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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-28

life we are often prone to think that
all is hurry and hustle, with an Oc-
casiOnal meeting of acquaintance
or the rare greeting of friends, a
kindly act and a pleasant word from
a cOmrade will change this thought.
It will make one see the spirit of
cOmradeship that will open new ideas
of life.
1 congratulate you upon the re-
union Of the Young Friends. May
your work now in behalf of the mem
bers Of the organization be crowned
with sUccess.-Sol. Goldberg.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-28


deed old maids and would not help
club along, such as would like to
see grow up.
Mr.. Ressel, you do not get me at
all if your article was supposed to be
in answer to mine. You fail to see
the point. Are there no other than
young people" in the world. was
speaking about people Of middle age.
want no more clique clubs of young
people who are already mOnOpOlizing
the parks. There must be a grada-
ton Of ages. Middle age and young
folks don't mix well if it comes to
entertaining in which all shall take
part, I have seen too much that
when all played together that the
young folks danced and played and
ran around the older people, who
seemed to be just good enough to
form a circle and then stand there
like fence posts until the others were
tired amusing themselves.
This is not to be understood as if
I want to criticize. It only is evil
dence that young folks and middle
age won't mix where the sole pur-
pose of a gathering is to entertain.
One cannot blame the young folks
for acting thus. It is not even sell
fish. They just feel themselves
drawn to their own kind. The mid
dle-aged are more settled and for
quieter recreation, and the idea to or
ganize a body of such people into a
club was my purpose. want the
young people to have their fun, but
there must be room left for the lone
some, and that can only be accom-
pIished when they get together by
themselves. It's true, though: You
can lead a horse to the water, but
you can't make him drink. Who
agrees with me?-A Critic.
YOUNG FRIENDS ClRCLE-At
last the comrades realized the value
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-28
FOOD WASTE.

FOOD WASTE.-Irea in The Day
Book what Fred Saal had to say
about retrenching in kitchens. It is
ridiculous, funny, and sad at the
same time, for the rich to yell about
our wasting food. Prices are so high
that we are fortunate if only we can
get enough to keep in health.
In one day the food hog wastes
enough food for the poor to live on
for weeks. They throw and. store
food away in order to boost prices,
never considering what it means to
the poor. Fred Saal, you said a whole
lot when you said that something
must happen if the price of food does
not stop rising. Money. hogs, take
care while there is timex. K
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-28
CITY COUNCIL Should

VI SOONSlL SFlOOED OE !
BUSY.-In the past two years the
wrecking crew of our public school
system, alias the board of education,
has VIGOROUSLY DETAINED the good
name Of the city of Chicago.
Jacob Loeb, a man born in Russia,
put on the school board by plutocracy
or big business, with no educational
training, is using rules and tactics
that were in vogue during the six
teenth century. AS rulers are get
ting very unpopular now, so is Jake
Loeb and other members of the
school board that have been nothing
but rubber stamps" and tools for
him. The city council is expected to
make a much-needed house cleaning
on the board of education in a few
days.-Aron WalIander.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-28

YOUNG FRIENDS CIRCLE.-At
last the comrades realized the value
of the Young Friends Educational
Circle. After eight months of dis
organization the comrades reunited
again for a common cause-educa-
ton.
When in our usual Work-a-day-
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-25

that the food is not fit for human consumption when it comes from the hands Of these artists whose long suit is everything else but cleanliness or culinary ability. On the whole the conditions now ex- isting suggest only one alternative and that is an increase in the sum- mer scale of pay and an improve ment, a radical improvement in the camp conditions.
 This summer the outside condi- tions having improved there was a marked absence of the rush of men North hat there was in former years. There was more demand fo1 men, although there was less wage working on the whole, than in other years.
 Never again will the workers of the North have such an opportunity for bettering their condition or for at least restoring the wages to the former purchasing power. They will not do this by passing laws which will be ignored They will not do this by sitting and hop ing that the boss will take a tumble to himself and hand on a silver platter the better conditions which | they 50 desire
 They can do this only in one way and that is by organizing.
 The workers have tried almost 1 everything but that. Yet they have before them the object lesson that were it not for the existence of the Miners Union they would be now working for little or no. thing, small and all as is the rate they are now paid.
 But resolutely have a number oi workers in this camp set them. selves to take the benefits which the members of the miners unior by their organization have secured | without doing thing themselves to promote the benefit of the work CTS.
 | These unorganiGtd mine '.i vii | join the fraternal orders and hans themselves over wi:h badges ard cables and links and pins ant chunks of brass. tokens of soIiC fraternal order, till their appare looks like the show window of z a down town pawn office, but the! will not join the ulicn. Any thing but that. They feel they vii: ge the goods that the union struggle: for and they are too wrapped up i, themselves to dc a hands tura to wards helping themselves by help ing their fellow workers.
 Still it is never t0A late. riGh now opportunity for successful orga nization is opened before the work CTS and with that opportunity a.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-25

