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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06
The Religion You Don't Want.

NJ defy your common sense, nor forbid
you to exercise the mind which God gave you
Then you don't want to become papist
and kiss the toe of an Italian impostor.
~ You want religion which leaves you
IN possession of your mental and spiritual
independence, subject only to God.
Then you don't want to become a papist
and humbly surrender your God given in
tellect to the keeping of priest.
81 You want a religion which does not
deoarf yoN INTO arrested deuezOpnae1ut; but
which encourages you to enrich your mind
by varied research, by wide range of read
Ing, and by manly readiness to hear both
sides Of all questions.
Then you must shun Roman Catholicism,
because the Italian pope claims the right to
dictate to you what you shall read, what you
shall listen to, and what you shall never
hear-the pope being afraid for you to hear
the other side.
"a You want religion that has no skele
tons in its closets, and secrets a0hich cannot
be told to you.
tt you had better keep out Of the Roman
church, whose cellars and closets are full of
the bones of the Dead and whose secret socie-
ties conceal hideous designs and horrible
crimes of which you will never be told,
~ You want religion that is at least as
o as the Christian era, and which you can
find for yourself, in the New Testament
Then you don't want Romanism and popery,
which began its usurpatory and bloody career,
three hundred years after Christ, and which
never completed it's monstrous creed until the
year 1870, when it decreed the "infallibility"
of the popes
CO. You want religion which honors the
Golden Rule, the Sermon on the Mount and
the Lords Prayer.
Then you don't want diabolical Roman
ism which has shed more innocent blood, to
advance the wealth and power of the papal
hierarchy, than the warriors of Mahomet, or
the nordes of Tamrlane ever shed.
(O You want a religion which calls you
TO Your God, in life, in love, in the forgivness
of your sins.
Then you don't want Romanism which has
side-tracked the Almighty, and put the priest
on the main line, to hear your Confession"
grant you forgiveness, and thus act as a God.
(8) You want a religion which sums up
your duty in plain words: Gear God and
keep His Commandments" "Repent, Believe,
Be born again in baptism, and lire right!
Then you don't want pagan'stic tumble
Of Saints, Mary worship, Penance, Purga-
tory, Absolution, Mass, Holy Water, and
Fasts
(9) You want religion which does not
send your unbaptized babe to hell.
Then steer clear Of R0naanisno
Q0) You want q religion which will di-
vorce a destitute O'Leary as readily as it
will divorce millionaire Drexel.
Then steer clear Of Ronoanisno
(11) You want a religion which has no
secret societies, devoted to crime and reeking
with the blood of murder.
Then steer clear of ROno0qoismo.
G2) You want religion whose ministers
marry and beget children that can be reared
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06

