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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
LABOR DEP PARTMENT MAKES NEW HIGH
RECORD COLLECTING WAGE CLAIMS
During Morrissey 1874
Debts Totaling S7,5os7 10; State Employment Bureaus
Proving of Great Helped
to Save Western Slope Fruit Crop.

The activities of the bureau of la
Dor statistics during the month of
September show gratifying results.
During the month the department had
requests for a large number of men
and women to assist in the fruit har-
vest on the Western Slope. Grand
Junction has been well taken care of
by the branch employment office con-
Quoted there by Frank Logsdon, a
deputy factory inspector in the de-
partment. During the month he Sc
cured employment for 316 men and
women. OF this number 1876 were
fruit pickers. The farmers secured
nearly all the help they needed so that
the crop was well taken care of.
State Employment Offices
Both James R. holland, secretary of
state and W. L. Morrissey, deputy
state labor commissioner, feel highly
gratified at the success of the tempo
rary state employment office at Grand
Junction, as this Office was in the ma
ture of an experiment, the legislature
failing to make an. appropriation to
pay its expenses. They believe that
the results obtained will justify the
next legislature in appropriating for
the expenses of this office; also justify
the establishment of Offices in several
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
WANT RESIDENCES
MORE RENTERS THAN DESIR-
ABLE VACANT HOUSES.
Many Old Homes Are Being Remod-
eled in Denver TO Meet the In
creasing Demand of Tenants.

There are no desirable residences
either in the central districts or the
suburban and outlying districts of the
city for rent. Practically every apart
ment in every Denver apartment house
is occupied All the Seventeenth street
office buildings are full and their ten
ants are clamoring for space. Nearly
all the real estate sales involve the
transfer of residence properties.
This briefly is the real estate sit
uation in Denver today, according to
a prominent realty dealer, who voices
the declarations of all other real estate
brokers in the city.
A happy result of this condition is
the activity in alteration and repair
of ancient, antiQuated dwellings that
have outlived their usefulness. There
are more ramshackle residences being
transformed into attractive, habitable
homes at the present time than ever
before.
This ACTIVITY is due to the fact that
there are no houses to rent, and also
to the fact that building material is
almost prohibitive. The consequent
demand for houses to purchase, there
fore, has stimulated the owners of
these undesirable places to modernize
and renovate them. in order that they
may be either rented or purchased.
In addition to the scarcity of rental
properties and the demand for houses
to purchase, office building space is in
greater demand than it has been for
the last seven years, as an indication
of unprecedented prosperity and a
steadily increasing population.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
DENvER's BIG POSTAL RECEIPTS

Denver is gradually creeping into
the class of postoffice reporting annual
receipts of S2,00O,000 and more Early
next year, if the present average of
increase continues, the local office will
get into the select class For the year
ending September 8, the Denver office
shows total receipts of s1,752 ,S42, an
increase over the corresponding period
of last year of s224,61S.
During the month of September, the
total business of the office amounted
to S149,19 This is S20.09S more bus
mess than was done during September.
1916. For the quarter beginning July
/, and ending September so. the re-
ceipts totaled S446,12S, which repre-
sents an increase of SCI .029 over the
same period of year ago.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
MUST OBEY LAW
WOMEN WAGE MOOCHERS UN-
DER THE BAN OF MORRISSEY.
Deputy Labor Commissioner and Dis
trict Attorney Give Mrs. Woods
p Hours to Quit the City.

For several years the labor COM
missioner's Office has been endeavor-
ing to collect the wages of the unfor-
tunate men and women who worked
for Mrs. A. B. Woods, who conduct
ed boarding house in this city. This
woman seemed TO be immune from all
legal processes or attempts to make
her pay her employees. A former labor
commissioner instructed all employ
ment agencies in Denver TO refuse TO
furnish her with help.
Since the enactment of the new wage
collection law. Commissioner Morris
sey. in cooperation with District At
torncy Foley. has been successful in
stopping this woman's activities in
this state Mr.. Foley, who at all
times has shown a disposition to CO.
operate with the labor commissioner,
after complaints of fraud had been
filed against Mrs. Woods, gave her
twenty-four hours to leave the state
avoid criminal prosecution for fraud.
Before this was done, however, Mrs.
Woods had spent about six weeks in
the county Jail pending the hearing of
numerous charges filed against her by
District Attorney Foley and Labor
Commissioner Morrissey. and both
these officials are prepared to proceed
against any employers who defraud
men and women of wages due them.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
MECHANICAL SKILL in THE ARMY
TOBE DRAFTED FROM TRADE UNIONS
FOR SERVICE BEHIND FIRING LINES
DAVE COATES TO BE CANDIDATE

