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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-12
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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-12

The President must be credited with
having put a slick one over if he can
get the votes and make the people pay
the freight.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-12
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS
Non Partisan Judicial League
MEMBERSHIP CARD

The Judiciary having been taken of politics by law
and realizing the Importance of selecting of the highest
sibe character for Judicial positions regardless of political a
alton, hereby enroll myself as member OF the NonParisan
Judicial League
In urherng the purpose this league hereby endorse the
candidacy Of John Rice for Justice of Supreme Court
mend him the avorobe OF this state and
pledge myself to honorable in promoting his
candidacy
Cut this card out, sign it,
and return tito
H. E. Wallace .Sccu NAME
CddpeH idaho
! s,
(Adv.)
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-12

Latin poiteness is proverbial, but
aren't these Mexican commissioners
exceeding the limit when they persist
in liliening We, lrow Wilson to Ven
ustiano CurranZa3
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-12

"Help me, Cassius, or / sinkl" For
"Cassius" read Congress"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-10-12

FOR SALE: A few pigs, 2 months
old Phone saw. 40-t2.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
MIR. Cats Tells Another.

The following paragraph is taken
Verbatum from the speech of Rev. Sid.
ney j.. Cats, delivered at Tampa on
tuesday evening last as reported in
the Tampa Tribune of Wednesday
morning: '0'A"S
Il have been too busy to read the
newspapers much lately, but at last
accounts, l understand that Knott had
opened up the ballot boxes in twenty
hve counties. Farris has not gained
any votes on the recount in these nre-
clncts. Wood hasn't gained anv, and
Hudson hasn't gained anv. Old
Cats hasn't gained a single vote
But Knott has gained All votes.
Why? Because these ballot boxes
had been stuffed. Any bookkeeper
Will tell you that mistakes made in
the debit and credit columns will
about balance up. Poor Old Cats
didn't get any gain when they opened
those boxes, and he ought to have got
ten more than any of them, because
ne got more votes than any of them
Now place that Cats declaration
alongside the following taken from
the "Peeping into Politics" depart,
ment of the Jacksonville Metropolis
Ia Cats paper) on Wednesday-the
same day-and then tell US who. in
your Judgment, is worthy of belief:
"a remarkable thing about the re-
count of the gubernatorial vote in the
various precincts of the State is the
gain for Ion l.. Farris for Governor.
In Duval county alone the Duval SEN
ator gained as many as thirty votes
on the second count in some of the
smaller precincts. There are MANY of
the opininon that he would have
shown larger per cent of gains on
the recounts than any other candi
date"
1t is also true that in the recount
in Putnam county all of the candi-
dates gained, though the percentage
of gain for Mr.. Knott from the three
eliminated candidates was greatest,
as anyone conversant with political
conditions, would expect.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE BROOKLYN LAND
COMPANY
OF Meeting to Consider Amendment
OF Charter and Increase of
Capital Stock.

OF Meeting to Consider Amendment
OF Charter and Increase Of
Capital Stock.
To The Stockholders of the Brooklyn
Land Company, Greeting:
You are hereby notified that a
meeting of the Stockholders of The
Brooklyn Land Company will be held
in the offices Of The Brooklyn Land
Company, at Brooklyn, Florida, on the
9th day of October, 1916, at the hour
of 10 o'clock a. M, for the purpose Of
determining whether or not the
amount of the authorized capital stock
shall be increased; and also whether
or not charter of said The Brooklyn
Land Company shall be so amended
as to authorize an increase in the
amount of tic Indebtedness or liabili-
ty to which said corporation may at
any time subject itself.
You will please be present in per-
son or by duly authorized proxy at the
time and place aforesaid.
Given this 9Th day of September,
A. D. 1916, by the officers of said cor
poration thereunto duly authorized.
THE BROOKLYN LAND COMPANY
By ]. S. King, President,
Attest:
R. H. Paul, Secretary At.
of Charter and Increase of
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
DEMANDS OF R. R. TRAINMEN
Wase Increase of $1oo,ooo,ooo Year
Would Have to Be Borne by Public.

