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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21

average of one building per hour or
for all the environments an average
of one building every four minutes.
In the construction of the canton
ments to date over fifty thousand
carloads of material have been trans
ported to and delivered at the
sites, an enormous tax upon the
already overburdened railroad facili-
ties of the country. The railroads,
however have given splendid service,
all the government orders have been
given preference and the lumber and
other supplies needed have been
rushed to the environments in record
time
"The environments in the east have
been handicapped by the fact that
it has been impossible to secure sites
without going away from the rail-
road lines and labor markets. Every
national army cantonment has re-
quired the building and installation
of transmission line for electrical
current. At Camp Upton it has
been necessary to take electrical pow
er from Northport on the north
shore of Long Island, distance of
nearly thirty miles. In addition to
this the transmission line has been
strengthened all the way back to
Brooklyn in order that proper serv-
ice shall be. given at this canton
ment. In order to furnish the nee
essary railroad facilities the Long
Island Railroad has been required to
take up rails from sidings along it's
lines to build the spur track required
at the contonment. To bring the
construction materials to Camp
Meade which is some distance from
an electric railroad and not on any
steam railroad it was necessary to
rebuild the electric railroad. To
make sufficient strength for steam
transportation in addition the Penn
sylvania Railroad built a spur sew
eral miles in length into the can
torment site. In order to build this
spur the government had to con-
denim a right of way.
GAS lumber and building materials
had been ordered for the other fiji
teen environments ahead of Camp
Meade greater difficulty was expert
enced in getting delivery of it's re-
quirements in supplies.
"At every cantonment approximate
ly four thousand officers and en-
listed men have already arrived and
are being cared for"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21
UNFAIR LIST
RARRER SHOPS

BARBER SHOPS
|. H. Turner, 1104 Hewitt; William
Whitaker, Lowell; Barnhart Shop,
Monroe; Independent, 1107 Hewitt.
BUILDING LABORERS
Peter Jackson, L. Starke, Emil Nit
tersbach, E. Cloke, John Grant.
BUILDINGS
1412 Grand, 1917 Hewitt.
CARPENTERS
Joe Erickson, r. B. McAdams, Ru-
dolph Hartman and his building,
Colby avenue, between twentieth ana
tv-first, Tyner, and n. E. Butts.
CIGARS, TOBACCO, LUNCH
Henry NJ. Prince, cigars, tobacco,
lunch, ETC., 1911 Hewitt Ave.
ELECTRICIANS
F. r. Hare, Jack Shields, electrical
contractors; Globe Wall Paper Co.'S
electric department.
FISH COMPANIES
San Juan Fish Co., Seattle.
IRON WORKS
Summer Iron Works.
MEAT MARKETS
Everett Avenue Meat Market,
Riverside.
PACKERS AND PURVEYORS
Libby, Mcneil & Libby, Packers
and Gamers.
PAINTERS
William Christensen, M. Koken,
Globe Co., /. l.. Swartz, H. E. Main,
II. Patznan, Il. o. johnson, r. j.
McCrcgor, ]. {. Jensen, Carl Steen,
R. D. Garner, E. Drolet, c. A. Barr.
PLASTERS
A. c. Wright, A L, Knapp, Booth,
Tom Nygard, W, l.. Porter.
PLUMBERS
c. K, Schweitzer, w. j. Callahan,
Otto Merz and Globe Paper Co.'S
plumbing department.; Ben Johnston
and house, 4002 Colby avenue.
STORES
E. j. Long, grocery store Nine
teenth and Virginia; Ridgway Gro
Gerry Co. and his building at 3406
Colby avenue.
TAILCRS
Scotch Wooden Mills, 1904 Hewitt.
TRANSFERS
C. j. Witt, stnd oo!rer Colby and
Hewitt; C. A. Worth.
MISCELLANEOUS
C. W. Anguish, 35O5 Lombard
American Packing Co., Everett; Cal.
Smiley and son; Fitz Gerald.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21

