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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
Gloom Dispe11ers
HERE'S A GOOD ONE.

Business Agent Flaherty of the Ma
chinists' Union drives Ford machine in
his meanderings about in the course of
his duties.
One Sunday short time ago he took
n couple of friends out for spin thru
the country and met with mishap at
n point far removed from any urban CEN
ter where the necessary repairs could
be made.
IL was ten miles to the nearest village
and Flaherty was trying to think OF
some scheme whereby he could get his
car in there when farmer came along
accompanied by a large Newfoundiarf
dog. The stranger Offered to use ms
dog to pull the machine in for $40. Fla
herty readily agreed and the dog was
hitched to the car and proceeded on his
journey to the village.
Flaherty's troubles, however, were
only beginning, for when he reached the
little burg the sheriff arrested him and
demanded $40 bail for his appearance IN
court on Monday morning.
But" protested Flaherty, why are
YOU arresting mei What charge have
you against met"
you are charged with the offense of
tying a tin can to dogs tail"
And Flaherty put up the $40 and Tor
feited his bail.-San Francisco LABOR
Clarion.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

TO the breaking point, The film Jump.
OH the wheel. Immediately the hand
That turns the crank stops, the other
hahd flashes a sign on the curtain. ".Just
n Moment Please" With the swiftnes.
of lightning the film is rescued and the
picture goes on. His only reward for hi.
deitncss and celerity il a storm of hisse,
from the audience, because their cnioy.
inent of the story told On the picture
screen has been interrupted for pcrhnp.
forty five seconds. But their bissos or
applause are alike unheeded by him. lie
always carries in his mind n certain re-
mark that Josh Billings once made about
people who criticize. lie has other and
greater responsibilities
If the slightest spark from the carbon
touches the celluloid film as il speeds
on its way, there is flash and he IL
left alone to fight the fire. The audi.
cncc must not know that there has been
fire, or else there will be n panic. II
anybody gets burned, it is he. The exits
are manned, but quietly. so that no one
knows it. The operator has lost his hair
and eyebrows, his hands are cruelty
burned. but he smiles grimly as he says
proudly, "Well, anyhow / saved the
show"
So let us pay n little more tribute OF
"p"oi 70 tnc Hhh Dchlnd the machine,
always ready, always alert, master OF
the situation Mt any moment, who doe.
his duty even to death without seeking
notoriety, who is content to walk In
and out daily without being noticed, and
whose greatest reward comes from the
satisfaction of knowing that his dut,f>
has been well performed. Let us ho6s&
them all. They are worth while. AnS
If some night, the sign Just Moment
Please" is flashed on the curtain, let us
applaud instead of hiss, for that sign
means that the operator is on the job.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

Wow! Ten thousand Illinois farmers
have gone on strike and refuse to sell
milk to distributors who furnish Chi
cago with the liquid fluid, all because
the distributors decline to pay price de-
manded by the farmers. One million
quarts are being daily fed to pigs, says
a press dispatch, and twenty loads of
milk are dumped into the streets by
''rioting farmers" Pickets block the
roadways and surround bottling plants
to prevent delivery of milk. These farm
ers must have woke up to the fact that
production is the most valuable part of
their business.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
NO DIFFERENCE.

darkcy running a ferry across the
Alabama river was aecostcd by poor
white stranger who wanted to cross. but
hadn't the wherewithal.
Pete scratched his woolIy poll perplex.
edly, then qucriod:
"Doan yo' got no money at allf"
No." was the detected reply.
But it doan' cost but three cents to
cross insisted Pete.
Il know, but l hAin't got three cents"
After final inward think, Pete re-
marked:
II done tell you what; a man what's
not got three cents am just ns well off
on dis side oh de ribbcr as on de oddcri"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