The train service employees of all
railroad lines in the United States have
united in a demand for new basis of
pay Cor all men engaged in operating
trains. except those in passenger serv-
ice. At the present time they are paid
on the basis of ten hours Of time or
100 miles of distance, whichever gives
them the higher pay; and every man
receives a full days Pay, no matter
how short time he works.
The trainmen now demand that, in
all but passenger service, % the pres
ent ten hours pay shall be given for
eight hours, or less, with a guarantee
Of full days pay, no matter how lit
tie service is,performed; (2) overtime
to begin after eight hours, instead of
after ten hours, and to be paid for at
one and one half times the hourly rate.
These demands would increase the
hourly rate Of pay % per cent, and the
overtime rate S713 per cent
They also insist that all special extra
pay provisions in the 10-hour schedules
shall be included in the proposed
S-hour schedule.
These special rules frequently give
double pay for the same service, and
enable the employees to earn two and
three days pay in single day of
ordinary working hours.
As the increase for all the lines is es-
timated to amount to $1O0,O00,O00 a
year the railroads say that they cannot
pay it unless they are allowed to in
crease freight and passenger rates.
The average wages of the men en-
gagged in train service are already very
much higher than those of other en-
ployees and they receive % per cent of
the total payroll although constituting
only IS per cent of the whole number
of railroad workers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08

AS result of the demands for more
wages which the train service employees
of the railroads have been pressing upon
the transportation lines, the country is
face to face with the possibility of the
greatest strike and the most serious
industrial catastrophe in its history.
brakemen on practically all the rail
road lines have voted to place their
entire interests in charge of a few
leaders within their organizations, and
to give these leaders authority to can
strike if they wish to do so.
! What such a strike would mean to
the American people caunot be set
forth in mere facts and figures. 1t can
be dimly imagined by those who real
ize what an intimate and vital part
transportation plays in every industrial
activity of the country.
Cities Would Face Starvation.
There is scarcely a person in any
part of the land who would not be i'm
mediately affected if the millions of
busily turning wheels on our nearly
three hundred thousand miles Of rail-
way were to stop for single day. If
the tie-up continued for week, the
blow to the industry Of the country
would be greater than that caused by
any panic of recent history. To the
big cities of the country, and particu-
larly to the cities of the eastern sea-
board, 1t would mean cutting off Of
food supplies that would place the in
habitants virtually in a state Of siege.
In the case of many food products
these cities do not carry on hand
stock sufficient to feed their people for
more than week, and in the case Of
some, such as milk and fresh vege-
tables, supplies are repleniShed daily.
The stoppage Of transportation there
fore, would mean suffering and want
to these city dwellers, and if continued
for long would threaten many Of them
with actual starvation.
Vast Loss to Farmers.
To the farmers Of the country gen
eral railroad strike would be a catas-
trophe, only less serious. Cut off from
his market. the farmer could not move
his produce, and the price of grain and
other staples would be quickly cut in
two, while the market value Of more
perishable articles would disappear en-
tirely. The strike would make it ex-
tremey difficult to harvest crops in
many sections. 1t would make the dis
posal of the crops impossible, and
would inflict losses amounting to hun
dreds of millions of dollars upon the
farmers OF the country.
The great industrial plants of the
country would soon be forced to close
down following the declaration of
strike because they could not obtain
supplies needed for their operation, nor
could they ship their finished products
to market Their plants would soon
be idle, and millions of men would be
thrown out Of work.
With the income OF practically
every class Of citizens either seri-
ously cut down or suspended entire
ly, merchants would transact little
business, because there would be few
purchasers. In short, the industrial
activities OF the whole country would
be virtually palsied from the moment
the railroads ceased to operate. The
injury to the railway companies and to
the striking employees would be enor-
nous, but it would be infinitesimal
compared with the staggering loss that
would fall upon the general public.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08

Out of every dollar the public pays
the railroads for transportation the rail
road employees receive A cents. The
traveller who spends 500 year for his
tickets is paying S44 for railroad labor.
The merchant whose freight bills
amount to $1,000 contributes $44O to
the railroad payroll. The merchant
gets the money from his customers in
the prices he charges for his wares.
The public pays every dollar of the
railroad bill
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
TRAINMEN's HIGH WAGES.