BARRIERS reported all the members
working.
Cooks and walters reported three
limitations and one admitted by card.
Electrical Workers, Plumbers, Stage
Employees and Meat Cutters report
ed good meetings.
Underwriters had ten limitations
and had a good meeting.
The Council forwarded a protest
to Governor Lister against the pick
citing of the mills by U. S. troops.
Also instructed the Secretary to
write President Gompers to inquire
into the reason for such use of the
troops.
A committee was appointed to take
up the city budget question. Bro
theirs Watts, Macdonald and Van De-
Car were named as the committee.
The Council went on record as OPP
posing the taking over by the County
of Snohomish County Fair, relieving
the Fair Association.
Council adjourned.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21

Ewing & Wallingford Avenue, has
been unionized from top to bottom
and threby opened the way for us
to still more recently organize the
Washington Shoe Company of this
city.
We are spreading this information
because of the very fair attitude as
sumed by the new management OF
the Zimmerman & began Co., and
any patronage you may throw in that
direction, you may rest assured will
90 to good friends of the movement.
Also l am pleased to inform you
that Frye & Co., meat packers whom
we fought long and vigorously have
been unionized and we therefore re-
quest the removal of any boycott
which you may have instituted in
your locality against this firm.
With best wishes for success in
your locality, equal to that which we
are enjoying in this city, am
Your fraternally,
JAMES A. DUNCAN,
Secretary.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21
THE CHRONIC KICKER
(By the Rev. Charles Stelzle)

10y Cne Rev. CnarleS 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 reso-
luton has been presented. FIRE.
quently he finds fault with word in
the construction of a sentence, and
often he will ofer 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 ris 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 a two-edged
sword. He takes himself seriously.
Never does he crack a smile. He
has 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 'Tsm's that so glibly glide
off the end of his tongue.
But honestly, we'd miss him if he
should go. 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 rut, because most of us
are too lazy to think of an objection,
to say nothing of an original prop
osition. There's at least one thing
that we must say to his credit-he
always attends the meetings. Fur
thermore, 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 bee buzzing
about our head, but even the bee is
useful creature
Sometimes it's hard to be patient
with the kicker. But there are 9TH
ers 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
whole lot more harm He's the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21
Try "BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, Sc.

Robert j. Bender in the Seattle
Star says the present Pacific Coast
strike situation is "due to conflict
between the Shipping Board and the
Shipyards Wage Adjustment Board,
the Shipping Board attempting to
take the solution of the coast prob
lem out of the hands of the wage
adjusters." Just so. The men who
compose the Shipping Board prob
ably want to settle all disputes with
out giving the workers "look in"
There are too many people who
seem to think the worker knows
nothing about what he wants and as
sumo to do his thinking for him. If
only every employer knew that a
worker has a brain! If he has no
brain, then he cannot be worker
Smoke Chas. Sheets CHALLENGE
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21
Ell PASO PLUMBERS ASK
FOR $1.00 AN HOUR

Ell PASO, Sept. 17.-Every plumb
ing establishment here will be af-
fected by a walkout today of union
plumbers, who demand SO a day.
They have been receiving 81. They
also ask time and half for over
time up to midnight and double time
after midnight Employers said
they would import plumbers rather
than grant the demands.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21

To All Central Labor Bodies in the
Northwest:
Greeting-In keeping with the
great success which we have been
enjoying recently in organizing the
workers of this community, the Tim
norman q began Shoe company,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21

A jury has been secured in the
trial of Honest Cattleman" Oman
for perjury, and we will now have
the spectacle of the prosecution as
sisting the defense in acquitting this
criminal. The judge is thought to
be on the deal, too.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21
THE BUILDING OF
16 CANTONMENTS

