Denver labor bulletin., 1917-06-30
1neOptinnistic
Philosopher
OUR erstwhile friend, Bill Koch, for
II raarl1r hl1SinaSS anent of the Den

nUR erstwhile friend, Bill Koch, for
merly business agent of the Den
yer Brewery Workers Union, came
forward once again at last Sundays
meeting of the Trades and Labor As
sembly with his resolution demanding
that Endorsement of The Bulletin be
withdrawn. Bill is likely to continue
this pursuit until we come to his re-
lief by asking that as favor to The
Bulletin the Endorsement be with
drawn. According to Bills latest res
olution, Messrs. Hines and Houston,
who are giving the labor movement of
Denver the acknowledged best labor
members of the Typographical Union
and delegates to the Assembly, per
forming a large amount of committee
and other work without ever thinking
of rendering a bill, as most other COM
mitteemen do in the Assembly, are
accommodating thousands and thou
sands and thousands, and still more
thousands, of dollars" by reason of
Endorsement given this paper by the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly.
Bill doesn't give Messrs. Hines and
Houston credit for having ability, en-
ergy and modicum of brains. Ap-
parently he does not believe that
working people will subscribe for and
read labor paper, or business men
advertise therein, unless it is in
dorsed" and has Bills approval. How
ever, Bill gives The Bulletin credit for
placing Colorado on the dry map and
for being in most part responsible for
several other states putting saloons
out of commission. Therefore, it is a
sort of fifty-fifty proposition between
Bill and The Bulletin. Should Bill ever
lose his hammer and undertake to
Dor paper he would quickly discover
that it takes a great deal more than
Endorsements" to pay the bills. Over
in Salt Lake City year and half
ago the central body started the Utah
Labor News. 1t was plastered over
with Endorsements and subscriptions
pledged by labor unions. Now the
central body is calling loudly for some
one to come and take the paper off its
hands, pay the debts and run the paper
to suit themselves. We recommend
Bill Koch for the job.
lust before writing this paragraph
.y the o. P. called up Secretary of
State holland and discovered that
there are being operated in Denver
this date, June %, 1917, 1880 auto
mobiles. Neither the business man.
ager, editor, Office force or employees
in our printing department are the
possessor of such a luxury, therefore
we may justly appeal in behalf of the
plebeian population of Denver for
some right to the streets. Since the
summer season opened pedestrians are
in constant danger of their lives on
the downtown streets. This may be a
surreptitious scheme to drive all us
proletariats to the trenches in France.
Certain it is our chances there would
be equal to those on the downtown
streets of Denver. Owners and driv-
ers of automobiles have an utter con-
tempt and disregard for the footwalk-
er. 1t is indeed rare that anyone is
times killing people on the streets.
Policemen, judges and juries appear
to be in awe of the automobile owner.
Some of these days one of US pedes-
trian plebeians, more brave than the
rest of the walking crowd, is going to
take the law into his own hands, be-
cause the state and city authorities
neglect to punish speed maniacs and
reckless drivers.
I Asst weeks issue of the Interna-
II tional Bakery Workers journal
contained an article showing the
splendid progress being made by that
militant organization. We are pleased
to note that the editor of the journal
gave the weekly labor press thruout
the country the credit for valuable
assistance in the successful campaigns
now being carried on. Believing that
what the Journal has to say in this
respect will be of interest to our read
ers, we quote therefrom as follows
march of our organization during the
recent past, and we are still keeping
on marching onward and forward We
realize that the great things accom-
plished, the great successes achieved,