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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
Reasonable Suggestions.
Author tell you the audience will
Just eat up those jokes.
Comedian Perhaps so; they're
chestnutS.
What's the Ans Ter?

Fifty years ago two-thirds OF all
Americans lived on farms. Today but
one-third lives in the country. How do
you explain it, when every year lie on
the farm grows easier and every year
1t becomes harder in the city?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
Coupons.

Mrs. Flatbush-Is your house fur
nished yet?
Mrs Bensonhurst-Not completely
ly.
why doesn't that husband of yours
get busy?"
We'll, he is. Hes smoking more
than ever just now"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
An Inch of Rain.

An inch of rain coming down on
single acre of ground would fill more
than 600 barrels of As gallons capacity
apiece. This amount of water would
weigh more than 10 tons, or nearly
10000 900 pounds.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
In a Class by Himself.

He-What kind of a woman Is that
beautiful Mrs. Swift?
She-WeH, with one exception, un-
derstand, every man she meets Is
sorry that he isn't her husband.
He-And the exception?
She-Oh, he's sorry that he is.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
Never SpIit hairs,

Most baId-headed men are opti-
mists," says an exchange. Come to
think of It, we never saw any Of EN-
split hairs N an argument.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
The Smile of Serenity

THAT man is surely an optimist.
How do you know? He smiles con
tinually." Maybe he's an optimis1
and maybe he's a diplomat"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
d Reason for Bcinu Neutral.

"Why should we remain neutral?"
SOS we can cheer for the winner,
and say that we were for him all the
time"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
The Art of IL.

amateur
He-That's where the art comes in.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20

pleasure doesn't always make pleasure
Of his work
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20

Heroes are sometimes merely fools
who rush where angels fear to tread.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
Better Left UnSaid.

Her-No doubt you think | am older
than / really am.
Him-Not ct all. I'm sure you are
not as CID as you look
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
THE WORKERS PORTION
Employers Conception of Reciprocal
ton for Services Rendered

The British government, in the in
terests of national economy, has no
titled all trade unions in the country
that in view of the pressing emery.
ency no further advances in wages
should be considered, except those
arising automatically from existing
agreements and necessary adjust
ments of local conditions. In accord
ance with the foregoing notice the
board Of trade arbitrator and the
government committee on production
have refused several demanded in
creases.-Daily press dispatches.
And this in spite of the fact that
the unions of Great Britain have shot
all the traditions of their organization
into the air in an effort to meet the
needs and requirements of those in
terested in trade All the workers
are expected to do is to dig the coal
keep the wheels turning, supply the
cannon-fodder and assist in building
up the same sort of freedom" sought
to be overthrow.
All this and hold their peace. Long
live the spirit of the Welsh miners.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
Trade Unions Aid To. Nation
Represent Ideals of Masses

demand is in accord with the prin.
ciples upon which our republic is
founded. They are unwilling to dele
gate to others the determination OF
their lives.
Now that our nation is giving
thought to the problem of prepared
ness, the wage-earners present their
claim to consultation and participa.
ton. No true plan for preparedness
can fail to include service for them
therefore, they demand that the plans
shall be democratized.
Not only is this demand just, but
that wage-earners can give valuable
advice and service to the nation in
this capacity, is evident from their
achievements. And their experience
and opinions are needed in consider.
ing national preparedness. No part
of our citizenship is more unalterably
opposed to ideals of militarism and
the trade union movement. If pro
visions for national preparedness are
to be constructive they must escape
the perils of militarism and auto
crazy; they must be based upon vol
untary and democratic principles.
Essential to any plan for human
and national conservation, are phys
ical fitness, power and ability for
self-protection, and the attitude OF
mind insistent upon rights and justice.
The trade union movement has done
more for the maintenance of these
qualities than any other force. Trade
unionists will carry these qualities
into places of formal responsibility to
the nation
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

