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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
Never Were Wonnen's Gloves
Worthier the Compliment
of Gift Giving

The finest quality of skins and the dantest of workman
ship part and parcel of these French kid gloves selected
for distinctive gift giving
clasps best quality
with white with black
gloves,
gloves, black
white
French kid twoclasp gloves black with white and white
black, $500
gloves ............. S17s
gloves p. seams putty
Stewart.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
Earn and Give

Each boy is asked to earn and
give; money solicited from adults
will not be acceptable in payment
of the pledge. 1t is exceedingly I'M
portant that the boy shall give of
his own earnings; or he may, If ap-
proved. give from an accumulated
allowance if such gift represents sac
rifice. To allow him to secure the
funds by solicitation would defeat
the real aim of the plan.
The unit is ten dollars. It is rec
ognized that this is a large amount.
1t is purposely large. The boy may
pay in cash or he may pay 50 with
in thirty days. $3.50 on January 1,
and $3.50 on April /, 1918.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

, be found in Our Silk Section, affording an
cular women
Pussy Willow in of the newest street
shades; 40 inches wide. Yard, ........... S2.75
Crepe de Chine in fifteen street shades; 40 inches
VIDE. yard, ................... S1.75 and $500
Crepe Meteor in ten shades for street wear; 40
inches wide Yard, .................... $3.50
Satin Majestic the highest lustre charmeuse;
40 inches wide; seven street shades. Yard, $500
Crepe Georgette in every plain color that is
wanted 40 inches wide. Yard, S1.S5 and 81 25
ewart, Street Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
BOYS AIDING In
Y. NJ. c. A. DRIVE
[Continued from First Page.l


manager, is in charge of the cam
paign in this district. Manager Dins-
more has just returned from trip
to York, Lancaster and Lebanon, and
reports that the boys there are ac-
lively interested in the campaign and
the new way of raising money for II.
The old-time rivalry between the
High schools of York and Lancaster
has been revived, and an interschoo!
contest will be staged, each school
striving to earn more money for the
cause. Boys Campaign Manager W.
w. Hollinger, and County Campaign
Manager Charles w. Sayers, of Lam
caster county, have drawn around
them a. thorough organization, but
they are slightly outdone by York
county under the direction of Cam
paign Manager Henry d. Schmidt
and Boys Manager e. Ivan Frey.
There is keen rivalry between the
two counties. and no effort Will be
spared by either side, for the victory.
Enthusiastic support from the boys,
themselves assures success for 'he
fund in the district.
While this fund contributed by the
boys will be entirely separate from
the main fund, it will be incorporated
in the totals. Neither does the mer-
ger of the Y. NJ. c. A. and y. w.
c. A. War Work Fund affect in any
way the boys fund.
County Leaders
BOYS of the nation have been ask
ed to contribute S1,0O0,000; boys OF
the state, S15O,0O0; Dauphin county
$2,500; Harrisburg, $4,000. Harris
burg's contributions will run lar
above that mark set for the boys, ac-
cording to local dealers who are very
optimistic about the outcome.
Among the men in charge of the
boys campaign in the district, ere
these county leaders;
York county, Henry d. Schmidt
rf :. Ivan Frey, York; Franklin
county, Professor Alfred c. Shuck,
Chambersburg: Lebanon county,
Charles l. Kleiser. Lebanon; Lancas-
ter county, w. W. Hollinger, and
Charles w. Sayers, Lancaster; Perry
county, f. S. Kirk, Newport; Dau-
phin county, Lew Il. Palmer, Har-
risburg; Mifflin county, William +.
Woods, Lewistown; Cumberland
county, DIR. A NJ. Hutchinson, car
lisle: Adams county the Rev. j. b.
Baker Gettysburg; Juniata county,
the Rev. E. NJ. Morgan, Mitfiintown
The boys have been given part
in the raising of this fund because
they have not heretofore had n real
part, in a large way, in these enter
prises; because they constitute a
great army, numerically, to-Say-
147.90O in the membership of the
association last year; because their
total contribution will amount 10 a
considerab BILE sum; and because, .prl-
marily. the effect upon the boys
themselves will be especially Valua-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