opportunity also for bett >ring all workers.
 It is no use peddling to ourselves at all. The worker individually can do notllh.;. Individually he gets raked fore and aft by joint agree nlent among ne"1Earts as to prices and joint agreement among employ CIS as to wages.
 the men who fleece them going and coming gre organized. Jhc workers are not and they set hard ed something every time.
 Why should not the wOrKerS sticl: together? Why should they rot drop every petty difference. every personal matter and get in and get together for the good of all?
 Now as never before is the a.: ceptable time. Now as never be fore is the day of salvation. Not :T years was the way so clear and so self evident and abundant'y E.ani. fest. Every sign of the times, every fact is our every day life, every con diiton which we face points with emphasis and directness which is unmistakablc to organization.
 There is nothing the woi jie~s in th.s camp cannot accomplish if they are organized. The know what they get when they are not organized.
 The wage scale the camp condl tions, the food. the warmth, every thing that human beings have to consider in this northern count:y can be met only by organization ii they are to be met efficiently.
 It is high time that the workers realized this. For years have some been making common cause with the boss to get job. For years in che meanwhile has the purchasing power of the wages paid been de- creasing. They know this. They couldn't help but know it.
 
 Let's turn around then and try union solidarity. Try organization and see how rapid will be the re- suits. Try action by the workers, of the workers for the workers and observe the great little camp that Nome will be for all concerned. Those camps that say they can not afford to provide decent living conditions for the workers because their dirt is too low grade-let them close down. Let the operat- ors operate them themselves. Le; them exploit their own ground and make up for poverty of the gravel out of their own hides. There is no reason why the workers, year in year out, should condone the social crime of letting the bosses tcke il out of the workers skins.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-25

amount of money over and above that amount. He is insured. He has before him in his old age se- curity if he does not fall on the battlefield.
 For the industrial army to get any or all these they have to be continually fighting ard struggling and agitating and then they don't get them.
 Surely if the Mitchell statement is core ect and is believed, then the nation would be well advised to sec that the fitness of the industrial army is not left entirely to the chaotic struggle the workers have presently to rely on
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-25
CERTAINLY CORRECT.

John Mitchell at the New York State Federation of Labor was cer- tainly correct when he declared that national strength depends upon the fitness of our industrial arnly quite as much as upon the fighting forces. Not only that but it was accepted generally as correct.
 The soldie- gets good fo3d, warm clothing. good shoes and is pro- vided with every needed necessity and in addition gets a certain
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-25
LOCAL ITEMS.

Yesterday the Grand Jury met at two o'clock after a sufficient number had been drawn to fill the panel required by law. Of those who were drawn Bob James, Alti mus, Harold Jensen and w. Van derworkor were excused as having served on Grand or Petit juries within two years, The petit jury was also filled by number. drawn and will report this morning at ten o'clock.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-09-25
Sleeping Bags, Mucklucks, Caps, Mittens Overalls, Jumpers, Under wear, Oyershirts at HOLTS.

The huge oil tank, owned form- erly by the Associated Oil Co.,, and now the property of the Alaska Lighterage and Commercial Go. sprung a leak yesterday and there was considerable fear entertained for a while that the contents would become totGl loss. The leak is not believed to be of large extent but the oil flowed freely enough, some of it reaching into Dry Creek. The flat section of the government road below the laundry and break ing the otherwise steep hill was damned to retain the leaking crude oil and in this manner quite a bit was saved from flowing into the creek Steps were taken to cement the bottom where the leak occurred and it is believed that the trouble will be controlled without too much difficulty. The tank is said to be half full of crude oil and this re- duccs the pressure which had the tank have been full would have resulted in tearing the break wide open and prevented any chance of the oil being saved. The leak oc- cured in some damaged plate in the bottom of the tank. This tank was erected several years ago by the Associated Oil Go. which opened up a business in this town. There was quite q boom in oil at that time owing to the shortage that happened in the coal supply during the winter. The company later sold out to the John J. Sesnon Go. and the Alaska Lighterage the new name of the company now owns it.
 Mining outfits dredge supplies, granite ware. crockery ware, stoves, heaters and ranges at HOLTS.
 You'll see 1t first in the Worker.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
THE RETURNED GOODS ABUSE.