When | note from the reports
made to the Interstate Com
merce Commission that these
men receive average yearly
wages 20 per cent higher than
those Of all other railway en-
ployes. and practically double
those Of the average American
wa%p-wOrl,er. it occurs to me
that they at least have less
cause for complaint than most
others. When l consider that
the average locomotive engineer
has an income Of over $1,000
a wear. and that most of the
engineers who have been long
in service make from $4,000
to $1,000 year, and when I
compare their hours, labor and
Responsibilities with those of
the average small merchant,
farmer or doctor. whose income
is far less. it seems that in all
fairness they are we'll paid
John V. Farwell. Chicago Mer-
chant.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
BUSINESS men TRY
TO AVERT STRIKE
Ask Congress 10 Direct U 5
Inquiry Into R R Wages.
FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT
Members of United States Chamber of
Commerce Vote Overwhel lminsy In
Favor of Letting Interstate Commerce
Commission Adjust Controversy.

WaShin2tOn-In order to ascertain
the position Of the business men Of
the nation on the controversy between
the railroads of the country and the
was precipitated by the demand of the
latter for an increase in wages that
would amount to $l0O,000,000 a year,
the United States Chamber Of Com
merce recently submitted the mat
ter to a vote of all its members. They
were asked to express their opinion as
to whether the dispute should be al
lowed to take its course with the pos
sibility of great strike that would
tie up all the transportation lines
throughout the country and paralyZe
all business, or whether they would
favor the adoption to joint resolu-
tion by the two branches of congress
directing the Interstate Commerce
Commission to investigate and pass
upon the matter.
The vote received was very large
one and represented business organ
izations In every part of the coun-
try. The result was overwhelmingly
in favor Of placing the matter in the
hands Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. 994M votes being cast in
favor of this course and only 2S4
against 1t. The result showed clearly
that the business interests of the
country are unalterably against per-
mitting the transportation lines to be
tied up by a national railroad strike
that would paralyze the commerce Of
the country and infict enormous losses
on all classes Of citizens.
Chairman Wheeler of the Commit
tee in charge of the matter for
the Chamber of Commerce appear
ed before the representatives of the
railroads and their employees at their
conference in New York in June. He
announced the result Of the Com
mittee's inquiry among the business
men of the country and urged both
parties to the dispute to get together
and adopt the course suggested. AS a
result the committee of managers rep
resenting the railroads submitted a
proposal that the whole subject be
placed before the Interstate Commerce
Commission as requested by the repre-
sentatives Of the business interests.
As an alternative they offered to sub
nit the demands to arbitration under
the Federal law. Both offers We're
refused by the union leaders, who an
nounced that they would go back to
their unions and get authority to de-
clare a strike. This they have since
been doing
Meanwhile a resolution has been in
troduced in Congress directing the In
terstate Commerce Commission to
make an investigation Of railroad
wages. This resolution is now await
ing action. 1t is believed here that if
nothing further is done by Congress or
by the parties to the wage dispute to
bring about peaceful settlement the
business interests of the country,
through the United States Chamber
of Commerce, or some other organiza-
ton, will appeal to the Government
to take some direct and decisive action
to prevent the destruction Of national
prosperity by a strike on all the rail
road lines.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08

The railroads nave cOnSluered every
man whose name appears on the Janu
ary aud December payrolls as an EN-
ploye for year, no matter how little
service he performed in the other ter
months. 1t is pointed out by the man
ayers that these averages are. in con
sequence. an underStatement of the
earning power OF these employees.
An Appeal to the Public.
The National Conference Committee
in making these wage figures public
says:
"Do you believe in arbitration or
industrial warfare?
The train employees on all the
railroads are voting whether they
will give their leaders authority
to tie up the commerce Of the coun-
try to enforce their demands for
$100.O00,G00 wage increase.
"The railroads are in the public
service-your service. This army
of employees is in the public service
your service.
You pay for rail transportation
S3.O00O00.00O year, and A cents
out Of every dollar from you goes
to the employees.
"A S100.00O0OO wage increase for
men in freight and yard service
Cess than one-ffth Of all employes)
is equal to a per cent advance In
all freight rates.
"The managers of the railroads,
as trustees for the public, have no
right to place this burden on the
cost Of transportation to you with
out a clear mandate from a public
tribunal speaking for you
"The railroads have proposed the
settlement of this controversy either
under the existing national arbitra-
ton law. or by reference to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
This offer has been refused by the
employees representatives.
"Shall nation wide strike or an
investigation under the government
determine this issuer
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
HIGH WAGES ON
AMERICAN ROADS
Railroad Payroll Records Made
Public by the Carriers,
NATIONAL INQUIRY URGED
Managers Offer to Leave Question of
$10o,oCo,0co Wage Demands to an I'm
partial Federal Tribunal to Prevent
Disaster of Nation wide Strike.