The National Anti Preparedness COM
mittee, which is planning a big Swing
around the circle" to block the proposed
army and navy increase bills, has
launched a huge model of the extinct
"armored dinosaur" as satire on mil
itary preparedness"
This dinosaur, which is about fifteen
feet long and built in proportion, will be
carried on huge truck thru the various
cities which the tour will include.
The committee has issued the follow
ing statement regarding the natural
history OF the armored dinosaur as n
symbol OF so-called military prepared
ness:
We respectfully present the armored
dinosaur-sometimes known as the steg-
osaurus-to our fellow citizens as a
proper and appropriate symbol of current
day militarism. Nothing, we submit
could be more like the heavy, stumbling
clumsy, brutal foolery which is destroy
ing Europe than this old monster OF the
past. This creature, all armor plate and
no brains, had no more intelligent way
Of living than that of adequate pre-
paredness." lie endeayored TO meet all
his difficulties by piling on more and
more armor until at last he sank by his
own clumsy weight into the marsh lands
such as one would expect to tlnd at low
tide at Oyster Bay.
The armored dinosaur. with a brain
cavity more dimunitive in proportion TO
the size OF its body than that OF anv
other animal, was unable to conceive OF
an intelligent foreign policy. 1t was like
the militarist in this. Moreover, its
vision was limited. It's eyes We're small
and could only look sideways; it could
not look ahead.
1t is thought by those who have
studied these creatures that at one time
there were at least fourteen different
species of armored dinosaurs roaming
about on the face of the earth. This
fact has peculiar significance, as there
are Just that number of patriotic So
cieties in this country now urging dinos-
aurian preparedness upon us.
I Increasing bulk and development OF ar
NOR caused the dinosaur to lose celerity
Of movement. Thanks to preparedness"
he had no need to think and he became
a sluggish, slow moving creature of low
mentality. Whereas his contemporaries
in the animal kingdom, whose minds did
not run so much on preparedness,
kept their wits about them and worked
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
The Open Forum
Disagrees With Labor's Action on the
School Board Question.
Denver, Colo., AprlI z, ].

Denver, Colo, April {, 1915.
Editor Denver Labor Bulletin;
In answer to your news article, edito-
rial and nd on the recall of the entire
school board, in your issue of April l.,
1915:
1t seems to me as n subscriber and n
union man that for The Labor Bulletin to
advocate anything that the following men
would suggest, recommend or stand
sponsor for is beyond my comprehension
j. f. Welborn, president of the z. +. !.
company; J. w. Morey, son of the presi-
dent, of the Great Western Sugar trust; +;
Dennis Sheedy, connected with the smell
ter trust. and others of the Same type
I should think organized labor had just
passed thru enough to show them how
much they stand for law and order. and
what they would expect from anything
they are back of. Just stop and think
that these rnen are the ones who have
controlled our state and city govern
ments for twenty-five years or more.
The result speaks for itself.
Now / want to put the question up To
the Trades and Labor Assembly: Whh,
are they making this survey OF our
schools for land by whom is the sur
vey made? II you will take the trouble
to find out, you will see that the uni
versities that these surveyors come from
are controlled by directors all connected
with the big money powers. why! 10
gag the presidents and professors so they
will keep quiet on anything the money
powers are doing. If you doubt this re-
fer to Professors Brewster and Nearing.
Now that being the case the next thing
to do is to gag out schools for the same
reasons Is it not easier for them to
control one man, as in the survey, than
fivef
J would like to ask you one question.
Mr. Editor: Is there any connection be
tween the Colorado Taxpayers Protec-
tive League advertisement in your paper
of this date, for so / take it, and the
resolution passed by the Labor Assem-
bly,, with you as chairman of the com
mittee that drew it, and your editorial
To bear out what 1 say, you people who
are SO strong for union labor, 1 would
like to ask If you can find the union
label upon the petitions which were cir
culated for this recalli
Respectfully submitted,
ii. j. PEACEY.
$50 Adams street.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

People will now stop laughing at ''the
little old Ford which rambles right
along" Henry Ford has carried Mich
igan, his home state, in the Republican
presidential primaries, without even be-
ing a candidate or a registered voter.
Michiganders evidently accepted this as
a good opportunity to rebuke the joke
smiths.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
HOW COULD SHE TELL7

The telephone rang and the new Pol
ish maid answered il.
"Hellol' came from the receiver.
Hellol" answered the girl, flushed
with the pride of n new language.
Who's thist" again came the voice.
Il don't know who il is," said To
girl, II can't see you"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