AS things have been going in many places when an
article sold out of store credit it practically
sent out on trial The purchaser could muss it and
discuss it with friends. If he repented said
it could be bought cheaper somewhere else back
the goods There delivery and express charges for
to pay Clerks had to take time to get the goods
back into stock Frequently they partly spoiled by
handling.
People imagine this practice costs them nothing. But
if goods have to be sold twice over double the force of
clerks is required, and the public pays.
This system has grown out of intense competition in
retail trade Merchants permitted practices to grow up
that unbusnesske and do exist in other lines Of
trade. When commercial house sells bill of goods it
is sold Concerns that counermand orders are not con-
sidered good customers and sometimes face lawsuits
The public will take any favor it get and it likes
time at home to hesitate and deliberate over pur
chaSes But second thoughts may be better than first
After woman has returned dress she may regret her
decision second time and wish she had kept it after ALL
The government has called attention to this practice
costly and has asked that be discontinued People
may well take all the time they want to consider pur
ehases If clerks get impatient and huffy let the public
patronize places where the saespeope oblgng
But when purchase is made it should be considered as
binding agreement unless defects appear in the goods
In such it up to the seller to make good and supply
article that shall be represented Otherwise the re-
turn practice is costly and should be stopped.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
BUILDING UP GOOD WILL.

People who trying to get into business nowadays
find they have to pay lot for the intangible asset called
good wi that is provided they get the real thing. You
buy any old kind of business and not pay much more
than the stock is worth TO get business that is widely
known and has established circle of CUSTOM good money
must be paid 1t becomes big problem how anyone can
get that reputation and what he must pay for it.
There just two ways of creating this reputation
that people keep coming back to place. One is to
squat down in location and wait until time and chance
bring trade to you. will get trade that way,
but it is long time coming 1t by accident and
indrecton Few people start out with the conscious
purpose of visiting such place. but from reasons OF
proximity they may happen in 1t takes big slice out
of life time to get trade simply by waiting passively
for it.
The other method costs little money, but it
produces positive results within reasonable time. That
is by advertising 1t is the natural human way to get it.
Seek and We shall find, the words of Scripture.
1t is true in every phase of life, that what you get
must be actively sought for Human nature does not take
kindly to passive waiting but it is attracted by active
pushing
The returns of an advertising campaign should not
be measured simply by the receipts from day to day. Peo
pie who have built large measured their
progress that way If their advertising constantly
attracting people into the store they knew that
good will being built up that presently would be worth
great deal of money and which could be sold for high
cash value if they desired to dispose of it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
THE AIRSHIPS.

Congress is ready to appropriate $10OO,OOO,OO0 for
the enlargement of the American aircraft program
cording to news dispatches. 1t is an encouraging an
nouncement when pause to reflect the delays and
difficulties which bese the path of the first appropra
ton of $640000OO0 1t took long time to get the first
appropriation through Congress. The world must feel
encouraged to know that it took less time for aircraft
engineers to establish the worth of the American
chine We find that the value of American aircraft
Established in less time than it took Congress to provide
the money for the commencement of work. 1t appears
that Congress has been convinced by the progress since
the appropriation made. Delays which so little
to Congress costly losses to the builders.
1t is estimated that the big fleet of American airpanes
will be ready for service in France next spring That
does not that America will be ready to turn them
to practical use at that time One of the biggest problems
of the air program lies in providing who trained
for work at the front The history of the arpane
the battlefront shows that full training cannot be had
on peaceful SOIL 1t true that the preliminary prepare
tons of learning to fly be made in the training camps
This training while it turns out good flyers does not pro-
vide finished armen for service with the armies at the
front Intense training must be had at the front before
the American airmen can perform his mission in war.
Some time must be allowed for this training before the
aircraft of America goes into action.
We are fortunate in having 300 American flyers al
ready in service in France. The new army of armen
can be aided materially by the Lafayette squadria.
These avaOrs have done much effective work and know
the problems to be met in fighting from the air. They
can put flyers through final of training
1t is preparation that cannot be had at home While it
is important that airmen be given final training
abroad it is essential that begin the preliminary train
ing large scale at home Unless efficiently manned
aircraft will not fulfill its part in the world war It is
the newest branch of warfare and relied upon the great
est Its success depends on the We have compare
lively few trained men available Efficient aviators must
be provided as rapidly aircraft
The ald-Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30

Who attempt list of the tasks it has fulfilled? It
has poughed the fields planted crops cut hay harvested
wheat, dragged the crop to market, and what not
1t is indeed thrilling sight this the fields
of Kansas and other states to the multitude of these
sturdy little machines filling the place of depleted
labor supply. In the darkness of midnight, when
before in the history of the world man was sleeping and
the face of nature at rest here multitude Of
tractors working with night gangs by the light of auto
mobile lamps. Verify the garng headlight, which the
motorst when he meets it the road at night
proved friend in need it lighted up the treacherous
footing and made night labor possible.
The tractor has helped pull out of very bad hole
Now the time has to how it's be made
general to get through the special needs Of the
and thereafter to reduce the costs of farming Things
have to the point where machinery must take the
place of the depleted labor supply.
great many young and struggling farmers will need
financial help to provide themselves with these machines
Our financial interests should that every farmer who
can make good of such equipment shall not be de-
barred from it by lack of ability to buy it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
TO SAVE THE WEDDING RICE.