"If our nation is to keep its place
statesmen must recognize the signifi-
canoe and the power of the labor
movement which represents the ideals
of the masses of men, women and
children. Wherever it has established
itself, it has brought with it ideals of
humanty-ideals that make a strong
appeal to heart and mind. There is
human side to every relation of So
ciety The trade union movement is
the one institution that represents
distinctively the human element and
human welfare. Therefore, spokes
men for labor ought to be in every
commission, committee or representa-
tive body that is entrusted with con-
sideration of problems and determi'
nation of policies.
Labor now demands it's rights. Eff
forts must be made to recognize and
seek the cooperation of this great
humanitarian movement in order to
be effective
"The workers are quite willing to
bear the full share of their response
biity in any issue. They are ready,
as they have ever been ready, to give
service whatever might betide, but in
this DAY of the workers realization of
their citizenship and sovereignty they
are insistent in the demand that they
have the fullest opportunity of ad-
vice and consent in the councils of
all the affairs of the nation. In the
republic of the United States, as in
any and every democracy, right must
be the handmade of duty"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

WASHINGTON.--I our nation is to
keep it's place among the leaders of
the world, it's statesmen must recog
nize the significance of the trade
union movement, writes President
Gompers, in the current issue of the
American Federationist.
The trade union executive calls at
tention to the changed views Of most
people regarding international peace
and ventures the prediction that
there is hardly an individual who
has not modified his conceptions OF
this question, and that "the war has
laid bare the basic impulses of human
nature and has made an inexorable
test of the institutions of society"
THEORIES and policies must con
form to facts as well as to ideals"
declares President Gompers, who in
sists that sit is not so much making
mistakes that is blameworthy, but in
ability to recognize mistakes and I'M
willingness to undertake their cor
rection,"
II is further declared that the one
time outlawed and prosecuted trade
unions have proved themselves con-
structive factor in human affairs and
are, therefore, a part of organized So
ciety. Because of this fact, together
with their experience and their opin-
ions, President Gompers insists that
their views are necessary for the
completion of any national prepared
ness system.
THE wage earners will no longer
be denied their right to participation
in determining those things which af-
feet their welfare" he writes. Their
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
WHERE THE BLAME LAY
GUNMEN START EAST YOUNGS
TOWN RIOT

H. Flynn, national organizer of the
steel workers, said:
eve didn't call this strike We are
trying to organize men who walk out.
The riot is greatly to be deplored !
want it distinctly understood that the
strikers did not start it. The guards
shot first"
after forty-eight hours of constant
and careful investigating I can say
that organized labor has a clean bill
of health in the East Youngstown
riot, and not only that, but leaders
of organized labor did everything
they could to prevent trouble, though
the men were not their men and were
not organized"
So said District Attorney A. NJ.
Henderson, and, after quietly remark.
ing to that effect, he fired bomb
one that may be the first of a series
to follow before the final chapter of
this bloody business is written.
president James A. Campbell, of
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com.
pany, will be summoned to go before
the grand jury" he said. Campbell
will be ordered to bring with him all
books and records showing what de-
tective agencies have been hired by
the company to send men here. The
district attorney wants to know how
many gunner the company brought,
where it got them, and why it got
them"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
TRADES
COUNCIL
N E w S

