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Semi-weekly herald., 1916-09-14

To North Star Mill.
! l.. F. Carrothers ..........-..--.--.-
---Silvsrton St&Adard.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

a committee of one to prevent acci.
dents. Each one should be encour-
aged to make suggestions for the cor
rection of physical defects in plant or
equipment or the elimination of un-
safe practices.
Suggestion boxes. To facilitate this
plan, suggestion boxes are often
placed at convenient places in the
plant and blank forms for making
suggestions are provided for the use
of the workmen. All suggestions
should be signed. Men who cannot
write, English at least. may have
valuable suggestions to make. These
should be encouraged to tell sugges-
tions to members of safety commit
tees, the foremen or the director of
safety.
Prizes In order to maintain inter
est in the suggestion system, all sug-
gestions should be personally ac-
knowledged by some one in authority.
Some employers give a suitable prize
for those which are accepted. Even
nominal payment undoubtedly stim-
ulates interest on the part OF the re-
cipient and his fellow employees Tho
value of all suggestions is relative and
bears direct relation to the cost OF
installation. Because OF this. the oc-
.casional acceptance OF suggestion
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

which might ordinarily be rejected
will be followed by the receipt OF
other suggestions. some OF which may
be valuable. Reply should be made
to every suggestion which is not ac-
cepted. Such reply should state the
reasons for rejection. In this way the
interest of an unsuccessful contender
for prize will be continued.
Investigation Of Accidents.
Record of Accidents. In order to
know what classes of hazards to guard
against. each employer must keep n
complete record of all accidents in his
plant. At the time an accident oc-
ours. the foreman OF the department
in which the man was injured should
make a thorough investigation of the
cause OF the accident upon form
supplied for that purpose and state
what steps are necessary to prevent
the recurrence OF similar accidents.
This report should be scrutinized care
fully by the director of safety and, II
necessary, he or the foremen's COM
mittee should conduct supplement
tary investigation to check up the.
first report. Especially should acct
dents which are reported by the fore
man as unavoidable" be subjected to
further Investigation.
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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

, safety committees should be held.
Once a month is not too often. While
not too formal, these meetings should
be dignified and given the import
ance which they deserve. Absence
should be permitted only on satisfac-
tory excuse. the same to be written
into the minutes of the meeting. Spe-
cific topics should be discussed at
these meetings. The regular business
| should include a discussion of the rec
lamentations of the committee for
the correction of defects found in in
spection and an accounting should be
made, showing what action was taken
on each recommendation. II a recon-
mendation is rejected by the central
committee or the management of the
plant the reason for such rejection
should be recorded.
Discussion of accidents. Accidents,
at least the serious ones. which have
| occurred in the plant since the pre-
yious meeting should be noted at each
meeting and the means of preventing
| the occurrence of similar accidents in
the future should be discussed. When
| time permits, special topic such as
"How can we prevent men from run
ming down stairs at exit time should
be discussed at committee meetings.
|
men who have ever served on safety
committees should be held to revive
their interest in the work.
The director of safety work in the
plant should attend all committee
meetings. He will, of course, take
/ prominent part in all discussions but
his functions should be that of stim-
ulator of and adviser to the members
OF the committee. He should not mon
opolize the time of the meeting. For
NAL instructions from him always
have their place, of course. In some
cases he serves as the chairman OF
the meeting; more often he acts as
its secretary and another person, a
superintendent, foreman. or even a
member of the committee, presides.
Safety literature. Trade journals
containing items on safety and other
safety literature should always be
available for the use of members of
safety committees. 1t is not feasible,
of course, to supply each member of
a committee with copies of such lit
erature. but an arrangement may
easily be made by which members of
committees can be permitted to take
home or read out of hours a part of
such literature. Furthermore, inter
est in such literature may be stimu
lated by circulating among commit
tee members. and especially among
foremen, typewriter or mimeo
graphed extracts from journals or
other safety literature. Such extracts
should be carefully selected so as to
create an interest in the remainder
of the article and should be accom-
panied by exact page references to
the article so that it may be referred
to without difficulty
Suggestions from Workmen.
Interest each employe The neces-
sary limitations upon the size of the
workmen's committees need not pre-
vent other workmen from exercising
a part of the functions of such com
mittees. Instead, they should be en-
couraged to perform those which will
not interfere with their work in or
der that the gospel of safety may be
spread more rapidly. 1t is worth the
effort to try to make every employe
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
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workmen's committees will give their
attention to such physical haZaris
almost exclusively. Their suggestions
can be made especially valuable in
shop Housekeeping, the detection OF
bad floors, slippery treads on stairs,
locked doors, poor lighting, etc,
which are sometimes overlooked by
the inspector of machine guards but
which require attention II accidents S
are to be prevented. After the COM
mittee system becomes established
and after the physical hazards are
taken care of, the members of the
committees can be taught to give at
tention to the mental hazard, the ed
ucation of their fellow employees.
Immediate reports. OF course 1t is
desirable that the members of safety
committees be always on the alert for
unsafe conditions. They should be
urged to make an immediate written
report upon finding any unsafe prac-
tice or any physical defect which may
cause an accident. 1t is well also to
induce each member to perform some
specific act between each two meet
ings which will further safety work
in that plant. At the same time it is
imperative that committees be given
regular time for inspection If they
are to play their proper part in the
prevention of accidents. One inspec-
ton per week or per two weeks is
common. By judicious limitation of
the jurisdiction of a given committee,
this inspection need not take over
one-half hour to an hour. Probably
once in the life of each committee a
longer time should be taken for a
thorough inspection under the guild
ance of the director of safety.
Reports. Two methods are followed
in the form of report which work
mems committees make about their
inspections: one notes only defects
which are found; the other notes the
condition, good or bad, of specified
machines, appliances, equipment, prac-
tees, etc. In the former case only
blank paper is furnished for the writ
ing of the report; in the latter, print
ed or typewriter report forms are
furnished. containing list of the con-
ditions to be observed. Both meth
DDS have their defenders. There is
an undoubted psychological gain in
requiring formal report upon specified
conditions. At least the report of the
occasional thorough inspection should
considerable leeway should be given
committees in making suggestions
concerning conditions not covered in
the report blank.
Interchange of inspection. Because
SO many of our industrial accidents
are not peculiar to one department
of an industry nor indeed to one in
dustry but are common, in nature at
least to all Industries, it Is very often
found desirable to interchange de-
partmental committees for an occas-
ional inspection. One who sees the
same machines and practices day
after day may easily overlook defects
in them. The friendly rivalry which
inter-departmental inspection offers
can be turned to good account in the
cause of safety. Even an occasional
visit to another plant may be made the
source of good results.
Meetings. Occasional meetings Of
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
Failure to Develop Inland Waterways
Reduces Volume Of Our Foreign Trade