OF WILLOW GRASS AND CREA
RUGS
9X15 feet; $3.50 value at ............. Bills
9x12 feet; $1,000 value at ............... $3.50
SX10 feet; $500 value at ................ S6.75
6x9 feet; $5.75 value at ................ S4.95
54x9O inches $425 value at ............ $3.50
36x72 inches; S2.00 value at ............. S1.59
30X60 inches $1.40 value at ............ $1.17
27x54 inches; $1.25 value at ............. 9Sc
ADMINISTER HALL RUNNERS
(Oriental Patterns)
3x9 feet; $500 value at ..........:..... S6.T5
Sx106 feet $500 value at .............. $3.50
3x12 feet; $1,000 value Mt ............... 3S.3J
tl.
wart. Third Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
Dives, Pon1eroy G. Stewart
Something New In Old Style
Rag Rugs

colonial show what wonderful Rag Rugs those days
will find A unpacked
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

las Day in the trenches in France it must be sent not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

S that fashionable be found in Our Silk Sect
to cater to the needs of particular women.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

posed by capital is the best testi-
monial of the efficacy of this meth
cd of dealing with employers, and no
one will gainsay the statement that
organization has been the means by
which labor has established short
or working day, secured better
wages and obtained a higher stand
ard of living for the whole working
population.
Mayor James Rolf of San Fran
cisco, in deploring the alleged con-
spiracy of capital on the Pacific
coast to crush labor unionism, made
the following remark:
Labor unions and collective bargain
necessity to modern civilization, use
full alike to the employer and to the
working man. In my own business
have found that the organization of
men into unions has helped me just as
much as it has helped the men. Or
ganized labor makes better conditions
for labor and thereby more efficient
workers and better work. ] have found
that collective bargaining is very sat
by dealing with it. It maintains a
which takes great burden off the
employer. Labor has become
a partner In the business Of the world
and must be treated as partner.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
REMEMBER, BOYS MAKE MEN.

When you see =. ragged urchin
Standing wistful in the street,
With torn hat and kneeless trousers,
Dirty face and bare, red feet,
Pass not by the child unheeding,
Smile upon him. Mark me, when,
He's grown he'll not forget it,
For, remember, boys make men.
When the buoyant youthful spirits
Overflow in boyish freak,
Chide your child in gentle accents;
Do not in your anger speak.
You must sow in youthful boson1s
Seeds Of tender mercies; then
Plants will grow and bear good fruit
age,
When the erring boys are men.
Let us try to add some pleasures
To the life of every boy.
For each child needs tender interest,"
In it's sorrows and it's joy.
Call your boys home by your bright
ness:
They'll avoid a gloomy den
And seek for comfort elsewhere,
And, remember, boys make men.
Unidentified.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
DECLARES CHILD LABOR LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Federal Judge Boyd has ruled
that the Keating-Owen child labor
law, which became effective Sept. I,
is unconstitutional because it takes
away the parents rights to say when
and where a child should work.
The law, which prohibits the ship
ment in Interstate commerce of any
mill or factory product made by
children under IA years of age, or
any product of mine or quarry in
which children under 16 years of age
are employed, was bitterly fought by
employers and exploiters of child
labor.
The ruling of Judge Boyd is illogi-
cal, and 1t is expected that the deci-
sion will be appealed to the United
States supreme court. Government
officials are confident that there will
be reversal, and that the constitu-
tionality of the law will be sustained.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
ITS POWER is BLASTED.