The most potent and beneficent forces
are stillest. The strength of sentence
is not in its adjectives, but in its verbs
and nouns, and the strength Of men and
of nations is in their calm, sane, medita-
tive moments. In time of noise and
hurry and materialism like ours the gos-
pei of the still small voice is always
seasOnable.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

latter being chairman of the commission
We're recently reappointed by Governor
Whitman for four year terms. fight
by certain unfriendly corporation inter
ests, which waged malicious newspa-
per campaign against Lynch, makes his
overwhelming confirmation a matter of
much qualification. For twelve years
| big Jim," as he is affectionatcly called
among his friends, was president of the
international Typographical Union, and
made a record for efficiency and execu
tive leadership that caused him to be
known among trades unionists of every
industry. Seven Republican senators
voted against Lynchs confirmation. In
Hall Democrat, this was to be expected.
John Mitchell was confirmed without
registered opposition.
& 4 4 4
As predicted in this column few
weeks ago, the divorce proceedings insti-
tuted by William Forrest Evans, bust
ness agent of the Machinsts Union,
against John f. Connolly, business agent
of the BARRIERS Union, terminated Mon
day in a victory for the plaintiff. After
dwelling more or less peacefully and
happily together in the same office room
for over ten years, the peevishness that
comes with age, coupled with growth of
their respective organizations, brought
about final separation. Denver being
now "dry" city, legally at least, the
plea of Connolly for alimony was dis
missed Evans has moved his desk and
other office equipment to more extended
modern quarters in the Florence build
ing at Eighteenth and Champa, while
Connolly retains the old home office at
200 Club building, where he has more
room in which to regale his many call
ers with Irish stories of the parlor vari-
ETY.. Telephone communication has been
established between the Divorces so that
all the world is not so bleak and barren
as it might be without modern inven-
tions.
While calling at The Bulletin office
this week, Ed Anderson secretary treas
urer of the Colorado State Federation
of Labor announced that so far as he
knew the report printed in Pueblo pa
pers that he would be candidate for
secretary of state in the Democratic pri
maries this fall, was not only premature,
but considerably exaggerated. He at
tributed the boost to the well known
loyalty of Puebloites toward each other.
and desire of newspaper friends in his
home town to show that tho now living
in Denver, he is not forgotten, nor do
they hold grudge against him for being
here. OF course, Ed would not refuse
the secretary Of state Job ii it were ten.
dered him in due form, and he Is well
qualified for the position. However, he
has not authorized any use Of his name
in movement of that sort.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

The fact that Gov. George Carlson and
j. L. Macy have combined forces to
defeat Bob Speer for mayor ought to
be a powerful incentive for the people
to flock to the polls on May 0 and vote
for Speer.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
DOING HIM JUSTICE

First Editor-IIere's one of the most
learned men in the country, Professor
Skimmerton. just passed away. What
shall | say about himi
Second Editor--You might refer to
him as n finished scholar.-,Judpc
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
OTHER WAY ROUND.

Circumstances alter cases. said the
lawyer gravely.
Yep" said the client. But in my
case it's the circumstances that I'm hir-
ing you to alter."-Dctroit Free Press.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
AFTER THE HONEYMOON.

She-Now, my dear, We must face this
problem. Shall We settle in the suburbs
or the cityl
,He-iou mean live, darling. Don't
forget that on my present salry we
can't settle anywhere.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

Seems like ludicrous hypothesis for
the war department TO assert that n
man who has contracted disease and dies
on the desert in the mountain fastness
of Mexico in pursuit of bandits, has
gained a place on the honor role of the
nation.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

Yes, The Bulletin will publish bona
fide signed articles abusing the editor,
but we reserve the privilege of reject
ing or deleting those abusing other in
dividuals or institutions.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

The best kind of philanthropy is that
which helps people to help themselves.
In this sense organized labor is practical
ly philanthropic. 1t cultivates self-de-
pendence. self-efficiency and self -aspira-
tion.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08

Confirmation this week of James NJ
Lynch as n member of the New York
Industrial Commission by the State Sen
ate, by vote of 81 to 7, will be pleas
ing news to his host of labor friends in
Colorado. Lynch and John Mitchell, the
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-08
The Optimistic
Philosopher

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
RECORDS IN VILLA CHASE
Work of Cavalry Recalls Hard Rides of
Indian Fighting Days.

