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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-05

teal to inquire why they are spreading and why they ax in creasiag in power and influence everywhere. It is worth while to in quire for example why the inde- pendent miners union in Butte re- fused to have any thing to do with our organization and why the lum Der workers are turning from the International Union of Timbermen. It is worth while to inquire why it is that the coal miners are chok- ing with dissension over the indus trial co a3ItioHs and why the activ- ities and the aaviee and counsels of Gagpers are failing upon go many on deaG ears.
 II is Hot an unthinkable propo- siJion aat the workers 3t inc Uufta5 es coald iotn haads with the -0s ramant and declare that the aa ries will never be short of maa4iae, that optrut would not be decreased, that the productivity would be of intensified capacity during thc course of the war. It is not Wthinkablc that each and every worker in the country would feel his full individual responsib- ility in maintaining industrial effici- ency at the highest point possible SC that the WGr would lack for no- thing that labor could supply.
 Ii has been done elsewhere and there is no reason why it should he unthinkable in the United States It is however frankly impossible jus TOW and isn't it worth inquir- ing wHy?
 Take the average man and he says it is German money. Now everyone knows that Germany has go, all it can do to keep it's money at home and not squander billions in industrial agitation here. More over federal agents are .too numer- ous and active not to know where and how every cent of German money is spent for Germanist pro paganda and they have said they do.
 Another class of people will blame the labor agitators and the I. w. W. traitors. But why agitators and why traitors? Men are not "agin" the employer or against the government without some reason. Certainly not as matter of prin- ciple.
 In reality the facts will only be found in tLe position taken by em- ployers towards employees since the war began.
 We want to call attention to the fact that in those industries where mon met the issue fairly and squarely there has been no trouble Where the employers determined
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-05

that conditions existing in the eco homie world would have to be met, there has been not the slightest wage difficulty. But where the employers pursued the sane policy of bias against organization and against labor demands, there have been all kinds of troubles.
 Sam Gompers as head of the lab or committee on the Council of De fense approved the declaration that labor should not try to affect the existing standards of wages and hours of working. That seemed reasonable.
 But it vas only reasonable when no change was made in other work ing conditions Wages have an ac- tual and a nominal value They have the value interpreted in dol lars and cents and the value that those dollars and cents will buy Now had it been declared that labor would still receive the equivalent Of the present purchasing of their wages, iii wages. while the war lasts, there would have been cer- tainly little ground for opposing the proposition.
 On the other hand Gompers pro ceeded as if the employers had shed themselves of their craving
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-05

for profits and if the prices had stood stock still, and the laws of political economy were to stand as the sun stood for Joshua, turing the course of the war.
 A wiser leader would have been one who had fuller grasp of the economic, situation. With such as were his drawbacks, MT. Henderson who recently resigned from the Lloyd George Cabinet was one. He kept closely in touch with the changing economic situation caused by the war and he accommodated hniself thereto. lie did not do so with complete success, but he did so with such success as to reduce labor troubles in industry to 8 mi nimum in Great Britain.
 Even if Gonpers were an actua; member of the cabinet of President Wilson he could not be of such practical value as Henderson be- cause his egotism has far outstrip- ped his intelligence as his years advance, the inevitable result of his control Of the autocracy that runs the executive board of the Am crican Federation of Labor. And for this reason Gompers is 6 pooI reed in these times when the Pre- eident needs 6 very present help.
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IN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur
Turns Gray. Faded
Hair Dark and
Glossy.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make it at
home, which is mussy and trouble
some.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" You will get a
large bottle of this old time recipe i'm
proved by the addition of other ingre-
dients for about so cents. Everybody
uses this preparation now, because no
one can possibly tell that you dark
ened your hair, as 1t does it so natur-
ally and evenly. You dampen q
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time; by morning
the gray hair disappears, and after
another application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully dark, thick and
glossy and you look years younger.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
is delightful toilet requisite. 1t Is
not intended for the cure, mitigation
or prevention of disease-Adv.
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SYRUP OF FIGS
FOR Cross, SICK
FEvERISH Child
If little stomach is sour, liver
torpid or bowels clogged.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
"California Syrup of Figs" because in
a few hours all the clogged-up waste,
sour bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. Children
simply will not take the time from play
to empty their bowels. and they be-
come tightly packed, liver gets slug
Ssh and stomach disordered.
When cross. feverish, restless, see
if tongue is coated, then give this de-
licious fruit laxative" Children love
it. and it can not cause injury. No
difference what aiS your little one
if full of cold, or a sore throat, diar-
rhoea, stomachache, bad breath, re-
member a gentle inside cleansing"
should always be the first treatment
given. Full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and grown-ups are
printed on each bottle.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups ASK
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle or
california Syrup of Figs" then look
carefully and see that il is made by
the california Fig Syrup Company"
We make no smaller size. Hand back
with contempt any other fig SYRUP
Adv.
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READFIELD