We reach the eompletest development
of all unless have available the cheap
est possible transportation; and one might as well
deny the correctness OF the multiplication table as to
deny that completely improved and thoroughly
equipped waterway furnish transportation more
cheaply than any other method known to man. There
in the United States which will
be developed until they have water transporta-
ton available because they cannot stand the cost of
transportation, either by road by rail. And there
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

food for Thought the fact that during the twenty
with the of Germany country
much smaller than the United States with less wealth. much less popua-
inferior exceeded the foreign of
the United by hundreds of millions of dollars and the
steadily growing greater the years went by
In the ahest point of which only far from great
Pittsburgh from New York the farseeng statesmen OF Ger
thought develop network of connecting
that cheap transportation should enable the develop
of the of of the In this country
the whole of the today dependent a
transportation the failure develop will not only
which competition
better supplied with transportation facilities but will have
all at
the detrment of the interior of the country
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
4 Man That Labor Can Depend On

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Go to the polls on September
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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16
Patience Until November

franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the
Interior, has taken TO discussing Tor
eign affairs, using Harper's Weekly as
his medium Of expression. He coun'
sells the people TO be patient and lik'
ems President Wilson TO an attorney
into whose hands the nation has com
mitted its cause. Sch a man should
be trusted by his client, is Mr.. Lanes
argument.
We imagine, however, that II Mr..
Lane, in the days when he himself was
practising Law, had permitted client
I'd be non suited a, every point, h:
would have regarded the client al
justified in voicing displeasure viii
| the manner IN wlch MS case had peer
eandled. So with Mr.. Wilson. TIL,
people have trusted him-to their dis
comiorture.
Mr.. Lane may be sure that this ad
vice will be followed. The peopl
will be pa,ien, with Mr.. Wilson be
cause they have 20 present remedy
Their. patience, however, will exten
only TO the first opportunity to express
themselves po:ently. That opportur
ity will come in November-on eleC
tion day. We shall be patient--unt
November.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

Producers OF zinc and manufacturers
Of zic products are among those very
numerous people who have reaped
large profits from the demand for zinc
needed for the European war. In
1918 our exports Of zinc and zinc
manufactures amounted to only little
more than s1,OOO,OO0. In 1915 the
exports amounted to $33,5O0,OOO, or
an increase Of more than 5000 per
cent. Laborers in zinc mines, in
smelters, and il factories have reaped
their share Of profits. When they
read the statistics presented BY the
Department Of Commerce they can
have no doubt as to the cause oil the
revival in their industry.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16
Our Faitn in Drugs