An army can't march faster than its
than its slowest horsemsn, writes Gus
J. Karger in "The Cincinnati Times
Star" But the troops under Pershing
and Dodd, thousands of them, are re-
ported 10 be moving through Mexico
az the rate Of thirty-fvc miles a day.
Army officers have watched the per-
/ Torrance with interest. Some records,
they say, arc being broken.
The War Department has the rec
ords Of scores of long, hard rides made
/ by American troopers, but none, since
the days Of Civil War, Of speed expo
ditions in which so many men are en-
Gagged as in the Pershing advance. Con
sjdering the size Of the outfit, the ma
terial II carries and the condition Of
| the country through which II must
travel. il has set new mark for rapid
nrogress. Compared, however. with
records made by small dctachmcnts OF
regulars engaged on crrands into which
( speed entered, the movement Of the
I troops under Pershing IS slow.
One Of the War Department volumes
deals with long distance cavalry rides,
the records Of which we're compiled by
the late Colonel Theodore A. Dodge,
L. 6. A.
There's the incident, for instance OF
the United States troops who we're
trapped IN Thornburg's rat hole by
the Utes in 1879 Several mounted
troopers succeeded in slipping through
the encirclng line OF savagcs. They
reached the column Of General Merritt,
10 miles distant, in less than twenty
four hours.
Colonel Lawton. who a. a major gen
.,sl lost his life in the Philippines. IN
,bc wear 1876 rode 1875 miles, from Red
/ Cloud Agency 10 Sidney, both IN
\cbraska' in twenty-six hours. He was
carving dispatches for General Crook
Over road that was bad on mount
that was good. -.
fo,ccd march record IN the fall Of
1874 which. the conditions OF the jour
nov bcing considered. stands without a
narallel. Psyne's command WAS sur
rounded by hostile Indians. and Nc
ri,t was ordered 20 the rehei. hi'
outfit consisted Of four troops OF CAV
.l,y. but al the last moment he was
n,dered 10 add 70 his forces battalion
o. infantry. The dough boys were
io.dcd into army wagons drawn bS
mule. and with the cavalry at The
ranks the relief column started. Inc
d1stanee was 10 miles, and II was GOV
cred in just sixty-sixhours' IN spi'e
o. the hAndicaps OF the wagons ioaucp
III t.fsr,rvmcn and Of trails that N
I'm werc sandy and muddy.
CAPTAIN Edmund G. fechei. OF tns
e,b Cwairy. IN December, 1890 started
a. midnight 20 the relief Of the Indian
/ scoyts who had been sen, out 10 ~rr's,
sniing Bull and who, after kiIl'ng una ma.
chief we're besieged IN log hu' -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
mot in the Power of Speech
TO Shame Stars and Stripes"
George Crce Says America Is Not Song To Be Sung but
Religion To Be Lived

rebellion. II - almost invariably the
voice Of change. and tho majority Of
people resent change. When Garrison
first cried out against slavery Boston
tried TO hang him. and the pioneers in
the movements for free public schools,
education for women and universal
suffrage were cursed and stoned Out
OF their knowledge of human nature
the forcfsthors lifted free speech high
above prejudice, declaring it sacred
and inalicnable right.
There arc laws against uttersncc
tnst IS obscene. reasonable or sedi-
tious. Such decisions lie with the po-
lice power. Aside from these inhibi-
tons 10 other restraint can be permit
ted. That which is true should be said
and that which is false must be said
in order that its falsity may be dis
proved The people themselves arc the
only possible censors, not part Of the
people. but all.
Granted that free speech is right,
machinery for its expression is also a
right. What would be thought If the
| nation provided none Of the machinery
/ for voting? II the people were com
PEELED 10 form voting clubs or TO hire
their own polling places? To say that
4 halls can be rented. as many editorial
writer's have stupidity insisted. is to
silence the millions who have no
money with which to hire halls.
/ say now, as | said then. that the
school plant is the logical machinery
/ for free speech. II represents the
largest single investment of the peo-
pies money, and is operated scant
seven hours day for an average OF
so days year. The schoolhouse cen
tres the neighborhood unit. which. next
to the family unit. is the most impor-
tant factor in life.
To deny this wider use in the name
/ OF education" is merely an admission
/ Of ignorance. for education is far more
than the mere instruction Of children.
II means the cooperation Of all of US
all our lives in the business Of living
together sanely, kindly and success
fully. And this cooperation cannot be
secured without conference. without
understanding or without the free
speech that reveals the hopes and hurts
/ Of every individual citizen.
What if there are ousrrels and dis
order? When was ii decided that citi-
zenship should be confined TO Chester
fields? The insistence that only non
controversial matters be discussed IL
another stupidity. The only discussion
that can profit US as a nation IS the
! discussion of differences. How else
can differences be adjusted? We can
either fight them out or talk them out.
/ stand for the Labor Forum and free
speech just as stand for a free press.
Much that is said is silly. half-baked
and untrue. just as much that is writ
+ ten is stupid, mean and valueless.
F There can be no liberty without abuse,
/ but such abuses must not be seized
upon as an excuse for the destruction
Of liberty. GEORGE CREEL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
DYE FAMINE
CAUSES LOSS
Textile Manufacturers in
England Unable to
Fill Orders.