Credentials were received from Lo-
cal Union No. 498, Cigarmakers, for
H. +. Waueuhaupt and T. D. Sarter
as delegates from that body to the
Trades Council. The brothers We're
duly seated
Brother Mills being absent as a
delegate to the State Federation OF
Labor convention, at North Yakima
Bro. Wefferhng was elected secre-
tary pro tenn and rendered valiant
service in this capacity
The Painters and Decorators union
as also the Transfers Local, were
visited by delegation from the Cigar.
makers Union, during the past week,
and heard d good talk along union
lines.
The Council adopted a resolution
calling upon congress to print an ade-
quate number of reports of the find
ings of the Industrial Relations Com
mission.
Brother f. Sexton, international or.
ganizer of the Cigarmakers' Interna.
tional Union, being present, was
called upon for an address and gave
an instructive talk regarding the con,
dition of organized labor in this couh-
try and especially on the Pacific
Coast He showed clearly the i'm.
measurable benefits to be derived
from organization on the Industrial
field, not only TO Inionists themselves.
but TO the working-class in general
The folly Of union people purchasing
non-uniOn goods, thus sanctioning the
principle of the open shop, was most
CLEARLY and forcefully pointed out and
illustrated.
Many points of great educational
value We're graphically brought out by
Brother Sexton, and it is deeply to
he regretted that he happened to
visit the Council just when so many
'of the delegates were in attendance
1T the state convention. We hope to
have Brother Sexton with us again
in the near future, as his address was
most stimulating and inspiring
There were several lively speeches
made in the Council during the even
ing, and much good humor prevailed
For Danbury Hatters
The Labor Journal received a do
nation of one dollar to be forwarded
to the Danbury Hatters. The donor
is Attorney NJ. j. McGuinness, Of Sno
homish. This thoughtfulness on the
part of one outside the ranks of or
ganized labor will, no doubt, be high
Iy appreciated by the Hatters.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
DISILLUSIONED

Once in the course of my career |
knew persons of wealth who were
gracious, accomplished and distin-
guished, who left some beautiful pro-
ducts to the world, therefore to be
and do all that, one must have wealth,
and l was filled with what the Irish
man called reverence" But out of
all the wrecked illusions of my life
the most utter wreck was that when
| learned the truth about the acqui-
sition of wealth. and for the most part
the sort of superiority of those who
have acquired it, and it came about
with stunning actually that most of
them were cyclists, such as Bacon
speaks of: "An egotist is one who
would burn another mans house down
to cook his eggs" They are those
who would not share in the real hui
man lot, and have no appreciation or
sympathy for it. They are those who
secure the earnings of the many to
despoil them by, and when utterly
ruined would see them die-on the
field of battle.
MARY HOLDEN
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

Leather Goods and Repairing at
Everett Trunk Factory, 2a15 Rookie
Teller.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
S. E. MEN AMONG HIGHEST
L PAID CARMEN IN WORLD
Don't Ask Men to Verify Claim Of
pany-They Might Point to Mu'
nicipaI Line Here and in Frisco.
CFrom Seattle Union Record

(FrOm Seattle Union Record
In the current issue Of The Electro
gram, the Seattle Company says Of
its carmen: working for YOU and at
your service constantly. is one of the
most highly paid set of street rail
way trainmen and operators in the
world.
They are well paid because it is
worth while to have good, efficient
men running any business"
When some OF the street car lines
of San Francisco passed from private
to public ownership, the pay of the
carmen was raised from 20 to so per
cent. When Seattle was ready tC
begin the operation Of her little car
line, the best carmen the S. E. Com
pany had in it's employ would have
been glad to have gone over to the
city, because not only would he get
better pay, but an eight-hour day in.
stead of the indefinite hours, which
in the case of new men, makes almost
continuous service for insignificant
returns.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
CIGARMAKERS ELECT

Election and installation of officers
of Cigarmakers' Union No. 49S were
held on January 18th
President-G. A. Boehnert.
Vice-president-Wm ]. Murphy.
Secretary-J c. North.
Sergt -at-Arms-Fred Sartor, Jr.
Financial Committee-H. F. Wal
lenhaupt L. +. Davis, Frank Turk.
Trustees-F. F. Wallenhaupt, VIM
]. Murphy.
Trade Council Delegates-H. F.
Wallenhaupt, J. c. North, Fred Sartor,
Jr.
good time was had and every
one enjoyed the meeting.
The Blue Label will get another
boost in the right direction. Push it
along, boys!
Election of international officers,
Saturday, Feb. /, at Labor Temple
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
NEED FOR A MORE
SCIENTIFIC PENOLOGY