New Iork.-What is probably the
most elaborate study of wages ever
made IN any industry has just been
completed by the National Conference
Committee of the railways.
For six months railway accountants
throughout the country have been en-.
gagged in collecting the payroll records
to show the actual wage payments to
every individual employe among the
100000 engineers, conductors, firemen
and brakemen now voting on a ma
tional strike for new wage scale.
That these employees are one Of the
highest paid groups of workers In any
industry is disclosed by the summary
made public today by the vailroad
managers
The average yearly wage payments
to all Southern train employees dnclud.
ing those who worked only part of the
YEAR,, as shown by the 1915 payrOlls.
were.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08

Thrce-QuArters of these men Gnclud
ing those who put in IL fun years serv
icCl, earned these wages:
Engineers road. %l.4J1 to S3,9S2;
yard. 81 1876 to 50 Al.
Conductors WoaD. &l,353 to $2,G96;
yard, $1055 to $1,749.
Firemcn Toad. $Gt9 to $1.G52; Eardl,
$40G t. $1,302
Brakcmcn Toad}. $755 to SLS54;
yard $1Jl TO Sl,40J.
For the whole country the average
wages Of threc-quarters Of the employ
as Wprp.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
HIGHEST WAGES,
LOWEST RATES.

American railroads today pay
the highest wages in the world,
out of the lowest rates In the
world. after having set down to
capital account the lowest cap
itallzation per mile of all great
countries of the world. No 9TH
er occupation and no other en-
ployer of labor in the country
can match this recOrd.-James ].
Hill.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-08
Transportation Tie. up Would
ParaIyze Business.
FARMERS TO FACE DANGER
Could Not Market Crops and Losses
Would Run Into Hundreds Of Mil
lions With Factories Unable to
Operate Wage earners Would Suffer.
From the viewpoint Of the pub

From the viewpoint Of the pub
lie it is an intolerable situation
when any group Of men, wheth-
er employees or employers, wheth-
er large or small, have the pow
er to decide that a great section
Of country ', shall under
60 great loss Of life, unspeak-
able suffering and loss of prop
erty beyond the power Of descrip-
ton, through the stoppage of a
necessary public service. This,
however, is the situation which
confronts us as a nation.-From
the Report Of the Eastern Engi-
neers' Arbitration Board Q9l2)
signed by Charles r. Van Hise,
Oscar Straus, Frederick N. Jud-
son, Albert Shaw, Otto N. Eid-
litz and Daniel Willard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-28
Pitt Is Gridiron Sensation
-:Ii;- :I:- -:H -:II:- -;iI:-
Pop" " arner Makes History
BY FRANK C. MENKE.