"With the arrival of the first con-
tingent of the new national army
at the environments today the status
of construction of the various can
tonments will undoubtedly be of pub
lie interest,"" declares a statement
made public today by Col. |. w. Lit
tell in charge of the cantonment con-
struction for the United States gov
eminent. altogether sixteen mill
tary cities have been built by the
government to house the 687,040 cit
zen soldiers selected for service by
the draft. Of these cities seven
were ready today to receive their
entire quota of officers and enlisted
men, These seven included Camp
Taylor at Louisville, Kentucky;
Camp Travis at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas; Camp Lee at Petersburg,
Virginia; Camp Lewis at American
Lake, Washington; Camp Sherman at
Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Devins at
Aver, Mass; and Camp Grant at
Rockford, III. Seven other canton
ments were ready this morning to
receive all the officers and two
thirds or more of their entire quota
of enlisted men. These comprise
Camp Dodge at Des Moines, Iowa;
Camp Funston at Fort Riley, Kan
sas; Camp Custer at Battle Creek,
Mich. Camp Pike at Little Rock,
Ark; Camp Dix at Wrightstown, N.
j.; Camp Jackson at Columbia, South
Carolina; Camp Gordon at Atlanta.
The two remaining national army
cantonments, Camp Upton at Yap-
pank, Long Island, and Camp Meade
at Admiral, Maryland, have al
ready received and are taking care
of more than their full quota of Of
ficers and are ready to receive the
number of enlisted men originally
ordered there on September 9Th. An
army of practically 100000 men was
employed in the construction of the
sixteen national army environments
up to the first of September. Since
that date the force has been grad
ualy reduced. There are certain
units in connection with each of
the environments which were added
after the original scheme was under
way and which are in some cases
not completed There are general
hospitals in addition to the regimen
tai hospitals and remount stations
to take care of some 10000 horses
each. The completion of these build
ings will not however interfere with
the reception of the citizen soldiers
on these dates. They have been
ordered to report at the respective
environments.
"a typical layout such as is re-
quired for accommodating the Off
GERS and men at a cantonment COM
prises in round numbers fifteen mil
ion feet of lumber. Each can
Torment requires a complete system
of water supply and sewerage dis
posal, the piping for which amounts
to more than fifty miles.
"Ten general warehouses with nee
essary trackage have also been pro-
vided where the facilities are not
available in nearby cities. Com
pete refrigerating and laundry plants
have been built at each cantonment.
up to September first it has
been necessary to complete on an
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21

The following communications were
received from the Seattle Central
Labor Council and indorsed
To All Central Labor Bodies in the
Northwest
Greeting-At last, the employees of
the Cracker & Candy factories of
Seattle whose wages are among the
very poorest paid, and whose work.
ing conditions had become absolutely
intolerable, have taken their place in
the A. F. of L. family and are now
on strike some 600 strong.
These strikers, most of whom are
girls, are determined not to return
to their former positions until the
heretofore abominable conditions have
been abolished, and the industry made
safe for womanhood by the establish
ment of a wage scale such as will
make it possible for them to live in
decency.
The winning of this fight will I'M
doubtedly mean the spread of organ
ization among this class of workers
throughout the whole Northwest and
you are therefore asked to aid by
Immediately instituting boycott
upon the products of the following
concerns doing business in this city
and whose employees are now on
strike:
Pacific Coast Biscuit Co., 1905 9th
Avenue South.
Imperial Candy Co., 300 Western
Avenue.
Yours Truly Biscuit Co., 9O5' How
ard Avenue N.
Koenig Candy Co., 1913 Western
Avenue.
Emery Candy Co., 1880 Western
Ave.
The only firms which have met
the Unions demands and are there
fore fair and entitled to the use of
the confectionery workers union
label are:
Queen Anne Candy Co., 600 Queen
Anne Ave.
Washington Candy Co., 1916 How
ell Street.
Either of these companies will ship
to any point in your state and we
earnestly solicit your assistance in
demonstrating to these firms that it
pays to unionize
Trusting that you will recognize
the Importance of this fight and give
us all the support possible in your
locality, | am
Your fraternally,
JAMES A. DUNCAN.
Secretary.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-09-21
TRADES COUNCIL
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1927.