DEPOT-Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Greeley,
Portland. We're dinner guests Of Mrs.
Arian Jones Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Curtis and daugh-
ter Regina, Maranacook, were over
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Jones.
The pie social under the auspices Of
the Camp Fire Girls Friday evening at
; tho schoolroom was a success. both So
cially and financially, the proceeds for
the purpose Of benefitting the society,"
Roy Curtis has returned from a
business trip to WatervlIe and Bangor.
The Merry Eats werc entertained by
Mrs. =. l.. Townsend at her home
| Wednesday. A pleasant time was re-
ported.
Machinery has recently been re-
ceived at the freight house, which will
be utilized for the recently established
creamery at Mt. Vernon. This is one
Of the H. p. Hood and Sons factories.
Rev. Mr.. Wolstenholm. Coburn In
stitute, occupied the pulpit of the
Smith Memorial church Sunday and
words. "Glimpes Beyond the Gates
Ajar."
The patriotic sentiment Of Readfield
- pot has recently BIN shown by plac-
ne the American flag above and across
the main street of the village.
L. b. Wright is at the Augusta Cen
eral hospital awaiting a surgical opera
ton.
Mrs Bickford is better. Her daugh-
ter Mrs. Wells is caring for her.
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kittery Farmers Union.

Friday. March so, c. H. Gardner,
president of the Farmers Union of
Maine, by invitation went to kittery
and organized Kittery Farmers Union
with a charter membership of Il, with
the following officers: President, f. +.
Langton; vice-president, A. c. Gunne-
son; treasurer, E. f. Furbush; secre-
tary. e. G. Maby.
Mr.. Gardner says of it:
This union starts with much en-
thusiasm, launching at once into active
business by making their first pur-
chase Of supplies on the date they or
ganiZed.
"They are assured of a large mem
bership in this union: many who
could-not be at the meeting on account
of another important meeting of per-
sonal interest sent word that they
would take shares of stock and become
members. At this meeting another
member would have been added to the
list if he had not been superstitious as
to 10 in number, AS the farmers in
Kittery have to go to Portsmouth for
the greater part of their supplies, the
help that will come to them through
their own organization will be of great
value to them.
THE one valuable lesson that the
farmers receive through this work, is
that they learn by actual experience
that they are not SO dependent on 9TH
er people to transact their business as
they have up to within a short time
thought they were.
"As we move forward in this work
with a strong, steady and healthy
growth, the farmers in the State are
beginning to take greater interest in
the work that is being accomplished
through this organization, especially,
on the saving that is being made in the
buying of supplies. Many new locali-
ties are making inquiries as to what
they must do to get the work started
in their town, and there is no doubt
but quite a few more locals will be
added to the list in the near future.
ANY information relative to this
work that is desired will gladly be
given from the central office in Water
vile.
THE New England Milk Producers
Association has demonstrated what
can be done by united strength in Sc
curing a living price for it's products
for the first time through the summer
months.
Only by such united strength will
the farmers of Maine and New Eng
land be able to demand that which be-
longs to them, a remunerative price
for their products. Now is the time to
take the right step by joining hands in
a cooperative way. and look into the
future. All farmers organizations
should work together with one object
in view. that to help the greater num-
ber."
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rights the people may have under gen
eral contempt for the topic. The gen.
eral public wants something more
logical and satisfying than volumes of
denunciation of monopoly without
smallest support of fact.
The Legislative hearings brought out
much of public interest and further in :
vestigation will undoubtedly result.
The people are interested to learn if
they have any rights on which they
may realize. They do not know, nor
do we pretend to be able to settle for
them, the question of whether or not
we are ready for State ownership and
development of natural resources. we
doubt if Mr.. Baxter, or the Portland
Argus or the Lewiston Journal knows.
and we believe that the general pub
lie takes much of their pretense of
knowing as buncombe.
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the session, able to give complete re-
ports. Gradually. however, the
members demanded fuller extracts. I'M
til finally they hernandez chat their
speeches be reported verbatim, and
since this has become a custom the
Kenebec Journal has found it to be
a physical impossibility. when two and
three sessions a day are held, to get
the official copy in time to put in type
for the following morning. The next
day would again bring forth a larger
volume than it was possible to ham
die and it would become necessary to
let a portion Of it go over to the
close of the week when the recess Of
the Legislature would permit the
printer, by running full crew Sunday.
to catch up with the Legislative report.
The Journal has a contract with the
it has always regarded it's obligations
under that contract as taking prece-
dence to any of it's private work, even
to the extent of sacrificing certain in
terests of it's own newspaper. The
present session has been an unusual
one and never within the memory Of
the writer has the business Of the
Legislature, especially the engrossing
of bills, been delayed to so late date
in the session as in the present year.
And yet, up to the present time, the
Legislature has not been delayed a
single day on account of the failure of
the printer to promptly furnish the
routine printing.
One who is not familiar with the
volume of printing required daily for
the use of the Legislature has no con-
ception of the plant required to
promptly handle sthis work. and when
they further come to consider that
much of the machinery required for
this work is needed less than three
months in each "a, they can better ap-
prcciate the service which has been
given them for the past 40 years by
the Kennebec Journal.
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Mahin Advertising Company Changes
Its Name to VIM. n, Rankin Co.