"My Nephew and My Brother
in-lavN'' In Waycross.
It HE City of Waycross, Georgia, has City
Court, and the judgeship Of the same is one
of the high spots of local judicial ambition.
1t SO happened, in the year of our Lord
1916, that one of the most principallist law
yers of Waycross found himself environed
by an embarrassment of riches in that two
members of his family were ardent aspirants
for the coveted City judgeship.
May [ be permitted to state the situation
in the very language of the embarrassed law
yer? The following are the words in which
Hon. Leon A. Wilson explained himself to
mankind:
Waycross, Ga March 27, 1916.
Felow-Ci Citizens of Ware County:
| respectfully request you impartial considera-
ton of what is set forth herein, in the interest
of fair play.
My nephew, Harry NJ Wilson, and my brother
n-aw, J. Lee Crawley, are soliciting your support
for the office of judge Of the City Court of Way
cross. To seek to be called to this high Office is
a laudable ambition. Let state at the outset
that [ am the personal friend of each of these
honorable gentlemen, and therefore, I shall say
nothing that will reflect upon the character of
either
and otherwise to efficiently perform the duties
incident to the impartial administration of this
important position.
[ hope you have read this quotation care
fully and without levity.
Notice how judicially the Hon. Leon
weighs his nephew against his brother-in-
law
See how Leon disarms your prejudice by
admitting candidly that he is the personal
friend of Harry, his nephew, and Of Lee, his
brother-in-laW.
Pray do not omit to observe that Leon
assumes that both of these members of his
family ''are qualified morally, legally, and
otherwise to efficiently perform" &c.
The Hon. Leon Wilson then plunges into a
full page plea, in behalf of his nephew,
against his brother-5n-la2U, on the ground
that his nephew is Roman Catholic, while
his brother-in-law isn't.
[ don't mean to say that the Hon. Leon
urges the Romanism of his nephew as rea-
son for his eection-i7o so naany qcordS-but
he tells the voters not to beat him on that
ground, which comes to the same thing
When you take up whole page with an
argument in defense of Romanist candidate,
you might just as we'll say, plainly and
briefly, that you advocate his election.
People are not being fooled much, these
days.
The Hon. Leon Wilson quoted Theodore
Roosevelt, Bishop Stevens, Alexander H.
Stephens, George Bancroft, Lord Macaulay,
"Father" Ryan, Cardinal Gibbons, Chief
Justice White, and Daniel Webster.
After having stopped his quotations all
over the page of the Waycross Journal
Herald, the Hon. Leon Wilson had this much
to say of his nephew:
Who is Harry Wilson? boy born and reared
in our city; educated in public schools, and
whose life is an open book. good boy, honest
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03
The Labor Advocate Official Organ
2O-21 Thoms Building Phone Canal SSH
OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL

President-Jos. A. Cullen.
Vice e-President-Phil. Fischer.
Recording Secretary and Business
Agent-Fred Hook, 20 f. 10Th ST,
Phone Canal 1860.
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than the government pays contractors
Tor the same articles.
For instance, General Crozier tells
us that three-inch gun carriage, for
which contractors asked the govern
ment S3,30S.S2, was produced in the
Rock Island arsenal for $2,1022S. a
saving of practically one-third. And
this is not an exceptional case. General
Crozier is the author OF analytical
tables, showing the difference between
contract and arsenal costs, and your
committee urges members OF the House
to carefully examine same.
rs it necessary to still further speed
up workmen who have displayed the
skill and industry needed to produce
these results?
"The premium and bonus systems of
payment OF employees are designed to
supplement the stop watch in stimu-
latng the workers to the extreme limit
OF their physical endurance. When the
human machine can no longer stand
the strain new one is to be substituted
and the old one sent to the industrial
scrap heap.
The opponents OF the legislation
under discussion deny the truth of this
statement, but there is a mountain OF
evidence to sustain the charge.
'ln conclusion your committee would
suggest:
The system SO persistently urged by
General Crozier involves fundamental,
not to say revolutionary, change, (a)
in determining what is reasonable
days work for an employe in the ma
tional arsenals and workshops, and (b)
in the method OF compensating the
workers, to wit, the substitution OF the
bonus or premium system for the
age-old day 's-pay' system.
"The workers affected seem to be al
most unanimous in their opposition to
the change, They insist it will be op-
pressive to them and will be without
benefit to the government.
so intense is this feeling that an at
tempt to install the system in all the
government workshops would, in the
Judgment OF your committee, lead to
very serious consequences.
In view OF these well-established
facts, it seems to your committee it
would be the height OF folly to permit
General Crozier to persist in his plan.
Apparently, the only way to restrain
him is to enact the bill under discussion,
and your committee trusts the House
will take prompt and favorable action.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03
House Committee Condemns "Stop
Watch" System; General Crozier
Ignored Decision of Last Congress