NeneSudy, OtpI. ~, lCH''
Council was called to order at 8
p. M
The organization of the Firemans
Federal Union was announced and
received with expressions of ap-
prevail. Following are the temper
airy officers of the new union:
President, E. Taro; Secretary, F.
D. Jones; Treasurer, D. Boyle. The
following named members of the new
union presented credentials and were
seated: f. Taro, E. G. Johnson and
l.. G. Barnes.
The Legislative Committee report
ed the following resolutions thanking
President Wilson for intervening in
the Thomas Mooney case;
Whereas, it has come to our knowl-
edge, that the President of the Unit
ed States. interviewed and prevented
the hanging of Thomas j. Mooney OF
San Francisco, who was found guilty
of participation in the Preparedness
Day Bomb explosion; and
Whereas. it is our honest opinion
that the charge was "frame-up"
on the part of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association of that
city to curtail the activities of sew
eral trade union organizers, in or
der that Big Business might be
given a freer hand in the exploita-
ton of wage workers; and
Whereas, the President of the Unit
ed States has, in our opinion, made
himself very unpopular with the said
Association and others of its kind;
/ therefore be it
Resolved, that the Everett Trades
Council takes this opportunity to give
a hearty vote of thanks to President
Woodrow Wilson for his intervention
in saving from the Vaccinations of
the enemies of organized labor the
life of an active worker in labor's
cause; and be it
Further Resolved, that this coun-
ell will feel for ever indebted to
President Wilson should be be abe
to put an end to this particular
'frame-up" and bring about the
speedy release of all unionists charg-
ed with the aforesaid crime; and be
it
Further Resolved, that copy of
these resolutions be sent to President
Wilson to the labor and daily press.
H. W. WATTS,
A. w. STANLEY.
| The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
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Smoke Chas. Sheets CHALLENGE
10c Cigar.
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chap that should be jumped on, and
not the man who is sincerely, usually
intelligently, though not always wise
ly, registering an objecting in the
open meeting to proposed actions
which would often spell disaster.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-13

Fl may be difficult 10 imagine, but
just suppose you were a real
+ = Robber Baron. Your prey travel
a highway ten miles distant over the
hills from your stronghold. Each
I day you send men out there 10 watch
and TO rob They must be strong
Ileet men TO 90 that distance and
. back so often. And they must be re-
! sourcefuI dependable men 10 operate
so far from their chief.
I How vastly different would be
your tactics were yen but q peaceful
I squire past whose well stocked home
] meandered the county pike High
waymen come occasionally OF course
But there are always your guards,
great sturdy fellows who sit smok-
ing coutentfully at either end OF
your front Well armed they can re-
I pel almost any force; and so close
are they that n call for help could be
! answered in the same minute.
Yet people are tearing their hair
don't build submarines like the kali
ser's. he, fellow Americans, is the
World-famous RObber Baron: and he
hunts on highway thousand miles
from his de- Swift must his heuch-
men be-the creeping U-bOats And
{
I all else, long windcd that they may
: get out and with their booty get
back
we have been and. let Us hope. In
years TO come viii be the thrifty
friendly squire Of this part OF the
world. We dwell peaceably between
two great highways Of nations, the
Atlantic and the Pacific But men
are only men, so we must have
guards, wei armed, efficient stay
IA 4
thou runners OF the robber but the
active cooperative watchmen OF the
squire.
II we do. the saving in money alone
viii be S'5.1U0.0o0 @ yeari
Why2 For the same reason that
a farmer is a fool who uses a race
horse on his plow or limousine on
corduroy roads. Which doesn't mean
that n pillow horse or q Ford are other
than high class mechanisms. The
point is they fit the farmers work
The teutOn U-bOat warfare requires
race horses and IimOusines. Ger
many has roughly $50 OF them. OF
these at least $50 are Of the new long
range submarine type from 500 70
1900 tons displacement and cruising
1900 miles at surface speed OF is
knots Besides torpedo tubes they
have two and three and even five
inch highpower guns mounted in such
way that they can be swung up into
action the moment the boat energies.
But remember, Kiel is a long long
way from the Lusitania's grave when
reached around the north ends OF Scot
land and Ireland And it's a Ions.
long way back home again when the
hold ups have been blOodily brought
10 n successful close.
We, the states. front the county
Pike. And 30 IS an inviting front
that we present Piratical burglars
Of the sea may look with covetous
eyes upon our rich gateways. Bos-
ton, New York, Baltimore. Norfolk. [
Savannah But the natural security
OF them is tremendous-and 60 is de-
fence we care for. not offense. Att
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-13
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Apparently Flanders isn't IN the
habit OF suffering from drOught-At-
lanta Journal
Germany considers her relations
with neutrais very satisfactory. Very
satisfactory to Germany, we presume
Detroit Free Press
The biggest handicap Uncle sam
has to contend with is the notion that
the war isn't going TO amount TO any
thiuE.-DerrOit Free Press
The frequency OF the kaiser's visits
20 his allies gives rise. to the sus-
Dicion that he is afraid they may
move out without paying the rent
Kansas City Times
They can change chancelors over IN
Germany everyday II they want 20,
but there viii be no real improve
ment in conditions until the kaiser re-
signs.-Detroit Free Press
IN eight-foot giant has been found
unit for military service. Perhaps
the surgeons agreed with the late
Bob FItzsimmous that the bigger
they are the harder they falL--Aus-
tin Statesman
A few merchants have advanced the
price Of tobacco 50 per cent on an in
finiteIy small tax In some cases the
advance reaches 100 per cent This
is what we call petty war profiteer-
iuE-AmarilO News
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-13
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Coast Submarines.
ny LIEUTENANT F1rzHUGH GREEN. I, 5. y.