Some of food economists have not been lack
ing in certain keenness and ingenuity of suggestion 1t
remains for friendly editor in Paris however, to set
high mark for conservation in proposing legislation to
stop the great American practice of throwing rice at we'd
ding couples Calculating five pounds per marriage the
French writer perceives total of thousands of tons Of
rice thrown to waste yearly.
Perhaps the Partisan critic would also have suggested,
had he been duly reminded the saving of the leather in
the old shoes thrown after departing honeymoon
pairs We that in that particular, well in
the matter Of the casaway rice he would have the con-
curence of almost any bushng bride and bashfu groom
Whether or not the lawmakers and wellwishing popu
lace could be induced to take his economic counsel as ser
ously as he puts it forward is another question.
Behind our rcethrowing at weddings is tradition of
sort and anexuberance of feictaton To the thrifty
French mind the wastefuness of the custom chiefly
sents ltsefa wasteuness certain not wfu on our part
There is the difference between characteristic national
points of view Admitting extravaganza, we might
claim still that the grains of potential food are not wholly
wasted which have carried sustaining messages of good
cheer
If, nevertheless the suggestion of our Gallo editor
to be accepted for following there remains need of
further counsel How shall the five pounds of rice saved
from each wedding, from coast to coast be gathered
concentrated and distributed again to the greatest good
of the hungriest hordes?-New York World.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30

iuhds where we can readily lay our
nands on them. would consider
tnose who amass huge profits out or
the misfortunes Of the nation due to
the war as mere collection agencies
ior the government and permit them
10 retain, as a commission for col.
iectlng, reasonable fee Of 10 to 20
per cent. I would then thank them
for their trouble and relieve them
OF the remaining so or 90 Der cent.
England imposes a tax of 90 ner
cent on war profits. Last year she
collected GO per cent and the year
before that SO per cent. From her
experience we learn that the levy OF
a large war-profits tax does not af-
fect business at all unfavorably. On
the contrary, business in England has
never been so good as it is now.
England is not SO rich a country
as ours. Incomes are not so large.
Profits are not SO large. But Eng
land is taxing her citizens this year
at the rate Of SCI per head. The
same per capita tax in the United
Continued on page six)
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
War Revenue

Senator Hollis of New Hampshire
would levy flat rate Of so per cent
on all war profits. The senator says:
Il have talked with many business
men about the best way to raise rev.
enue In the present emergency. What
they fear is a direct tax on their
gross sales or on their production
so that they may be driven out of
business. A tax on automobile man
ufacturers, for example, would prob
ABLY close many small factories alto
gether. A tax on express companies
may compel them to stop serving the
public.
But IL a man is allowed to keep
his business going during the war.
retain his trade relations with his
customers and those who furnish his
machinery and materials, hold his Of
flee and working force intact. and
make enough income to support his
FAMILY comfortably, he will not COM
plain. With the very life of the ma
ton at stake, with soldiers and their
families making sacrifices on every
hand, no one can fairly demand more
than enough to keep himself and his
dependents in good health and eff.
cient condition.
when. however. we permit a COR
poration to make normal profit and
on top of that retain one-half Of its
war profit, when we permit every
man to keep at least half of his in.
come. imposing a low tax on SINAI,
incomes 1t is ridiculous to saw that
american business men will lie down
III the harness. No one believes ~
SO far as war profits are con-
eerned' no man ought to be allowed
" retain even one half. Whatever
a man makes out of the war sbou,d
De treated as a trust fund for tho
good Of the nation. I would hermit
war profits to be made for the sake
Of getting large accumulations O
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
Summer Complaint.

During the hot weather of the sum-
most every family is likely to be
troubled with an unnatural looseness
OF the bowels, and 1t is of the great
est Importance that this be treated
promptly. which can only be done
when the medicine is kept at hand.
Mrs. F. F. Scott. scottsville. N. Y,
states, II first used Chamberlain
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy as much
as five years ago. At that time I
had severe attack Of summer COM
plant and was suffering intense
pain. One dose relieved me. Other
members OF my family have since
used 1t with like results. adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-30
THE FARM TRACTOR.

Our people last spring confronted by almost
impossible situation. They had just entered the war; and
yet the supply of farm help way down, and likely to
be reduced great deal farther by military service and
war industries.
Furthermore the cold winter greatly damaged winter
Thea The prospects for the crops in the face of the
greatest need in history the worst for years
In this emergency the farm tractor proved godsend