Washington, d. C.-The House Com
mittee on Labor has ordered favor
able report OF the anti-"stop watch" bill.
NJ Medical authorities. workers and others
were quoted in opposition to these
speeding up" systems.
Congressman Browne dissented and
in a minority report made favorable
watch system by General Crozier, chief
OF ordnance, United States army, who
has deliberately ignored a declaration
on this subject by the last Congress.
In the majority report it is stated
that General Crozier ''set about nulli-
lying the effect OF the rider (anti-stop
watch, passed by last Congress) on the
military appropriation bill, and with the
assistance OF former Secretary (of War)
Garrison and other officials OF the, de-
partment was almost successful
1t is further stated that: "The ma
jority OF your committee feels that the
proponents OF the bill made so strong
case that we are justified in urging
Congress to enact Legislation needed to
drive the stop-watch' and bonus and
premium systems from government
shops.
"The opponents OF this legislation
have much to say about efficiency and
scientific shop management and they
seek to create the impression that 'ef-
ficiency' can not be secured unless (a)
the workman'S every movement is timed
by 'stop-watch, and OBJ that the old
system OF the days pay is abolished
and bonuses and premiums substituted
therefor.
Your committee feels there is moth
ing in the evidence submitted at the
hearings, or in the experience OF man
kind to sustain either OF these contcn-
tons.
In this city we have the Washington
navy yard, employing thousands Of
skilled mechanics The stop watch is
not used there, and the commandant
will assure you he has the most ci-
ficient body OF mechanics ever gathered
together inside one fence
The workmen at the Rock Island
arsenal have succeeded in defeating
General Crozier's attempt to introduce
the stop watch, and they have demon
strated their efficiency by producing
munitions OF war Tor very much less
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03
GROVES PARK
End of Beautiful Elberon
Ave. Car Line
The Place for
Chicken Dinners
Cabaret Every Evening
FATALITIES IN INDUSTRY.

Lansing, Mich.-The Workmen 5
Compensation Board reports that, dur
ing the month OF April. 5,943 workers
suffered accidents in this State. OF
this number 1905 we're so severely in
jured as to be ucapacitated for at least
two weeks, thereby entering the COM
pensation period; 1,459 were totally dis
abled temporarily; 119 were perma-
nentiy partially disabled, and % OF these
accidents resulted in death. Of the
fatalities, nine occurred in mines and
five in connection with the operation
OF steam railroads.
During the first quarter OF 1915 there
were reported 1853 accidents resulting
in temporary total disability, $50 acci-
dents resulting in permanent partial dis
ability, and 73 fatalities-a total OF
3,106 compensate accidents for three
months.
For the first quarter OF 1916 there
were 4,S37 accidents resulting in tempo
rary total disability, 3S5 resulting in
permanently partial disability, and 90
fataitics-a total of 1871, these figures
showing an increase OF 1866 over the
first quarter OF 1915.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03
POST OFFICE BUDGET
INCLUDES WAGE GAINS

Washington, ID. C.-Thc Senate
Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads has recommended the passage
oi legislation restoring the salaries OF
mail collectors reduced from 81 200 to
$l,000 by the Postoifice Department.
This measure has passed the House, de
spite opposition by post office officials,
who insist that it will interfere with
their efficiency system.
When these reductions were made, in
February, 1915, President Gompers and
Secretary Flaherty, OF the National
Federation OF Post Office Clerks, pro
tested to the Postmaster General Fail
ing to obtain justice in this quarter an
amendment to the postal appropriation
bill was secured. The bill also contains
a provision to reimburse the rural car
rlers Tor wage increases voted them last
year, but withheld by the postal depart
mcnt. These wage claims aggregate
/ S4 100000
Other features OF the bill are: Ten
wage increases from LOO to 81, 800 an
nullly Tor post office printers: 900 wage
increases from S120 to $50 for the
laborerS; the creation OF a special
clerks class at $1,000 and 81 400, which
VIII permit OF increases for the clerks :
the enlargement OF the scope OF the
workmcn'S compensation law to include
all classified employees i'll first and sec
| ond class post offices; the rebating OF
| holiday service To clerks and carriers,
and the granting OF annual vacations
10 railway mail clerks.
I'm the acceptance by the Senate
| Committee OF the House legislation re-
storing salaries OF the mail collectors
denoted last year, Congress sets the
stamp OF disapproval upon depart
mental miSinterpretation OF its laws, -
declared Thomas F. Faherty, who
| represents the interests OF the union
postal employees in Washington in
the classification law governing the sal
ARIES OF letter carriers there is no dis
tinctivc grade at $1,000 for collectors.
y ct the department endeavored to set at
naught this law and creates such a
grade
Mr.. Flaherty attributes the legislative
success OF post office employees at this
session OF Congress to the fact that a
large number OF them are now in active
affiliation with the trade union move
ment The service workers, he de
clared, are demanding the right to con
duct an effective campaign for a redress
OF grievance with the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor, whose afiiliates can
not be controlled by departmental OF
] ficials.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03
BRANDEIS FAVORED BY SENATE
COMMITTEE.

