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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29
PROFITS OF STEEL
TRUSTARE SOARING
Increase to Labor However Is
Merely l.35 Per Cent
Last Years Report Shows Total Earn
ings of S726, 6,6S3,5S9, Of Which
Only $176, 800, 1854 Paid Labor

The United States Steel Corporation
drew total earnings of S726, ,6S3 $50 last
year. Sl6S, 26S,656 more than the pre-
vious year. This was a gain of 30 per
cent.
Of these millions, labor, including all
the high priced salaried employees, re-
ceived $l76,SOO,S64. Labor's gain over
the previous year was only l.35 per
cent, altho labor produced 30 per cent
increase in earnings.
The average wage of all employees was
S3.Ol day. The averaie wage, exclud-
ing the administrative and selling de-
partments, was 1922. These figures do
not show what the rank and file OF the
l9l ,l26 employees of the steel trust re-
eeived, except to indicate that they got
less than 1922 day.
No Surplus to Labor.
Capital got in interest and dividends
S64, 1927 .456.96. There was left after all
expenses had been paid, after the pay
ment of wages and salaries, and after in
terest, taxes, depreciation etc, had been
cared for the sum of S44,26O, O,3l4.46. This
was the surplus, or nest egg, which went
to capital for the rainy day. Labor got
no surplus for a rainy day. raising
American citizens not being considered a
business.
Capital thus received thru interest,
dividends and surplus "A total of SlOS,-
5S7 ,S3l.42, or 81 per cent of the amount
received by labor, which did the work.
This does not take into consideration th'
money set aside. under the head of de-.
probation, for the theoretical wearing
out of the plant, which never wears out
because it is constantly renewed out of
earnings, for the exhaustion of iron ore,
which the steel trust didn't make but
which it capitalizes anyway; and for the
redemption of bonds as they fall due.
This sum, which amounted to 1872 ,42S,-
O4S.S5 in 1915, ultimately goes TO cap
ital in one form or another.
Vast Holdings of Trust.
AS compared with this sum put away
to take care of the capitalists in their
old age, labor received S659. .3s9.42 in
pensions for its old age, or about one
sixtieth as much capital. In addition
it got 81 ,99S,75l for crushed limbs, lost
eyes and other injuries incurred while
earning over SlOO,OOO,0O0 for capital.
The fourteenth annual report of the
United States Steel Corporation, from
which these figures We're obtained, shows
total capitalization of nearly $780,
100000 on which capital gots its interest
and dividends.
The trust owns 579,6S6 acres OF coal
land to say nothing OF its immensely
valuable deposits of iron ore and other
minerals. 1t owns l42 separate manu-
featuring works scattered thruout the
length and breadth of the United States
about 5000 miles of railroad tracks, nine
ocean going steamers and seventy one
Great Lakes steamers, docks, water and
gas plants, and numerous other prop
critics.
And the nearly 100000 workers en-
ployed by the steel trust do not even
have legal title to their jobs.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29
Victim of Grinding Greed of the
Coors Golden Breluing Company

Chris Fieser, whose portrait accompa-
nies this article, is another victim of the
Coors Brewing company at Golden. Mr..
Fieser, after nearly tewnty three years
of faithful service as an employe of the
Coors concern, was forced to strike
against reduction of wages approximat-
ing $l.25 per day.
Mr.. Fieser is one of many who today
are on strike at the Coors plant on ac-
count of reduction in wages. These
men have put in their best years at the
Coors brewery, during which time Mr..
Coors became very wealthy from profits
of their labor, while most of the men
are but little better off today than
when they started to work at the brew
cry. years ago.
When men who have worked so many
years for one firm, and have seen their
employer became rich during their en-
ployment and at the end of this time
and following such faithful service, are
told they must accept a reduction in
wages or quit, and that their union will
no longer be recognized, it seems as tho
that employer has no feeling or respect
for the men who have built up his bus
mess for him and his family, and who
no longer are to be employed unless they
are willing to give up their manhood and
become tools in the hands of masters,
and are to be replaced by men who have
no respect for manhood, and are willing
to be used by their ungrateful employers
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29

Try Principe de Lees cigar for al
after dinner smoke. Union made.-Adv
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29

Tell 'em you saw IT in The Bullstin.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29

Send The Bulletin to distant friends.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29

committees which are to present to the
German Reichstag plans for what will
without doubt be one of the chief fea-
lures of its legislation after the war
that dealing with its population policy
The Public.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29

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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29
REMARKABLE IN LOVE.