Chisholm Tribune-Herald: At last
the power of booze has been blasted
in st. Louis county. The people have
turned with vengeance on the evil
VIII ich so long besmirched their COM
munities and actually dominated their
government This dry sentiment was
not something of an overnight
growth. 1t did not spring up in an
instant. The vote of last Monday
was the vote of people whose minds
had been made up only after long
and careful elaboration. It was not
a vote for prohibition. Really. it is
safe to presume that at least IS per
cent. If not more, of the vote recorded
In favor of a dry county. was cast
by men who are not prohibitionists
in any sense of the word. They are
men, though, who are willing to dis
pense with what they might consider
n personal privilege, to completely
check a power which does not con-
slider decency or man-made law, and
slowly but surely is reaching beyond
the bounds established for it. and
entering the homes for it's victims.
Within six months the last saloon
will be driven from the county. What
IS more, the county is going to be
dry-bone dry. The people are
going to see that the officials enforce
the law and make it so. Some day,
perhaps, the saloon will be permitted
to return, but not until such time as
the liquor dealer will bow before law
and regulation and from present in
dications that day is far distant.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
FREE SPEECH AND LESE
Majestic.

Elsewhere on this page is reprinted
a recent editorial from the New
York American. which is master
full presentation of the right of free
speech.
1t refers to the aoomination of a
judge suggesting that street corner
orators criticizing officials and at
lacking wealth be indicted by a grand
jury.
Soapbox oratory is not defended,
but emphasis is placed on the fallacy
of curtailing the guarantees of free
speech as contained in the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and pro-
hibiting the right to express honest
criticism of officials and their acts
To do this, it is poined out, would be
to invoke the tyrannical doctrine of
lese majestic, which includes not only
government officials but "successful
business men" and corporations. The
doctrine that free speech is a crime
when the speakers utterances do not
please public officials is also de-
plored.
Attention is called to the fact that
the very ones who are now clamor-
ing for the abrid gement of free
speech and the arrest of those ex-
pressing opinions at variance with
those Of officials, only a few short
months ago, were denouncing, ridi-
culing and reviling the president
and congress.
The sacred right of free speech
must be preserved. Read what the
New York American says about it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
THE CHRONIC KICKER
BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE.

When a resolution is introduced,
he is sure to offer an objection.
Sometimes he kicks on the subject
matter itself. Then he protests against
the form in which the resolution has
been presented. Frequently he finds
fault with a word in the construc-
ton of sentence, and often he will
offer an amendment which puts the
original resolution out of business. He
is primed for every parliamentary
dispute.
He seems to be familiar with every
communication that is read at the
meeting of the local. He knows the
leaders and their foibles. He is on
the job all the time, with both feet,
both fists, and with a tongue that Is
sharper than two-edged sword. He
takes himself seriously. Never does
he crack a smile. He has a. mission
and everybody soon comes to know
it. Often have we wished him in
Timbuctoo, where he could spout to
his hearts content on all the "isms"
that so glibly glide off the end of his
tongue.
But honestly, we'd miss him if he
should 60. Miss him not because we
love him. perhaps, but because he is
one Of the necessary factors in our
development. AS a matter of fact,
without him, we'd soon drift into a
rut, because must of us are too lazy
to think of an objection, to say moth
ing of an original proposition. There's
at least one thing that we must say
to his credit-he always attends the
meetings. Furthermore, he must
spend considerable time in reading
and in study to know as much as he
does about current events and the
theories which men are discussing.
He actually thinks.
He may not always be right, but
he certainly is awake-and that's
another point to his credit. Also, he
keeps the rest of us awake. And that
isn't bad. But he is more often right
than not. We object to him because
he is like a bee buZzing about our
heads, but even the bee is a useful
creature.
Sometimes it's hard to be patient
with the kicker. But there are
others who are worse than he is
for instance. the fellow who never
shows up at the meeting and then
does his kicking outside where it does
! a whole lot more harm. He's the
chap that should be jumped on. and
not the man who is sincerely usually
intelligently, though not always wise
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
A S0LILoQvY.