Washington, May 27.-By vote OF
10 to 8, last Wednesday, the Senate
Judiciary Committee agreed to report
iavorably to the Senate the nomination
OF Louis ID. Brandeis to be associate
justice OF the United States Supreme
Court
President Wilson made this nomina-
ton last January, and it has been OPP
posed by a committee of Boston citi
zens, who charge ''unethical conduct"
on the part OF Mr.. Brandeis in certain
legal proceedings.
Other opponents OF the nomination
include William H. TAFT Joseph II.
Choate, Elihu Root and other former
presidents OF the American Bar Asso-
catiOn
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03

Local No. $50.
Meets 1st and Sd Wednesdays at Warsaw
ave. and Wells, Price Hill.
President, VIM. Hinton.
Secretary, c. f. Simonson, 1894 Warsaw av
Local Union No. so.
Meets every Friday at s. c. cor Ninth and
Plum SITS.
President, r. II. Siekmann
Secretary, f. G. Hummel. 9l7 Gesr st.
Local Union No. 3OS.
Meets every Wednesday at Central Turner
Hall.
President, Vincent Doty.
Secretary, Edw. Hammond
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Sheet Metal Workers No. II

Meets every Monday at $. W. cor Twelt
and Walnut SITS
President, Fred Hook, 30 +. Twelfth st.
Recording Secretary. Matt Enyart, o
Maple ave.
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Meets every Friday at S e. cor. Ninth and
Plum SITS.
President, r. II. Siekmann
Secretary, f. G. Hummel, 917 Gesr ST.
Local Union No. 3OS.
Meets every Wednesday at Central Turner
Hall.
President, Vincent Doty.
Secretary, Edw Hammond
Local Union No. IL (Fresco
Painters).
Meets lst and Sd Saturdays at 1922 Vine st.
President John Marschen
Secretary o. Bester. S37 Armory ave
Local Union No. 224 (Sign Writers)
Meets Cd and 4th Fridays at Odd Fellows
Temple.
President, Ed Macke
Secretary, f. L, Trenary 24s4 Seesar ave.
Local No. 3S7 (GIazicrs).
Meets every Tuesday at Central Turner Hall.
President, VIM. Robb
Secretary. Al Fedman, Central Turner Hall
Local Union No. 553 (Paper
Hangers).
Meets every Friday at SOC Main St
President, John Clements
Secretary, Alex Young. s02 Main ST.
Local Union No. 23S (COvington)
Meets every Thursday at Workmens Hall,
1872 Pike ST., Covington.
President. Sam Kelly
Secretary, j. A. Smith, I02 f. Thirteenth
ST., Covngton. Ky.
Local Union No. 251 (NewpOrt).
Meets every Tuesday at H. W. cor Tenth and
Ann ss., Newport.
President, Walter NJ. Byram
Charles Brauch ss1 w. Eighth ST., New.
port, KY
hardwood Finishers' Union No. S36
Meets 1st and Sd Wednesdays at Central
Turner Hall, l4O7 Walnut st.
Secretary, Fred J. Dreyer, 1880 Clifton ave.
Plastcrers' Association No. i.
Meets every Monday at N. W cor. Fifth and
Central ave.
Plumbers and Gasfittcrs No. 80.
Meets ID and 4th Thursdays at Rattermnu
Hall
President, Frank Tweedie
Secretary and Business Agent, Thos Ander.
son, 20 +, Twelfth ST.
Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 2S4
Meets lst and 3d Fridays at Vine and Mer
Ger SITS.
President, John Link, 1920 Dayton st.
]
Sheet Metal Workers No. 3l6.
Meets Cd and 4th Fridays at 2l92 Cenrra
ave,
President, Lawrence McG 2l2O Vine St
Secretary. Henry Wahl, 2546 Fairview ave
Sheet Metal Workers No. ~.
Meets I'd and 18th Mondays at 1856 Pike st
Covington.
President, George Rice, 1924 Banklick st
Covington.
Secretary, Chas. Whitcomb, 633 Main St
Covington.
Sheet Metal Workers No. III.
Meets every Monday at $ W. cor. TwelftI
and Walnut sts
President, Fred Hook, 90 f. Twelfth ST.
Recording Secretary. Matt Enyart. 90
Maple ave.
Sign Writer'S Union No. 22l.
Meets 2d and 4th Fridays at Odd Fellows
Temple.
President, ]. Mack.
Secretary, L, L. Trenary, 24s4 Seegar ave
Business Agent Charles Lohrum. 30 f
Twelfth ST. Phone, Canal 1850
Steamittcrs' and Helpers Associat,
tU. A., No. 392.
Meets lst and Sd Fridays at Cosmopolta
Hall.
President, Thos Colina
Secretary Business Agent, Philip Fischer
90 +. Twelfth ST. Phone Canal 1850,
Stonccuttors' Association.
Meets LIST and Sd Tuesdays at s. W. col
Twelfth and Walnut srs
Secretary, Jas. Z, Stockton. s71O Foett
ave
Tile Layers Union.
Meets LIST and Sd Fridays at s. W cor
Twelfth and Walnut sts
l., o.
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Financial Secretary and Treasurer
JOS Nolde
Warden-Jas. McHale.
Sergeant at-Arms-Geo Koch.
Trus,ees-Thos. Anderson, Philip
Gasdorf and Ed Conners.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-03
Plumbers and Gasfitters No. ;
Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 2S1