DO you think there is anything re-
markabe in love at first sighti" asked
the romantic youth.
Not at all" answered the cynic. ITS
when people have been looking at each
other for four or five years that it be
comes remarkable"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29

to assist in putting themselves as well
as other men in slavery.
These are some very sufficient reasons
why the working people of Colorado and
adjoining states are refusing to purchase
the products of the Coors brewing plant
at Golden.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-29
The Union Label
(By P. ]. Doyle.)

Wy = F.. y. OoJiS.I
You may be Tive wire" union man,
A leader-and one of the best
But you aren't the kind that / have in
mind
Unless you can pass this test:
You may be light in your union bright,
But, still, were you ever so able,
The test depends upon whether you are
Out strong for the UNION LABEL.
For the labels a factor in Labor's fight,
In the struggle that mankind is max
ing
To free the world from the curse of greed
And the toll that Industry is taking
In overworked women and undergrad men
And children in sweatshop and mill;
It's badge of honor and honest worth,
And its motto is SAVE not KILL"
The fellow who's out for the label strong
May neither be bright nor clever,
But he's wise to the fact that each of
us can
Count for something in Labor's en-.
deavor;
And place him beside our greatest men
| For the work he is doing to enable
The toilers to prosper and gain In
strength
By boosting" the UNION LABEL!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
AVOID CHANCE OF INFECTION
Not Advisable for Farmer to Put
Money Into Hogs That Have Not
Been Previously lmmunized.

(By W. P. SHULER, Department Of Vet.
Urinary Medicine, Oklahoma A. n M.
College. Stillwater.)
1t will not be necessary to vaccinate
hogs In order to insure them against
any possibility of infection from an
immune breeding animal that you
might want to bring on your place.
Breeding herds that are immunized
are usually treated about weaving
time or, in other words, when they
are about two or three months old.
The possibility of transferring infec-
ton from the immunized process X.
tends over a period Of three or four
weeks. After that you can safely say
that immune breeding animals are free
from infection as a result Of their
treatment, so, If you purchase a breed.
ing animal six months or a year old,
it would be a safe proposition with.
out extra %precaution.
Immunization Is becoming SO com.
mon and thoroughly practical that ]
would not for a minute advise any
man to put money into purebred
hogs for breeding purposes hat have
not been previously immunized.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
EXCUSES OF A MARRIED MAN.

And had you loved me then, my dear,
And had you loved me there,
When still the sun was In the East,
And hope was in the air,
When all the birds mi in the dawn
And l but sang to you,
Oh, had you loved me then, my dear,
And had you then been true.
A young woman who had two beaux
"a widower and a young single an
chose the latter to wed, whimsically
giving the following reason: "The
young man knows none Of the tricks Of
the average married man in keeping
that part of his business affairs from
his wife which he doesn't care to have
her familiar with or know about. 1t
would take him at least q decade Of
years to get into full swing the ex-
cuses the mar with q long record Of
marital years usually keeps OF tap.
A young, inexperienced husband would
be apt to tell me very frankly who de-
tanned him, making him an hour late
for dinner, and why. The mar who
ha6 gone over a similar road with a
former wife would came pretty near to
knowing what l would say or do if he
told me he had been obliged to hunt up
q Mr.. Hunt on a matter Of important
Susiness-if he's q storekeeper; draw
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
T0wn|
N
GARDENS IN BACK YARDS
Mistake Is General, According to Az
thority, of Starting Them Too
Ambitiously.