If a man speaks out his soul,
Though it be by prose or verse,
And perchance is in the self-same
style,
With expression short and terse,
AS one who passed this way before
And won worlds renown. 4
Should the one who follows after,
Then, forever be cast down?
mo two after the same pattern"
Did hear you rudely say,
Must the second be a Plagiarist
And perish in a day?
No. we each should find expression
To the thoughts that surge and
There's no med for such suppression,
Though they're clad in WORKOUT
dress.
All! great may be your error.
Since the present, as the past.
May show his best endeavor
And the Best may be the Last.
Grace Sherburne Conroe.
ly, registering an objection in the
open meetings to proposed actions
which would often spell disaster.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
GOING THE LIMIT
BY SCOTT NEARING.

The business world is using the
war-demand to go the limit. In. every
direction profits are soaring as prices
rise. Patriotism is no bar The
wealth owners of the country display
the most sordid indifference to any,
thing that interferes with good re-
turn on the investment.
So critical is the situation that one
Wall Street paper protests in a recent
issue, that the business men are
going too far.
''The price of steel products con-
tinues to advance. Billets rose an
other SIS ton last week: The aver
age price of eight steel products now
stands at 5000 as compared with
$500 the same time last year and
$32.83 the corresponding week in
1915. Pig iron at last has gone be-
yond the $50 level. This too, in spite
of a production of 3,417,340 tons in
May, with one exception the largest
monthly production on record! The
furnaces have had difficulty in OBJ
tanning coke or the production of pig
undoubtedly would have broken all
records.
"Still it is difficult to justify the
increase in price. The cost of pro-
duction surely does not warrant it.
"The prediction is made now that
prices may soar to almost any limits.
They have been rising in the last
month with a rapidity that is simply
ri ic yhor
the country is at war and the demand
for steel greater than ever before,
why the government and private con-
sumers should pay prices 100 or 200
per cent in excess Of the cost of pro-
ducing iron and steel. Charging
what the traffic will bear might
have had some justification before
we were at war. Now it is utterly in
defensible. If steel prices are going
higher simply because the mills are
able to put them higher it is time
the government set maximum, price
for steel. After all the country at
large is the sufferer from this sort of
extortion, be it directed at the gov
eminent or private consumer. And
both are the Victims
The protest is not very vigorous
not nearly as vigorous as it might be
! made, but it shows. that even the
| wiser heads among the business men
are beginning to cry stop theft
lest they kill the goose that is laying
! the golden eggs.
! The soldiers at the front hear the
command from their country
=, Eighth The people who stay at
home and the government that is di-
recting the war, hear from the vested
interests of the United States, the
| command, "Pay!"-and they boil
pay.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY
WAGES AND WELFARE.

Molders' Journal: To the trade
unionist and the student of industrial
social problems whose mind has re-
manned open, the wages which the
workers receive are something far
more than dollars and cents. The
money in the pay envelope deter
mines the workers health, his length
of life, the opportunities which he
will have to enjoy the blessings Of
life, and the mental and bodily
strength which will be transmitted to
his children.
The dollars and cents In the pay
envelope determine the locality and
the healthfulness of the workers
home, the conditions which will exist
in it for the health and welfare Of his
family, the quality and quantity Of
their food, the quality of clothing
they can wear, the character of the
recreation which the family can en-
joy, and very largely the opportuni-
ties for education which can be given
to his children.
The whole fabric Of the workman's
welfare depends more largely upon
the purchasing power Of his wages
than upon any other one condition.
When we think of the wage rate
as determining health, and life it.
self, we have an added reason for
demanding a full return for the labor
which we give to industry.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

tutional guarantees are in force, and
our Judges ought to know at leass
that much law.
We seldom waste time in listening
to soap box orators, and do not ap-
prove either Of their theories or of
their violent language, as a, rule, but
we would rather see every street in
New York lined with the most fam
tastic and violent orators that ever
mounted soapboxes than to hear a
magistrate proclaim from the bench
of an American court of justice
tyrannical doctrine Of lese, majestic,
which includes not only government
officials but successful business
men,: and corporations. i There is
nothing more utterly abominable|
than the doctrine Of official, sacred
ness, the slavish doctrine Of free
speech is q crime, unless it be the
policy of trucking subservience to-
wealth md power.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