Meets lst and 3d Fridays at Vine and Mer
Ger SITS.
President, John Link, 1920 Dayton st.
Secretary, A. l.. Brooks. 6l3O Prentice st.
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Sheet Metal Workers No. 2:

Meets ed and 4th Mondays
Covington.
President, George Rice, II:
Covinpton
Secretary, Chas. Whitcomb
Covington.
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Sheet Metal Workers No. 3l6.

Meets ed and 4th Fridays at 2102 Central
ave.
President Lawrence McCill. 2l20 Vine St
Secretary, Henry Wahl, 254G Farview ave
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Tile Layers Union.

Meets LIST and Sd Fridays at S. W cor
Twelfth and Walnut SITS.
Secretary, Iohn OConnor. 1856 F. Sixth 81
, 1916-05-04
WHEN COFFEE WAS NOVELTY
ersek First 6rewed the Now SO Pop
ular Beverage, at Oxford
In 1916.

Joannes Gennadius, the Greek en-
Voy to Great Britain, ascribes to q
dreek named Nathaniel Canopios
the introduction of coffee in that
country in 1916, when Canopios was
a student at Oxford, where he
brewed the drink for his own use, &C
cordlng to an exchange. The estab-
hshlng of the first coffee house in
London was, it is said, by a Greek
named Pasqua, in 1850.
Another writer gives the date of
1904 as that on which coffee was first
sold in England. This was at Ok
ford and by a Jew named Jacobs.
oldys, the celebrated antiquary,
states that the use of coffee in Eng
land was first known in 1857; that
Mr.. Edwards, a merchant, brought
from Smyrna to London zone Pas
qua Rosee, a Ragusan youth, who
prepared this drink for him eyery
morning"
Later the merchant allowed his
said servant with another of his SON.
ln-law to sell it publicly, and the sign
of the first coffee was "Pasqua Rosee's
own head" 1t was given out that
this new drink was excellent to pre-
vent and cure the dropsy, govt and
scurvy; and it is known by expert
ence to be better than any other dry
ing drink for people in years or chill
dren that have any running humors
upon them, as kings evil, etc.
at is a most excellent remedy
against the spleen, hypochondriac
minds and the like; it will prevent
drowsiness and make one fit for bust
ness if n have occasion to watch.
and therefore you are not to drink
1t after supper, unless you intend to
be %watchful, for it will hinder sleep
for three or four hours" And TODAY
all these excellent praises are turned
against the beverage of the Drowned
berry.
, 1916-05-04
IM~PRAcTIcABLE.