Even the city dweller can cut ex-
penses by utilizing small yards for
raising vegetables, and the Garden
Club Of America has engaged experts
to tell how II can be done. The In
formation Is being embodied in a book
for backyard farmers. The book was
begun in the fall, when members Of the
club anticipated hard times and scare
ity Of money for the working man, and
1t will be ready for publication and
free distribution In a few weeks.
1--WE plan for the average yard Of
about 25 by 10 feet" said Mrs. ]. Willis
Martin, president Of the club.
"Our aim has been to state the prin-
ciples Of gardening MS simply rs posi-
BILE, planning the needs Of the average
family of four through the entire sum-
mer."
Philadelphia has the distinction of
being the birthplace Of the Garden
Club Of America, which embraces -
clubs in other parts of the country.
and Mrs. Martin Is also Il resident Of
that city.
The mistake that Is made by nine
out Of ten amateur gardeners. how
ever, is that Of trying to do more than
they are able to accomplish, and of en-
d~envoring to grow too many things
within the restricted bounds of an
average suburban lot. It were we'll to
bear in mind the fact that, after n
has worked eight or nine hours in an
office, ones strength is equal only 20
an hour or so Of work In the garden.
1t should also be remembered that only
about s. many plants Of any kind will
grew and mature on q given area Of
garden ground.
Instead Of trying, therefore to grow
half a dozen plants each Of a score or
more of vegetables, conflne your efforts
to those vegetables Of which the fam
lily az q whole IL most fond. Every
body, almost without exception, likes
some vegetables more than others, and
when the list Of favorites Ia compiled
1t frequently will be found to be re-
markedly restricted. Here Is the ten
tative list, which may be modified to
suit individual tastes:
Sweet corn, an early and late va
ricty or a single variety planted for
succession; string beans, planted for
all summer succession; peas, two or
three paintings ten days apart; to-
matoes of q long bearing variety or
planted for succession; lima beans,
either the bush variety, IL the garden
is small, or the kind grown on poles,
II more space Is available; u small
plot for lettuce, preferably the kind
that form heads; another small bed of
onions; two or three hills Of Cucum-
bers; and, II desired, u short double
row Of beets for early summer use.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
PORT OF MISSING WHEELS
Writer Throws Some New Light or
the Eventual Fate Of
Bicycles.

Perhaps you have wondered what
has become of all the old bicycles. Not
so long ngo everybody had one-fa1
Their. mother, children and nunts from
the country. And then, In the night.
motor cars got cheaper and all the
bicycles disappeared. Like the Palm
Beach suits they are all here In Flor
ida. There are bicycles everywhere,
on the fiat, hard beautiful roads, on
the curbstones, leaning against the
plazzas, In the streets. IL the mo-
tor car has swept them from the north
figures since the enedlmlc started n
Men, women and children on bicycles
whirl about the streets, tingllng their
little bells and the motor-car drivers
look out for them. Just beyond the
veranda Mt Palm Beach were hundreds
of bicycles waiting to be hired. Out
on the shaded roads were other hum
dreds bearing their gayly attired bur-
dens.
In the lobby, where I was making my
way to the desk, were dozens OF wom-
en- dressed for observation-disclosures
futile, In Saturday Evening Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
TAX ON STREET ADVERTISING
How They Do Things In France to
Make and Keep Their Cities
Beautiful.

The imposition Of q tax on mural adj
~vertisements, which Mr. McKenna Is
reported to be considering, has pro-
duced satisfactory financial results for
many years past in France, the Lon
don Chronicle states. Not a bill can
be displayed on any boarding Oh In any
window In that country without hay
ing affixed to 1t an inland revenue
stamp costing at least n penny. The
atrical posters, cards announcing
apartments to let, and bills Offering
rewards for recovery Of lost dogs all
come under the same law. On printed
matter the stamps are usually attached
before printing. Frequent inspection
renders evasion difficult.
In this connection our French neigh
bors put into operation, just over three
years ago, another excellent Idea
which might well be adopted In this
country, is the plan adopted to get rid
Of the hideous advertising boardlngs
which then desecrated so many Of the
national beauty spots. A bill was
brought in proposing a tax Of $40 q
square yard per nnnum on all board
ings under six yards square, $40 n yard
up to 10 yards, $40 up to 20, and $3.50
on those above 20. If two separate ad-
vertisements appeared on the same
boarding, the tax was doubled; II
three, trebled, and so on. The bill was
Introduced solely on artistic grounds
and was passed with the enormous ma
jority of 500 votes to 3.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25

