopted in New Jersey. California.
Illinois. Kansas. Massachusetts. New
Hampshire. Ohio. Washington. and
Wisconsin These state laws are for
practically all workngmen in the
States having the laws"
DO you mean. Uncle Harry, that if
a VI hllldll- liNih6 III cA9 biAN WI el4N'N
thirty States. is injured while az work
hefwill be paid something every week
until ne is able 10 go back to work?
asked Jimmy.
That's the idea" said Uncle Harry
"and if he is killed his family is paid
a certain amount Of money in one
sum. or so much a week for a certain
number of weeks. OF course. boys
. the State laws arc different in some
particulars, such as the number OF
weeks that an injured man receives
pay; but the plan Of workingmen's
compensation is practically the same
I'm all parts of the country
"Who pays this money" asked Joe
"The insurance companies. largely
said Uncle Harry, although in Cali
fornia. Pennsylvania and some Of tic
other States the State Governments
have their own insurance depart
ments and many of the employers gel
the insurance for their employees
through these State Departments. Lei
me- explain the insurance idea, boys
and then you will understand this
Evening journal., 1916-02-03
FnRTY.FIYE NEW JUNIORs.

Eureka Council, No. 1. Jr. o. U. A.
NJ. made further gain OF 40 applica-
tions on last Tuesday evening. This
makes a total of 125 candidates for
Evening journal., 1916-02-03
report MANY Cases
OF RHEUMATISM now
Says we must keen feet dry; avoid
exposure and eat less meat.

Stay off the damp ground, avoid eX-
posure. keep feet dry, eat less meat
drink lots of water and above all
take a spoonful of salts occasionally
TO keep down uric acid.
Rheumatism is caused by poisonous
toxin, called uric acid. which is gene
rated in tho bowels and absorbed into
the blood. II is the function of the
kidneys TO filter this acid from the
blood and cast il out in the urine. The
pores Of the skin arc also a means
of freeing the blood of this impurity,
I'm damp and chilly. cold weather tho
skin pores arc closed thus forcing
the kidneys 10 do double work. they
become weak and sluggish and fail TO
eliminate this uric acid which keeps
accumulating and circulating through
the system. eventually settling i'm the
joints and muscles causing stiffness,
soreness and pain called rheumatism.
At the first twingc of rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about four
ounces of Jad Salts: put a tablespoon
ful i'm a glass of water and drink be-
fore breakfast each morning for a
week This is said to eliminate uric
acid by stimulating the kidneys TO
normal action, thus Kidding the blood
OF these impurities.
Jad Salts IS inexpensive, harmless
and is made from The acid Of grapes
and lemon juice. combined with lithia
and is used with excellent results nv
thousands Of folks who are subject "a
rheumatism Here You have a pleas
ant. effervescent lithia-water drink
which. oyercomea uric acid and is
beneficial TO your kidneys as well.
Evening journal., 1916-02-03

Alice Polk, Anna Hollingsworth, Elva
Frederick Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gregg,
Albert Stephenson. Joseph Stephen
son, Thomas Van SAINT, Samuel Denni-
son, John Dennison. Harvey Wood
ward. Edwin Gregg. Harvey Brackin,
Harold Little, Warren Finn, Herman
Little. Donald Chandler, Albert War
rem, Wayne Mendinhall. Caleb Hilson.
Mr.. Hollingsworth. Joseph Wood
ward. Walter Marshall and others.
Miss Sara Brackin is spending some
time with relatives at Hockessin.
Randolph Eastburn is i'll with
bronchitis
William Cloud was the Sunday
guest of relatives at New London, Pa.
Miss Helen Whiteman is visiting
relatives in Wilmington.
Miss Nellie Van SAINT has returned
home after spending several days
with her friend, Miss Irma Mcdaniel,
in Wilmington.
Miss Ruth McGinniss spent the
weekend with Mrs. Warren Bucking-
/ ham.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Buckingham
were the recent guests of the lat
ter's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
W. Vansant Of McClellandsville. Pa.
I Mrs. William c. Baldwin spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Pennock. of Union.
Miss Elizabeth Buckingham and
Willard Buckingham were the Sunday
guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lee, of
near HOckessin.
Miss Alice b. Moore. Of Philadel-
phia. spent the weekend at her home
near Hockessin.
Mrs. Samuel Pierson and Mrs. Will
liam Traynor. OF New Garden, Pa,
have returned.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Whiteman
arc spending some time with their
daughter Mrs William Traynor, Of
New Garden. Pa.