these oriental dancing shows e1-
hibit the girls in front of the tent be-
fore the performance begins"
"That's a good idea. The prospec-
tive patron can then decide whether
or not he wants to see the show"
Exactly. Why don't the musical
comedies do that?"
at wouldn't work. The average
theater patron considers it his in
alienable right to arrive after the
performance begins"
, 1916-05-04
SEES PICTURE ON CELL WALL
Prisoner cheered by Thought That
Giri's Face 10 With Him In
His Dreary Abode.

There is q picture of a girl on nv
cell wall. She is always looking
down at me. A bouquet of flowers
lies in her lap and her eyes follow me
wherever 1 move.
I do not know if she is waiting to
go to a funeral or a wedding. She
Ii dressed for neither, especially.
Hen eyes and her hat are dark, but
her dress, and, let us hope, her heart
are light. Still her eyes are sad.
How could they be otherwise with
nobody to look at but me? She seems
puzzled at how l come to be here. So
am I. 1 look at her, she looks at
me-. Her gaze is steady and unfal-
tering, true mine a trife shifty. To
date l have not been able to straight
en- things out very satisfactorily for
her. Still, she keeps her place, a
mute q%uestioner, searching my soul.
I have told her several different
stories about this affair of mine, but
I suppose that at some time or an
other l shall be telling her the truth.
I would do so now, but fear if l did
the glue on the pictures back might
fail, and her picture fall, or fade
away.-From the New Era, Federal
P~snitentiary, Leavenworth.
, 1916-05-04
STILL, THEY'RE ALL ALIKE.

DO you care much for travel, Mr..
That depends on the kind of
people | meet"
Some tourists are a bore, no
. l wasn't thinking of tourists,
Vne may avoid them to a certain ex-
'1n'' but he is compelled to come in
%ntact with hotel clerks, p%orters and
, 1916-05-04
CONSTANT IRRITANT.

''The view from your veranda is
charming, Mrs. Pebble"
"Oh, yes. We are delighted with
it. There is only one feature of the
landscape that displeases me-"
"And what is that?"
"The two-story garage of the Grab
coins. We can't even afford a run
about"
, 1916-05-04
HOPEFUL FELLOW.

Have you seen any conspicuous
''a,npIcs of optimism lately?"
les. | noticed one this morn
zen me about it."
A furniture dealer, despite the
,at' mat prohibition is being strictly
,u'ofced in this town. advertises a
'p'clal sale of cellarettes."
, 1916-05-04
THE

"Why, do you make your wife do
all the carving at dinner"
''Why not? Oughtn't a wife to be
a help meat? 2"
, 1916-05-04
MIsAPPREHENSIoN

at was a driving rain that
brought us back"
"Why, what were you doing with
reins in driving an auto?"
, 1916-05-04

He-Indeed, we had only been
talking of spiritualistic experiments,
and we were just sitting around the
table holding hands.
, 1916-05-04
QUITE UP TO DATE.

Ham-Are the Joneses modern?
Egg-Modern? Well, | should
say so; they even call their dog with
the monograph.
, 1916-05-04
MUTUAL SUSPICION.

She-Weren't they married in
rather a hurry?
He-Yes, each was afraid that the
other would back out.
, 1916-05-04
DEFINING QUALITY.

els your husband an inveterate
smoker, Mrs. Jiggers?"
"No; just smokes the ordinary six
for-a-quarter kind"