The announcement comes from Chicago
that on April the name of The Mahin
Advertising Company of that city was
changed to VIM. H. Rankin Company.
For 10 years the Mahn Advertising
Company has been constantly develop
ing. William H. Rankin became vice
president of the organization eight years
ago. during which time the volume of
business handled more than doubled),
bringing to it valuable fund of practi-
cal experience. year ago in February
1t was announced that Mr.. Rankin and
his associates had purchased the capital
stock Of the company. Under the new
dictatorship the expansion and growth of
the company's business has been greater
for the past year than in any other year
of its history The directors and stock
holders of VIM. II. Rankin Company are
William H. Rankin. President; Wilbur d.
Nesbit, Vice President, and Herman A
Groth. SecretaryTreasu The success
of the new organization is attributed to
the policy of team work" which was
perfected when the new dictatorship took
charge. To build up the strength of the
organization widely known advertising
experts have been added to the staff
Among them are Robert z. Rhinehart, at
one time with J. Walter Thompson Co,
who is i'm charge of the New York Office:
Fred H. Ralsten. formerly with Butter
lex Publishing Co., n. w. Aver & Son
and Lord & Thomas; r. J. Mooney, for
merly y blisher of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean; ]. NJ. Cobb, formerly Of System
Magazine Harvey Concver, formerly
with the promotion department of Thorn
as Cusacl1 Co, outdoor advertisers E.
c. Conover. formerly with George Bat
ten Co.: c. P. Johnson. formerly vice
president Of Nichols-Finn Advertising
Co: and J. W. Bolte, formerly Of Lord &,
Thomas, and more recently with Sears
Roebuck & Co The organization num-
bers a hundred people.
The offices Of the VIM. II. Rankin Co
are at 1o4 South Michigan Ave, Chica-
go, and % East 2sth St, New York.-Adv.
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The Pacifist,

The Journals Mr.. Lee read of tn,
attack on Senator Lodge and then h,
wrote the following:
Oh, the snakes are gone from
Ireland and the Kings are gone
from France, and lots of new i'm
provementS mark the giddy worlds
advance; there's. another common
nuisance that would be but slightly
missed-Yes, Roger, you have
guessed 1t, | mean the PacifiSt.
The Pacifist that howls for Peace
and never stops to think that too
much non resistance is what puts
us on the blink that spineless
yellow human who against all war
fare raves, would make of you
and me pair of much be-swatteG
slaves.
"Oh, turn the other cheek" he
says, ooh, Peace at any Price,"
Just keep on 'Watchful Waiting"
is his pitiful advice; he never
stops to think that one has but
two cheeks to turn, for Pacifists
are ignorant, they never seem to
learn.
So now I ask all Pacifists to
keep away from me, to wall their
wailings somewhere else. with
them I disagree, and I have one
fell impulse which is awful to re-
sist. and that is, to secure an
axe and hack a Pacifist
KENNETH FULLER LEE.
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The Presidents Message.