Textile manufacturers IN the west
Riding o. Yorkshire are reported 70
be seriously affected b. the accumuia-
ton OF large stocks of piece goods
in ire hands OF the dyers. says Inc
rrdiananolis News" This is due not
only 10 the fact that manufacturers
have received so many orders. bu, also
n the fact that many goods have no"
20 be dyed BY processes which Involve
much more labor than formerly PC
cause OF The scarcity OF direct ah'''n'
d,os and this a. time when there :
difficulty in getting all the LABOR '""' -
required.
This delay IS an important matter -
manufacturers from hnanciai POM
- leu, for while thew have 20 meet
- 5.n,nds If spinncrs and other pre-
l;minarv costs in the process oil pro-
duc,ion. thew are unable 20 realize any
ching on the goods because they arr
- ,r ., the final process Of dyelAS
"Th. Yorkshire Evening Post conse-
o,en.lv remarks that. in the case o.
rore or less scasonsble goods p'S
.r;cos can he commanded for goods
Tho, can be delivered within the TIME
required.
The return 10 natural dyestufs was
tho subject Of recent address al the
Bradford Technical College, IN whicn
the lecturer, VI. Fort, suggested the IN
PRODUCTION of various Eastern products
which had hitherto not been much USED
in England For instance, large
amounts OF lac dye, which provided a
fast scarlet. could be obtained from
India. where at present it was waste
product ofsthe shellac industry. Ger
tain Indian roots also would provide
substitute for madden or alizsrinc. Inc
lecturer also recommended fuller use
being made OF mineral dyes. especially
Prussian blue, and described certain
new methods discovered by him of dye
ing wool and cotton with this latter
product.
Following the advance in charges re-
Gently made by the piece dyers. it is re-
ported BY "The Wool Record that the
majority Of the warp dyers have also
advanced their prices for dyeins, sizing
and tinting. On the whole. the ad-
vances are about 90 per cent, but IN q
few cases much more than this has been
added TO the previous prices. For IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

stance. 2-sO's cotton dycing common
black has advanced 100 per cent, and
two or three colors so per cent.
The Textile Mercury" says in part:
British Dyes Ltd are laying down
ar expensive and extensive plant for
the manufacture OF certain chemicals.
Tor the first time in this country. II
is understood that one OF the now
manufactures is that OF tuning SUI
rhuric acid, a concentrated form OF
vitrol which has IN the past been OK
clusivcly made in Germany Other raw
materials which are 10 be made VIXEN
The necessary plant is completed arc
also Of great Importance and should
90 far 20 sssis; the effort 20 make this
country United Kingdom independent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

Of German chemicals and dyes. 4 con-
siderable quantity OF sulphuric black
S being supplied By the company, and
it is being used up almost as soon as
IL is made"
Sulphuric acid IS largely used for the
extraction of grease from wool suds
and piece securing suds. 70 the rein-
ing OF wool grease. for stripping color
from rags in the making Of shodly.
tor extracting cotton from mixed
fabrics IN the shoddy trade, and for
Lyeing rags in the shoddy trade. i is
also used largely in tho district FOR
precipitatinS sewage containing quaint
ties OF wool grease. A substitute is
therefore now being resorted to in what
is known as nitre cake. hitherto
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Corsets

Abrast CorSets, regularly $ 10
81. sos, S3.9S, s5.9S,
S6.9S.
Redeem CorSetS, reg. 50. 1929.
Warner RuStproof CorSetS, reg.
s.. CSC.
Coutil CorsetS. pink or white,
reg. 81 and $50. soc.
BraSSicreS. linen or hatiSte, 39c,
49c, soc, CSC.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
TELEPHONE TALK.

Il is much more important than most
people think 10 give the name Of the
telephone exchange before the number,
instead Of vice versa. and TO be e1-
tremely particular in sounding the con-
sonsnts in any conversation. says The
London Globe" Also it is necessary to
distinguish carefully between - and
80" and 20 say "Oh' for o. instead OF
thought" which is often mistaken for
~" sometimes. curiously enough. for
IS" All these arc useful memoranda
which deserve TO he kept in mind as
steadily as that duty OF courtesy 10 the
telephone girl. which is, We fear, too
often for -ottcn.