Society itself is made a partner in
crime by some of the methods aimed
at the prevention OF crime That our
present undIscriminating system OF
dealing with offenders against the
law TOO often makes criminals is nc
news to those who have given it
study; but reform is as yet sporadic
and tentative. Two recent articles
emphasize the need Of study and class
ification Of prisoners from the point
of view of mentality and social adjust
ment One of these is an account OF
am examination by Drs Ordahl and
Singer Of conyicts at Joliet. The 9th
err is DR.. z. r. Spaulding's elaborate
study of 500 inmates of the Massa-
chutesst Reformatory for Women. In
both of these, as in other similar
studies, the large proportion of men;
tai detectives found among the prison
ers is striking Evidently it is unjust
to these subnormal persons to pun
ish them as if they were normal and
responsible, and just as evidently it
is a risk to society to release them at
the end of their terms of imprison-
ment as if they were normal and re-
sponsible. Spaulding rightly urges
the necessity of adequate provision by
the state for permanent custOdial care
Of all cOmmittable mental detectives,
whether or not they have court rec
ords Spaulding's article and that of
Ordahl and Singer both emphasize
the need of separating the more hope
full and educable class Of prisoners
from the class of confirmed and in
cOrrigible criminals. Both articles al
so lay stress on the yalue-indeed,
the necessity-of the indeterminate
sentence Although this phase of the
matter is not discussed in either ar
ticle, the data in both likewise sug-
gest the reason for the undeserved
odium which has in some instances
been thrown on the workings of the
indeterminate sentence and other eX-
cellent measures. The trouble with
methods requiring discrimination and
wisdom in their application is that
they presuppose the possession of
exact knowledge with regard to the
prisoner; and this exact knowledge
too often is not available for the
prisoner has not been sufficiently
studied Ordahl and Singer empha-
size the "scanty and very unsatis-
factory" character of the information
on the subject of convicts available
for the use of the board Of pardons.
Thus the dangerous criminal may be
released to the detriment of society,
and the pliable but not as yet dan
gerous accidental offender may be, &C
cording to The Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, retained to
his own detriment Knowledge is
needed and with increased knowl-
edge the more advanced methods will
become feasible.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
WANT REFERENDUM VOTE

The Winnipeg Trades and Labor
Council petitions the Trades Congress
of Canada to Immediately take a vote
of trade unionists on the question of
conscription.-The Voice.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
LABOR BENEFITED BY
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
DECLARES ERICKSON

In recent address before the
workers of Seattle, at the Labor Tenn.
pie. Council o. T. Erickson declared
that he was in favor of public owner
ship of everything now conducted un.
der a franchise, without any ifs or
butts
What l like about municipal own,
ership," said Mr.. Erickson, is that it
benefits all alike, and not any one
special class. For instance, before the
establishment of the city light plant
we were paying in the neighborhood
of 20 cents per kiloWatt hour for cleo
trio current and now that charge has
been reduced to sc cents, with fur
Their reductions possible. In the past
two years the patrons of the city light
plant have been saved the enormous
sum of 100000, while the patrons OF
the private company have saved at
least an equal amount, making a saw
ing to the community of approximate
ly half a million dollars in this one
enterprise" And while the price OF
current is being constantly reduced,
the scale of wages in the municipal
plant are the highest paid anywhere
for like work,
SUCCESS IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Mr.. Erickson related his expert
ences in getting the city street car
line started, quoting at the same time
the experience of San Francisco
which was 20 years in getting started
towards the ownership of their sue
cessful enterprise in this line The
struggle in the Rainier Valley also
came in for some attention; Division
AS extension to Ballard was touched
on: the notable success of the water
plant; the matter of rates for street
lighting; successful garbage collec-
ton; the Renick law, and many other
matters of municipal concern were
discussed.
In conclusion Mr. Erickson called
attention to the debauching of public
officials as a result of granting fran
chises, and said:
we want peace in the city hall,
but there will be no peace until the
last franchise has been taken away
and the people are in control of their
own utilities"
The speaker was vigorously ap-
plauded several times during the
course of his remarks.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

According to w. Morgan Shuster,
Europe laughs at our protests. If Eu.
rope can get laugh out Of anything
these days, it is welcome.-Chicago
News.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21
MARY HOLDEN.