30 commentator of ours could add
to the Presidents message; it speaks
for itself. 1t appeals in dispassionate
verbiage but relentless arraignment Of
Of our assailart. to every patriotic i'm
pulse of the American people.
At last the chief executive of our
government has recognized officially
that a government with which we
have lived at peace for 100 years, has
ruthlcssly inflicted wrongs upon us
which no self-respecting people can
longer fail to resent That war actually
exists is through no fault Of ours. :
We have broken no pledges of ma
tons. We have scoffed at no principles
of human brotherhood. We have in
vaded no rights Of our neighbors.
Our love for the German people in our
own land and in the empire across the
sea is unfaltering. We gladly would
have responded to their need as we
have for the relief of other war
for our products have been served
alike. That the German government
could not maintain commercial rela-
lions with us was not our fault. 1t
should have considered that contin-
gency before the dash for Paris in Au-
gust, 1914.
"a hav bnr ,al 10; of n ~
man head. on land or sea. German sub
, jects have been treated with utmost
, courtesy and consideration.
On the other hand, our rights have
been swept aside in contempt by the
Prussiar war monster. Our citizens
engaged in lawful pursuits and in hui
name service Of Gods people have been
% murdered in cold blood without the
shadow Of excuse other than that they
added TO the number needed TO make
the era Of irightfulness impressive.
The world was to be shown the
bloody and relentless hand of Prussian
militarism, and our lives and property
were within reach
The acts of war have been in every
case on the part of the German gov
Z eminent. Our part up to this day, for
IL months. has been of patience, for
bearance. forgiveness. appeal for re-
siraint Of the passion for blood
Up to Monday evening no branch of
our government had acted against the
government that has made war upon us
for year. The President has done his
part in words that are calm and fault
4 less. No human being can accuse lim
of haste or injustice
1t is for the American people to act
and. please God, may they act with the
decision and wisdom that characterizes
every sentence of the Presidents
message.
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and it has made me well woman and
We have lovely baby girl. We cannot
praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound enough, and hope this let
ter will lead other suffering women to
try it. Mrs. BENJAMIN F. BLAKE,
RI D. No. 5, Box %, Madison, Wis.
There must be more than a hundred
thousand women in this country who.
like Mrs. Blake, have proven what won
ders Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable
Compound can do for weak and ailinp
women. Try it and see for yourself.
All women are invited to write for
free and helpful advice to Lydia p.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (confdentiaN.
Lynn, Mass
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Mistaken Friends in the LEGISLATURE.

In the Maine House of Representatives
huesuay, KEEP Rounds of Portland pre-
Sented. out or order. an order for the an
pointment of a committee of three ia az
certain why the full, and complete re-
ports OF the House proceedings had not
appeared nthe kennebec Journal, Our
state paper, which is supposed TO Give
x all and which has not done so Nhan
came here eight years ago I was told
10 look in the kennebec journal and So.
Wnat happened, but now we are not get
tlng II. AS today is to he one of TN.
he reported"
Rep: Bussabarger of Lubec said he
heartily seconded the motion, because
kennebec Journal that should be there
as the State paper. To his Management
after one o fthe most important debate,
OF the session, he had gone for his paper
Record"
The Speaker appointed on that COM
mittee Reps Rounds of Portland, Cole of
Eliot and Bussabarger of Lubec
1t is evident that Representatives
Rounds and Bussabarger. and possi-
bly, others, have an erroneous idea of
the purpose in establishing a state
Paper" The State Paper is named to
carry out certain laws requiring legal
advertising to be inserted in an Off
cial organ of the State. It Is no part
of the State Papers business or OBJ
ject to publish Legislative reports.
AS a matter Of fact the Kennebec
Journal is not now the State Paper
nor has it been for a matter Of six
years. Ninety days after the adjourn
ment Of the present Legislature a law
passed by the present Legislative body
will doubtless become effective and the
kenebec Journal will again become
the State Paper.
: Since 1880 which was the date the
; writer first became connected with
, the Kennebec Journal this paper has
: endeavored to give complete reports Of
the daily Legislative proceedings
. not as a requirement Of It's service as
state Paper" but for the benefit Of
A.. it's readers, both in and out Of the
Legislature.
) This is an easy matter to do at
the beginning Of any session but to-
ward the close. when two and some
times three session are held daily, It
becomes an impossibility for the off,
.cial reporters to write out the routine
, and all the speeches In season to get
1t in type for the following morning.
Formerly It was the custom Of the
'ofncial reporters when this stage Of
the Legislature arrived to condense the
speeches and In that manner the Jour.
nal was, up to the last few days Of