Congress has recently passed legis-
lation for the relief of such home
steaders who have volunteered or
been drafted, or who will be drafted
in the near future. Upon the filing
of the certificate of muster into SER
vice and expressing his desire to hold
his claim or homestead, the govern
ment will take care of his rights
under conditions set forth in the act.
He must have resided, improved and
cultivated his homestead or claim
for at least one year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

The Commission on Industrial Re-
lations, after an extensive investiga-
ton into the causes of industrial un-
rest, made report ascribing four
general causes, one of which was the
following: Denial of the, right and
opportunity to form effective organi-
zations."
Workingmen have long contended
for the privilege of cooperating and
forming organizations for the pur-
pose of dealing collectively with en-
ployers, thereby absolving the in
dividual from responsibility, and
providing concerted action and a
more effective medium for demand
Ing larger proportion of the prod
acts of labor.
Employers generally do not disap-
prove Of the theory of cooperation
md organization, but through vari-
aus means, fair and unfair, endeav-
Or to discourage the growth of this
principle among workmen. Intimi-
dation, threats, discharge, and other
sinister tactics are employed to pre-
vent men from joining trade unions
and other organizations.
On the other hand, in almost every
line of human endeavor, employers
become proponents of the principle
they would deny their employees, by
forming business and commercial
bodies. Virtually every city in the
land has it's commercial club; retail
merchants, their associations; law
3yers, their bar associations; min
listers, doctors and others, their or
CARNATIONS for mutual welfare and
betterment, and for the protection Of
" the best interests of their members.
The mere fact that the right of
labor to organize il SO bitterly op-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
GOT THEIR NUMBER.

Omaha Western Laborer: Over in
Iowa the people will vote on prohi-
bition constitutional amendment in
October I notice that Joe Pretzel is
not working his old gag about throw
ing seven million men out Of work,
so please protect our jobs. The Iowa
union men have the measure Of the
booze makers and the state and CEN
trail bodies are not devoting all or
any of their time to building up brew
cries and distilleries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

Last Monday was the 130th ami
versary of the adoption of the Con-
stitution of the United States by the
convention at which the following
states were represented: New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts. Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New YORK, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

A sentinel that always stands on
duty in the labor movement is the
union label, and to win victories it
is but necessary to take advantage
of it's watchfulness. Demand the
union label on your purchases and in
a. short time your troubles will be
few. It is up to you.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

The American Press Association
recently inserted a double-page ad-
vertisement in the Washington Times
urging congress to provide an appro-
priation for Secretary McAdoo to
carry on an advertising campaign to
dispose of the coming war bond is
sues.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

Fhe Peoples Council has invited
the Federal Department of Justice
to make an Investigation Of it's plans
and purposes and an inspection Of its
activities. What would be revealed?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22
IN DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH

Toledo Union Leader: Organ
lied labor has always stood for
free speech. Has always been
ready to fight for it's rights on this
subject. The protest raised against
the actions Of the governors of Min
nesota and Illinois in forbidding the
meetings of the Peoples Council in
those states was justified-the fact
that there was strong opposition to
the council in question was imma-
terial. The right of free speech, free
press and free assemblage is absolute
and no governor can usurp that right.
If any assemblage is law-breaking in
its character the government can
take steps to suppress it after it is
convinced that it has transgressed,
but to say you shall not meet because
you may transgress is idiotic.
The rights Of the. people are in
jeopardy when. governors take upon
themselves the power to dictate how
and where an organization shall meet
or shall not meet to discuss questions
of the hour-irrespective of what
viewpoint the said organization may
take; and such rights must be jeal-
ously guarded or that will be
promptly usurped. That vigorous pro-
tests will be made to the president
and congress on this matter will be
certain.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-22

Anyhow every working man and
woman can be thankful that there is
a labor movement, which exists for
the sole purpose of lettering his or
her condition of life.