Every spy must be a diplomat, but
hitherto the reverse has been consid
cred neither necessary nor good form
New York Tribune
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

What this country needs is strong,
permanent, non-partisan tariff com
mission composed of republicans
Boston Transcript.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

At any rate, Henry Ford managed
to get some peace by quitting that
scrappy party he was with.-Des
Moines Register and Leader.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-01-21

From a casual survey one learns
that the COP. is made up largely
of presidential candidates-Chicago
Daily News,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-06
COMMISSION MEETS TOMORROW

Jackson, Miss, March 6.-The dock
ct of the Mississippi Railroad Com
mission for tomorrow has been pre-
pared by Secretary James Galceran
of the commission, WHO has issued
printed lists for the benefit OF those
concerned. The cases to be called
,.rn as follows:
CItizcrs of Charleston VS.. Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley Railroad Com
pany.
The commission VS.. w. F. Owen,
receiver for New Orleans, Mobile and
Chicago Railroad Company.
Commission VS.. Mobile & Ohio Rail
road Company.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
VS.. Southern Railway in Mississippi,
and Southern Railway Company ex
parte.
Commission vs. Postal Telegraph
and Cable Company.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad ex parte.
Commission vs. all railroads.
Comm. ssion VS.. Southern Railway
in Mississippi, Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad, Mississippi Central Rail-
road. Frisco Railroad, Illinois Central
Railroad and Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad.
Commission VS.. all railroads.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-06
LOOKS LIKE THREE WEEKS
BEFORE ADJOURNMENT

Jackson, Miss, March 6.-Whilc
there are some around the state CAPT
tol who say that the session should
end in two more weeks, there are
others who cannot see it that way Il.
all, and who believe three weeks more
will be required to wind the session
up for 1916.
The Senate adjourned over until
Wednesday, which does not look like
a two weeks job, for the Senate has
a whole lot of work yet before it. The
House. however, will be on the job
early Monday morning.
After all the appropriation bills are
through usually the solons get right
busy and hurry the other matters up,
but all appropriations have not been
settled yet by any msans.
1t is true that when the spring
weather begins to peep the members
of the legislature begin to think or
the home and the farm, but they have
q whole lot of work before them yet.
1t is safe, however, to predict that
they will have departed from the Cap
itol City by the end of the third
week from now, or before April l.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-06
Julia c. Lathrop, Chief of CJIdren's
Bureau.

rs Baby Week the business Of a
government bureau?' the observing
tax payer is perhaps asking Ills qges-
tior
Ever since la. October W.;en The
Gecerai Federation &c Women'S Clubs
announced its plal, an increasing pro-
portion of the Bureaus office fcrce
has seer detailed 10 the correspond
ence required q, the growing inter
est N the nation wide observance OF
Babv Week.
Tic sociologist and the statistician
vii, r. y Ii us .bar the Bureau was
created TO make investigations per-
tanning to the welfare of children and
that Baby Week is not an investiga-
tion and is not statistics.
To all these groups We are account
able. What is our reply?
For the three years the Bureau has
teer in existoncc = has PM cen
siderable share OF its energy into a
statistical study of the social and
economic causes of infant mortality,
planned with the greatest care and
conducted by trained field agents with
all possible precision. The results of
this inquiry are being published, as
the law requ', as, in Il series OF re
ports which consist OF statistical tab
ulations accompanied by descriptive
text Il
There 40 r1any million fathers and
mothers in tie United States, H. VI a.
ing many Of the best educated faith
ers and mothers, who have never READ
a statistical tania and never viii. Vet
hidden within Chc figures Of the Blu
reau's reports on infant mortality. the
reading of which they will succe S
fully evade, lie stern facts about the
dangers which beset American babies.
These figures give a clue 10 the
reasons why, on the great average,
one baby in eight dies before the end
of the first year of life. They show
that this average obscures a wide
gamut with comparative immunity