Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-01
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DAVID ]. LEWIS, MEMBER OF

DAVID ]. LEWIS, MEMBER OF
the United States Tariff Commission,
will be a visitor in Denver the latter
part of this week, according to tele-
gram to The Bulletin from Edward P.
Costigan, Colorado member of this
commission. Mr.. Lewis comes Off
cially to make personal inspection of
conditions surrounding the beet sugar
industry, including the operation of
sugar plants in Colorado. While here
he will no doubt meet numerous men,
bers of organized labor, who are de-
sirous of greeting the man who for six
years as member of Congress from
Maryland was a leader in the Labor
Group, acting as chairman most of
that time. Mr.. Lewis was formerly a
member of the United Mine Workers,
studied law while working as a coal
digger and was finally admitted to the
bar. In 1916 he was a candidate for
United States senator, but lost by a
narrow margin thru the opposition of
both political machines in Baltimore
controlled by the big interests. Every
citizen of the United States owes a
lasting debt of gratitude to Dave
Lewis as being the father of the par
eel post law, which he championed to
final successful issue. President
Wilson thought so well of Lewis and
his career in Congress that when the
tariff commission was created he was
appointed as the labor representative
on that important body.
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THERE COMES TO OUR DESK A
neatly engraved Thanksgiving card
from the Rev. Charles Stelzle, that
good scout who is ever battling for the
uplift of the laboring man and human
ity in general. 1t so well typifies the
character of the sender that we quote
it here:
MY THANKSGIVING:
For the joy of work. For the chance
to hit hard-when necessary. For the
goodness and the grit of the fellow
who may disagree with me. For the
test that shows wherein l may grow
stronger. For the thought that "each
day may be the beginning of life" For
the power of Christ whom serve. For
the final victory which l know shall
be mine. CHARLES STELZLE.
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IN HIS LITTLE BOOKLET AT
tacking organized labor under the
title of Sabotage" Herb George, the
moocher, says labor unions are slack
ers and pikers when it comes to sup
porting the government in the war,
and further AYERS that Sam Gompers
and other international labor officials
are "camouflagers." Just as an eye
opener to Herb and his tribe, for Herb
reads The Bulletin and frequently
writes to tell us how awfully mistaken
we are concerning the union labor
movement, his attention is directed to
the fact that in one local union of Chi
cago, 474 members of Chicago divis-
ion of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway EN-
ployes of America have enlisted in the
army and navy service of the United
States government in the present war
The enlistment of these 474 members
is not the only expression of loyalty
of the Amalgamated members of Chi
cago to our government since its en-
trance into the war. Some 14,00C
Amalgated members of Chicago do,
mated to the Red Cross fund in the
summer of 1917, said to be the largest
number of any group of workers do
mating to this fund. The subscriptions
to the Second Liberty Loan from the
Amalgated members of Chicago, says
the official report, amounted to to-
tai of S70S.750. If Herb George con-
tinues his fantasies he is likely to be
awarded place in the Bolsheviki
cabinet of Russia, place in which he
ought to make good, for he has failed
in his efforts to create a rupture be-
tween employers and employees in
Denver.
81 AM QUITE SURE THAT MY
subscription to The Bulletin is long
past due, and you have been too gra-
cious to send me bill. Enclosed
find check for $150, which will help
my conscience a little, but at present
prices won't help you much. / read
The Bulletin faithfully, and always
with profit. You are doing a great
work at a place where the work
counts" This is an excerpt from a
letter written to the o. P by the Rev
Arthur E. Holt, former pastor of the
First Congregational church in Pueblo
now and for some time past stationed
in Fort Worth, Tex, where he recently
completed magnificent new church
edifice. DR.. Holt has always taken a
live interest in organized labor affairs
and during his pastorate in Pueblo
and when the o. P. was a resident OF
that splendid city, the latter had not
only the favor of his friendship, but