people like to be humbugged." In
40 other way is this statement OF the
great Snowman so we'll proved as BY
the demand for medicines and the
blind faith the average person pats in
drugs.
We import into this country every
year more than 500, 100000 worth Of
drugs or chemicals used in making
drugs,
We consume more than $5O0,O00, !
900 worth Of drugs every single year.
Can any reasonable person believe
that there is any necessity for this, or
that it can do anything but harm',
asks DR.. NJ. P. Ravenel Of the depart
menl Of preventive medicine Of the
University Of Missouri at Columbia.
When we consider patent medicines,
the increase in their manufacture and
use has been even more surprising.
In 1879, there were 620 factories
making patent medicines, and the
value Of the output was Sl6,SS5, ,49S,
In 1909, there were 3,642 establish
ments, and the value Of the output
was Sl4l,94l,602. During this pei
iod the population Of the country had
increased from O,0O0, 900 to $4,000
900. The population had increased
only 1913 per cent, whereas the out
put Of patent medicines had increased
740 per cent.
II is known that most Of these drugs
are taken by people without the ad'
vice Of a physician aud without any
special knowledge as to their proper
use, either as to quantity OF as to per-
iod Of time during which they are tax
en-. II goes without saying that a
drug which is powerful enough to pro-
duce effects in illness must produce
i'll effects in health when taken over a
considerable period Of time or in large
doses. 1t has heen we'll said that
when we give medicines, we are put
ting drugs Of which we know little, into
) bodies OF which we know less" The
t blind faith which the majority Of people
{ have in the efficacy Of medicines is
, a great evil. It is worse where drugs
are taken in preparations the compo'
sition OF which we do not know. Many
. people take large amounts Of alcoho
, and opiates without knowing it, and
, drug habits are acquired in this way
4 The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law ha'
had good effect, but has not entirely
r abolished this evil.
h As an actual matter Of fact, there
=. are not more than dozen drugs which
!. have marked and specific effect OF
y disease. Striking examples are
|, Quinine, which is specific poison 10
e the malarial germ; mercury and Ger
!. tain preparations Of arsenic, whicl
II destroys the germ syphilis. Treatmen
n and diet are more efficacious in tn
o cure OF most diseases than are drugs
n The great majority Of diseases are Sc
e limited, and get we'll themselves, AM
,e the effort oil contentious physician
10 is to assist nature in bringing abou
the cure. Drugs have little effect i
= most diseases except Tor the relic
ST Of symptoms. When used at all, the
ar should be given under the direction
rs competent physician. 1t is impe'
a; alive that the composition OF med
=, cines and the dosage should be knowT
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

WILSON'S JOINT DEBATE:-Im'
mediatelY after his return from his
preparedness" stumping tour, one oi
President Wilson'S enthusiastic ad-
mirers in the Senate procured the pas
sage Of resolution providing Tor the
printing public expense--ot many
hundred thousand copies Mr.. Wilson's
speeches on the tour. The Govern
ment Printing Office put them in type
and sen, the proofs to the While House
There they were found TO contain SO
many conflicting and contradictory
statements that they resembled a joint
debate, rather than the utterances Of a
single politician. Weeks have passed
and there the proofs remain, while Mr..
Wilson burns the midnight oil trying
so 10 edit them as specifically at least,
to reconcile his conflicting statements,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

10 review their work and re-
form their practices But he has sent
Colonel House twice to Europe and
thereby confessed his own lack Of con-
fidence in the Indiana Sharp who sue
ceeded the tried and experienced
Henick at Paris, the blundering Mayre
at Pe.rograd, the tulsome Page who
represents the United States at London,
when he is not writing panegyrics Of
Woodrow Wilson for Worlds Work, ct
al. Il is only the existence Of the
secret fund" in the State Department
designed, Of course, for wholly dill
lerent purpose which has enabled
the President to send his friend and
sponsor; Colonel House, on these dc
lightful junkets, but as this misappro
priation Of that fund is, only in spirit
and not in letter, no serious conse'
quences are likely 10 iollow-until
November 7th.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16
Washington Letter
From our Regular CorrespondentJ