q Will for a dying woman who had sen.
for him hurriedly, or get n poor chap
out Of Jail, if he's a lawyer. Ii he's a
clerk or b~ookkeeper n has at his
tongues end the old story of being
obliged to work over time. The pho
%tographer can tell his little story and
get away with it Of the man dts al
ways a m0n) who is obliged to come
after his hours of employment are
owe to indulge in sitting for a photo.
THE husband in the automobile bust
ness has no difficulty in keeping his
wife guessing by telling her he wasn't
jOy-riding with Il pretty blonde girl
as her friends conidentially reported
TO her. On the contrary, he was dem
onstrating his car to a cranky, middle
aged woman, hoping to have the luck
to sell 1t to her, adding that If she
wanted g dozen more rides she'd get
them rs a matter of curse, He makes
too many excuses. The real estate man
can tell that n man took him here or
there to look at property, and who can
doubt him?
"The railroad conductor, the fireman
or the engineer can pin his hopes for
immunity from the seolding with the
ancient, honored excuse that the train
came in an hour late. The plumber has
things his own way; he can be sent
for ut any hour, To so any place, stay
ing as long rs he see fit, and not one
wife out of n thousand would take the
notion to verify his statement. The
man who keeps the livery stable can
keep dinner waiting seven nights out
of the week and often accept unde-
served pity from his wife with the
hundredth-told excuse of having 10
wait until this team came in or that
II went out, the sick horse or smashed
carriage, etc. Ana as for the doctor,
no wife may W expect to keep tabs
on him.
"Of course all Of these good husbands
mean well. They make up excuses
wheE the truth-they forget the din
ner hour, wife and home-would serve
them best in the end. 1t is strange,
but true, that the husband who com.
menceS making false excuses seldom
or never gets out of the habit. Indeed,
he often finds it hard to tell the truth
about anything"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
TURNING UNDER COVER CROP
Sometimes Advisable to Follow Prac-
tice Early on Account Of Soil Be-
ina In Good Condition.

It is sometimes advisable to turn
under a cover crop earlier on account
of the soil being in good condition.
whereas If put off for a few days or
a week dry weather might prevent the
work being done as 1t should De-.
When the land Is to be planted to cot
ton it will be necessary to turn the
cover crop under earlier, regardless OF
the stage Of growth. This will allow
a few days for the land to settle ana
to be gotten in proper condition for a
good seed bed. The pillow should be
followed closely with the harrow, TO
pulverize the soil before the wind and
sunshine dries 1t out. Unless the SOIL
is full Of moisture or there are pros
poets of an early rain, 1t Is best to
run a rollor over the land to firm 1t,
which will aid In holding the mols-
ture. The roller should always be
followed with the weeder or light
smoothing harrow to mulch the top
soil.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
EARLY HARVESTING OF OATS
Cutting Early Solves Problem Of Dis
posing Of Late Maturing crops-
Aid to Glover.

Early harvesting of oats for hay Is
the unusual practice suggested by the
farm crops department at Iowa state
college as solving the problem of dis
posing Of this crop.
AS a nurse crop for clover or other
legumes, the great objection is Its late
maturity. If oats are cut for hay when
the grain is in the milk stage and
properly cured, the hay secured Is re-
gardcd by many as nearly equal to red
clover.
Remove the oats two or three weeks
earlier than usual, thus exposing the
young clover plants at a time when
the heat of the sun is less severe
This practice also leaves more mois.
ture in the soil to be used In producing
q strong growth Of clover.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
Shady Lanes.

That the chief aim of man Is not de-
str~uctiyeness finds so few exceptions in
these parlous times that any evidence
to the contrary calls for mention.
A comforting instance of this sort Is
contained In a brief news item from an
exchange, thus: "On a leading road
way out of this city farmers for six
miles have agreed to plant shade trees
on both sides 60 feet apart. The same
variety of tree will be used the entire
distance"
This is a little message with an ap-
peal that is vital. These philosophical
farmers have their Counterparts in all
directions from the shaded
that will result from this wholesome,
sensible, artistic and altruistic en-
deavor, already conceived, and, ii is
fervently hoped, already on the way
toward being made an accomplished
fact.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25
DAIRY cow USED AS MARKET
Animal Will Pay High Price for Home
Grown Feeds-Farmer Permitted
to Improve Land.