seen the eleven in action this year,
has the most powerful eleven in
America
Anent AII-Americans.
And as il is in ranking the elevens
so il has been in the past in naming
elevens. Some folks are so medieval
in their thoughts that they still believe
star players can come from only Yale
Harvard or Princeton Rarely does
that crowd cOncede that a whirlwind
player on another eastern eleven. or
on a western team. is as good OF bet
ter than the Yale, harvard or Prince
ton performers.
Their slogan has been
IF he doesn't belong 10 Yale or Har-
Yard or Princeton. he isn't any good
And If he belongs TO Yale. or Harvard
or Princeton. he's all right"
big Three Lacks stars.
After seeing Yale. Harvard and
Princeton in action so far this year.
1t is our humble opinion that not one
Of those elevens has a backfield man
whose all year doings entitle him TO
a place on the first or second all
American eievens But you'll find
few there when you look over the
fair" selections OF that cOterie of
experts"
Pollard, Of Brown. Hastings. Of Pitts
burg. Gerrish. Of Dartmouth; Hubbell,
Of Colgate; Oliphant, Of Army; McLaren,
Of Pittsburg- Thielscher. of Dart
mouth. Shwerick. of Cornell: HiIlhOuse.
Of BrOwn-each and every one is a
better all around backfield man that
we have seen operating this season
for any OF the Big Three
But watch where they'll land when
the clique Of fOgies begin dealing out
their ail-eastern and all-American half
backs and quarterbacks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-28
SWINGS TEAM
PLAYS At PARK
Eighth Artillery Tackles
Sixth Ohio at Rio Grande
Thanksgiving Afternoon.

Lieut. Swing and his Eighth Field
Artillery eleven tackles the Sixth Ohio
combination Thanksgiving afternoon at
Rio Grande Park in the Army league
headIiner
Last Saturday- Swing played a sen
saucnal game running 80 yards fo- one
touchdown and 80 for another His
team played a great game. and it's a
good thing for Fl Paso that the Field
Artillery outfit was lucky enough to
draw the assignment Thanksgiving
The Sixth Ohio. under the leadership
OF Lieut. Childs. viii be in better shape
10 stand the gaff than last week. as
the additional days of practice will
aid the team to no small degree.
The Third North Carolina Infantry
withdrew from the league and the
Third Ohio Will more than likely fol-
low suit. as the Third Ohio Is still on
border duty.
Following is the schedule for the
week and the assignment of officials:
Thanksgiving Day.
Ihirty-first Michigan VS.. Third Ken
lucky at Rio Grande park. 10 o'clock
IN the morning Officials-Lenhart.
Lamb and Kennedy.
Third Penn. vs. Eighth Ohio at Penn.
Ileld- Officials-Watt. Wright and
Conger.
Fifth Ohio VS.. First North Carolina
al Eighth Penn. field Officials-Gard-
ner. DOty and Unger.
Eighth artillery vs.. Sixth Ohio at
Rio Grande park Officials-Lenhart.
Limb and Kennedy
Fourth Ohio vs. Thirty-secoud Michi-
gan AT Camp Cotton OfficiaIs-Cox
SOaper and Humble
Twentieth L. : vs. Thirty first Michi-
gan at school Of Mines. Officials
1aeSer Crosby and Brown.
Saturday, December
Engineers vs. Eighth Ohio at Rio
Irande park Officials Watt Wright
and Conger.
Inirty-first Michigan VS.. Twentieth
= ; n Camp Cotton. OfficiaIs-Leu-
mart. Gardner and Doty.
RI, ElShth artillery vs.. Fifth ONO at
I-iShth Ohio field. rOfficiaIs-HazIatt
Kennedy and Seller To-
FIRST North Carolina VS. Sixth Ohio
ner. Wright and Conger.
ailcnlgan at Camp Cotton Officials
1-SrHaII Brown and Crosby.
Inlrty-third Michigan vs. Eleventh,
artiIIery at Rio Grande park. Officials
W att, Limb and Parker.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-28
Another New Orleans Boy,
Handled by Tommy Walsh,
Looks Like a Winner.

Chicago ILL.,. Nov. 2S.-Joe Mandot
n2s picked his own successor
In the boxing game. like baseball or
any line Of sport. the real stars are dis
covered overnight. and when least ex-
pected they upset the dope by winning
The latest sensation is a young man
from New Orleans named Raymond
Red" Doiau. the successor TO the Ia
nous Joe Mandor. who has jumped to
the front m the last few months with
such pace that the critics all over the
country are counting on him TO win the
title within the next year.
Joe Mandot. the wonderful southern
boxer. picked this boy DOlan as the boy
20 succeed him nearly "a year ago and
asked me To keep my eve on him. and
his MANY training bouts with Mandot
has improved DOlan. until he has "A left
hand that almost equals the famous
MandOt left.
Dolan IS OF Irish-German descent