A PERPLEXED DEMoCRACY:-Ad'
ministration supporters in the House oi
Representatives are finding the task set
them by the President more difficult
than did the Senate, Mr., Wilson has
ordered the Democratic members TO dis
regard their own views and the petitions
Of their constituents and TO vote down
a resolution warning Americans of the
armed merchantmen oi belligerents.
This they refuse to do, although they
are willing to vote to lay such a resolu'
ton on the table. The leaders were
afraid to permit the vote to be taken
Yesterday because they feared the ei-
feet on the Indiana primaries held to
day, out they hope TO get the vote re-
corded before adjournment tonight.
They are not hopeful. either, that the
Presidents position will be even thus
haliheartedly sustained BY any over
whelming majority. The argument
being used in the House is the same
as that employed in the Senate, name
Iy. mo matter how gravely the Pres
ident has blundered, irrespective OF
how often he has changed his mind,
regardless of the fact that you and your
constituents believe he is wrong, now,
when he is confronted by foreign
nation disposed to violate American
rights, it is not the proper time to de-
plore past mistakes or to exhibit di-
vergence Of opinion between the Pres
ident and the Congress" 1t is furth'
er argued that Mr. Wilson has changed
his mind so often that he cannot do SO
again without making the United States
ridiculous, but that as members Of the
House have not publically expressed
their views they can vote to uphold the
President without exposing themselves
N ike criticism Democratic Repre-
sentatives feel bitterly. They believe
that a majority Of their constituents ir
almost every district will disaprcve o
even the hali'hearted support they are
urged 10 give the President And OF
the other hand, they feel that il thel
vote against Mr.. Wilson the split ii
the party will afford conclusive evi
dence to the voters that the Democ
racy is incompetent to deal with large
problems. Many members have here
totore written constituents who urget
them to act in opposition to the view
Mr.. Wilson now holds--and in supper
Of those he held a week ago-that tn
Constitution confines the conduct o
foreign relations to the President AM
that it would be improper for them t
butt in" That was when Mr.. VIII
son was demanding that Congress re
main silent on the subject oi his negc
tiations with Germany. Now the Pres
ident demands that they speak, b
their votes, and in opposition TO tb
wishes OF their constituents. On
Democrat who will vote against tablin
the McClemore resolution is replyin
to his constituents, I am supportin
the President in the position he too
yesterday. Am opposing the positito
he takes today. But as I shall nj
change and he doubtless will, 1 pr
badly will be supporting his position
tomorrow"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

HOUSE COMES BACK:-"Col. Ed
ward M. House, maker of Cabinets,
confidential adviser, and Ambassador
at-large in full charge without respon'
sibility" is the manner in which Col.
George Harvey, the original Wilson
man. refers in the North American
Review" to Mr.. Wills. ms peripatetic
plenipotentiary who arrived in Wash
ington yesterday. Colone! Harvey
might have added the adjective un'
constitutional, for the appointment Of
Colonel House without the advice
and consent Of the Senate" is unques'
,ionably a violation Of the spirit Of the
Constitution, as is reflection on the
men appointed to the diplomatic corps
By Mr.. Wilson aud an open confession
OF Mr.. Wilson's own distrust o
them. Had Mr.. Wilson permitted the
competent Ambassadors and Ministers
whom he found in Office to retain theii
places until the clo,e OF the Europ, al
War, or had he chosen their successor
with a view to their fitness and ability
instead Of solely from political expedi
ency, ,her, would have been no oc
cssion to send Col. House 20 EuTopl
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

Wilson'S mind may still be single
track" as he once described it-but
no one can say that it is not provided
With excellent switching facilities.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

Chancellor Day Of Syracuse Univers'
ity suggests il our coast cities were
successfully attacked it would be prac'
,icable for the whole population Of the
United States take 10 the woods.
Where are those woods" Democrats
are asking.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-03-16

BIRDS OF FEATHER: The most
scathing auaignmens OF President Of
the United States ever delivered is
the general verdict on the remarkably
able review Of the Wilson Administra-
ton delivered by ex-senator Elihu
Root at the opening Of the New York
State Convention. And hardly had
the echo Of Mr.. Roots words died
away when Colonel Harvey, Mr.. Will
sons friend comes out with the an
nouncement that Elihu Root is the
foremost statesman now living in this
country or in the world" But Presi'
ident Wilson is not without his apollo
gis;s--suchas they are. Samuel Uter'
meyer, the New York lawyer who hgur-
ed so odorilerouslY in the Guggenheim
divorce case, and in certain financial
transactions, has come out with a re
ply 10 Mr.. Root which is also pane
gyric Of Mr.. Wilson. Were not Mr.
Wilson so completely encysted in hi'
own self complacency, even his sever
est critic would be inclined to extend
sympathy to human being so defend
ed. For, to the initiated be it known
in his concepts and his practices San
Utermeyer is the complete antithesis Q
Elihu Root. They are as far apart as
BeeIzebub and the Prince Of Peace.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-11

fashion
Of
California will
crers variety stunning intended to catch
the feminine well suit shown
above made with check effect
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-11-25
IL FORNITORE DEL KAISER
CONDANNATO
CHAULOUS-S SUBMARINE.

CHAULOUS-SUR-1IARNE,
19.-Un negoziante di vini,
di Rheims, nominate Goulden, e
state condannato da una corte-
marziale a cinque ami di prigi-
one e ALA multa di 10000 fran
chi perche' fu dal tribunale mi
litare trovato colpevole di aver
tentato di far pervenire al Kai-
ser, per Ia via di Buenos Aires,
$50 casse di vino Champagne,
della qualita' prediletta dalTIm-
peratore.
il valore del vino e di Quaran-
taduemila franchi.