That the profit from selling milk,
butter and cream, is not the chief
profit in keeping dairy cattle Is point
ed out by a gentleman of wide expert
ence In the South. There Is much
greater profit in selling homegrown
feed to the COW than in selling on a
Door market. Dat and vetch hay. corn
stover, silage, cowpea hay and sor-
rhum can be grown at a very low cost
and are among the best feeds for the
dairy COW. If the COW is a good n
she will pay full market price for the
hay. and the farmer will not have to
bale or haul to market. Keep records,
charge the hay to the cows, and weed
ont those that do not pay. Cheap mix
cannot be made unless the farmer
grows his own feed. Selling the COW
homegrown feeds not only makes
cheap milk but permits the farmer 10
improve his land by having larger
quantities of manure.-Inland Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25

pear, until the map Of Europe looks
like q western landscape after q cy-
clone, but people must have milk, but
ter and cheese and the price gets a
little better every year. No dairyman
need worry about the result Of the
election for Republicans, Democrats
and Socialists alike need the products
of the dairy or they will not feel that
they are getting what Is coming to
them.
The money from the dairy comes
weekly. or at longest, monthly, and 1t
is a cash deal all the time. The prices
vary with the season a little but they
run in lines that take the same up
and down curve year after year.
Many dairymen are trying to find
the method which will allow them
to keep the largest number OF cows
on a given acreage. A much better
object would be sought If they were
to try to secure the largest possible
number Of cows which will produce
q pound of butter every day for ten
months of every year Of their activi-
ties.
Farm dairying isn't the poorest
business in the world by a good many
long marks, but American farmers
show a disposition to let the foreign
emlgrant take the business and make
the money, which shows that Ameri.
can farmers are not always awake to
the most profitable part Of EARNING.
Money every week and the farm
getting richer every year ought to be
an attractive proposition. We ought
to have more farm diaries and fewer
WORKOUT farms.
The dairyman who does not set a
high mark, and test his cows regu.
larly and systematically. will always
carry In the herd some lows which are
kept at a loss. to reduce the average
| Of the herd.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-08-25

schools, churches and the young peo-
pies societies of the various churches?
DO they not afford places in which
one might get acquainted with n pros
pective husband or wife? Excitement
and pleasure may be found here also,
but not the intoxicated kind that
warps ordinary cool judgment"
The happiest marriages come about
by young people meeting under the
aforementioned auspices, but the
trouble seems to lie with the vast army
of young men and ONE who are not
churchgoers, and therefore miss that
valuable medium Of becoming &C
quainted.
The dance has its uses In keeping
young hearts light is q means of
healthful exercise, contributes pleas
antly to the sense Of sight-brlght
lights, dainty costumes and music
which sets the feet twirling-and be-
ing brought in contact with friends.
1t also has its grave abuses-friend-
ships formed between girls and men
who have not been made acquainted
through the proper form Of introduce
ton by mutual friends, and who may
be as untitled for each others society
as the lamb and the wolf. 1t may
give rise to dangers from unwise court
ships.
Looking ut the situation from many
viewpoints, the need will be seen Of a
nationwide plan Of bringing marriage
able, moral young people together. Ii
the influential church women Of each
neighborhood would put their shout
ders to the wheel, the good results
would be surprising. There are many
young men-and good ones at that
who might fight shy of being luredtnt
church affairs, no matter what the
scheme ut issue might be. Such young
men could be induced to 60 to a hall
where an appetizing free lunch served
by a large number Of young, prepos-
sessing women was the attraction.
The matrons in charge, being assured
of the w%orthiness of the young man
who had secured a ticket (the entrance
tickets being free), could act the part
of a good samaritan in introducing the
young folks, keeping a watchful eye
afterward to note how the acquaint-
ance progressed. A social hour fol-
lowing the luncheon-which included
a little music, a song or two or q
witty dialogue-would suffice to please
and whet the impulse to come again
and again. Young folks will make the
acquaintance of each other in n way
or another. Therefore it Is best to
supervise their first meetings. Trolley
| parties one evening a week would
bring gratifying results.
There are many more respectable,
| honest, earnest young men looking for
| good wives than there are girls anx-
ious to wed. All that they require is
to be made acquainted with the right
kind Of girl.
Places where pastime parties could
be held under proper supervision
should be an institution in every
neighborhood. Many a poor girl weds
a ne'er-do-well because she has no
hope of being brought into social con-
tact with q better man.