these ports must OF necessity stand
cur guards, scouts and torpedo craft
Defenders, mark you, not offenders.
For the purpose three 500 ton sub
as one 1900 ton submarine, can fire
three times as many tOrpedOes. can
esist attack three times as effec-
lively And each can speed back
within q few minutes as quickly as
could the swifter but more ponder
Gus boat.
Our last naval appropriation calls
for p small coast defence submar-
ines and three 500 ton fleet sub
marines. The latter are a new prob
lem in naval warfare. We and other
powers are eudeavoring to perfect
them, so far without success To be
another tool ga the hands Of the fleet
speed equal to that Of the first line
ships Otherwise. it can be only a
hlncrance- This means . knots
speed But as one officer put &, we
cannot get . quart into a pint pot"
We have found It impossible 20 get
enough engines into a 1900 ton sub
TO give her the speed OF the fleet
Remember then. that our sub
marines are designed mostly 10 form
defensive Gordon along our coasts.
Remember that our navy from top
TO bottom is designed with a definite
e--tA 80 IAA-NA N-A lA1E III view. II It's
integral parts seem too large, or too
small, OF lopsided in any way. be
sure before you kick that you know
what You are kicking about and
against
Don't be like the inventor who
pestered Pe2ry with an idea TO reach
the pole I'm a submarine under the ice
The pole was the great explorers
reply. us but point What lies be-
tween have given my life 10 find
out And here YOU would blind me
at the outset Copyright. 1917, by
George Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-13
Little Interviews

the nearest city. when ancient adyer-
tisements, old circus stickers, and
such notices are allowed to remain
after the occasion has passed Yet
strange to say a number Of such be-
lated announcements have been OBJ
served in places Of real Importance IN
this city"
The restaurant remains TO be built
that for size can equal IN investment
and cost Of operation the American
dining car said W c. Mccormick
-sThe traveller who dimes luxuriously
at. his ease while being flashed past
q panorama Of scenery at so miles an
hour, has not the slightest conception
Of what it costs in thought as wei as
money TO operate that restaurant on
wheels, measuring only 4 by nine
feet. Before q cook or waiter takes
service in a Southern Pacific diner
he is first trained in q school main
tanned for th purpose There he Is
taught not only how 70 meet the
standard OF service but how 70 elm
mate waste. Years OF experience and
study in the art Of service go TO make
up the course Of instruction which
chefs, helpers and walters take in
these schools The result is reflected
in the well known excellence Of the
meals and the service which the
traveller enjoys The choicest Of sea
sonabIe deIicacies are secured. Quite
often the first fruits OF the year are
obtailable on the railway trains. Only
by the strictest application Of scien-
tific management have the dining
cars been able 20 apply hotel prices TO
their service"
The greater tendency OF the gen
eral population TO observe the laws is
being felt by my department" said
city park commissioner J. ". Fisher.
We used TO have an average Of about
80 prisoners q day 70 work on the
streets and other public works, but
recently II has fallen to about ten.
We get good results fro working
prisoners. keeping them on the job
eight hours a day"
Suing and being sued Is not new IN