David c. Coates has announced that
he will be a candidate for city COM
missioner of Spokane in the Novem-
Der municipal election. This will in
terest the many friends of Coates in
Colorado, where he was once promi-
nent in the labor movement and at one
time lieutenant governor of the state.
Coates served one term as commits
sioner of Spokane and made a splen-
did record. He will. no doubt, have
the united support of organized labor
in this campaign and ought to be
elected by handsome majority. For
thirty years Coates has been an active
member of the Typographical Union.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06

notify organized labor thruout the
state, that they got 10 per cent in
crease in wages without referring
their case to the Colorado industrial
commissioners.
after comforting with the employ
ers for one month they were COM
PEELED to call out their men on Wednes-
day morning. October 3.
after they had been out for few
hours, Arlington Finchers, investiga-
tor for the industrial commission of
Colorado came up to the meeting hall
and asked the meeting to appoint n
committee, and the employers would
have their committee, and he. himself
would also be there, and we should
try to come to some understanding. We
accepted his advice and picked three
members from our standing confer
ence committee who were Samuel Dan
awitz. Louis Rudolph, Joseph Black,
and General Organizer Hoolehan. We
met on Wednesday, October 5, and
Continued on Page FourJ
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
HERB GEORGE QUAkES WITH FEAR
OVER GROWING UNION LABOR POWER
Transfer Employ
Warning Them Against the Governments Fairness
to Working Glass and Says Game Is Likely to
Be Sprung in the City Of Denver.

game. Note the consent of those in
power to grant unionization of federal
employees; the Omaha packing houses
settlement by government agents on
the basis of closed shop and the same
in the Kansas City settlement. So you
may be prepared for. the situation
when it comes, it is only fair for this
office to inform you that the same
game is likely to be sprung in the
Denver packing houses, in which event
closed shop will exist with the con-
sent of the government.
"You don't have to think deeply to
realize what that will mean for open
shop transfer men, and it is proper
and timely that you begin to care
fully consider how it is going to affect
your conduct of business. "A word to
the wise is sufficient Get ready for
change-or grit your teeth and
make n test case of it. II the time is
here when only man who carries a
Gompers permit to work can get a
Continued from Page FourJ
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06

other of the larger towns in the state.
During the month the state en-
ployment offices at Denver, Pueblo and
Colorado Springs Were unable to sup
ply the demand for help, so that prac-
tically every one who applied for en-
ployment was successful in securing
it.
Wage Claims Collected
During the month the labor commits
sioner was successful in collecting
wage claims amounting to S7,50S. TO-
This is the most successful month in
Mr.. Morrissey's administration as COM
missioner. A total of 134 claims were
collected. OF these, forty-three amount
ing to $4,000, were against. one min
ing company. These cases have been
pending for several months, but were
finally collected in full.
The new wage law enacted by the
legislature has proved of great bene-
fit to the labor bureau in collection of
wage claims. This law makes it a
crime to defraud wage workers of
money due them.
Enforcing Eight-Hour Law.
Commissioner Morrissey is engaged
in a vigorous campaign for the en-
forcement of the child labor and wom-
ans eight-hour laws. He is co-operat-
ing with the school authorities in all
sections of the state and compelling
children under sixteen years of age to
secure the necessary school permits.
He is also making all employers rig
idly observe the woman's eight-hour
law.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
DENVER UNION TAILORS WIN STRIKE
AFTER BEING OUT ONLY A FEW HOURS
Granted Fifteen Per Cent Wage Increase Shop
dtions; Two Hundred and Fifty Men Quit Work
Without Asking Permission of the Colorado
State Industrial Commission.

More than $50 Denver union tailors
won complete victory this week af-
ter being on strike one day. They had
presented demands to the custom tai
loring establishments for a Is per cent
raise in wages and improved shop con-
ditions. These We're denied by ma
jority of the shops and Wednesday
morning the tailors quit work.
Two unions, No. s and No. 204, were
involved and held joint meetings. A
committee consisting of Samuel Dam
awitz. Louis Rudolph and Joseph Bla-
EEK, was appointed to negotiate with
the employers. During the day an
agreement was reached conceding de-
mands of the two unions, which was
ratified at joint meeting Wednes-
day, and the strikers returned to work
Thursday morning.
The committee has issued the fol-
lowing statement:
Denver. Colo. Oct. 4, 1917.
"To The Denver Labor Bulletin:
1.-THE Denver tailors are glad to
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
LABOR EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TO PLAN DEFINITE PROGRAM FOR
STATE AT SUNDAY MEET IN BOULDER

deavored to get organized labor inter
ested, but it seemed impossible. Colo
RADIO labor is TO be congratulated for
having broken the ice and pioneered
in the thought in this country of send
ing sons and daughters of labor to
college in order that they may gain a
higher education. 1t fell to Colorado
to have the first honor in this"
Charles Sedgwick Eckert, president
of Lincoln Typographical Union,
writes for copy of the proposition
in order that he may present a SINH
lar plan to the Nebraska State Fed
Grafton of Labor. Saye he: THE
plan appeals to me very strongly.
will take pleasure in giving the Colo
rado State Federation of Labor full
credit for having originated the idea"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
LABOR ALLIANCE
MEETS TUESDAY EVE
AT ALBANY HOTEL

There will be a meeting
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
of the Denver Branch of the
American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy in the Albany
hotel, same place as the meet
ing held two weeks ago.
All members of organized
labor and friends who are in
sympathy with this movement
to stand squarely and firmly
with the American Federation
of Labor behind President
Wilson and the government in
waging war for overthrow of
autocracy and establishment
of worldwide democracy are
invited to attend.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06

Warning employers against the
friendliness existing between Presi-
dent Wilson and President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor,
Herb George, chief moocher of the
Denver Employers Association, wants
his followers to grit their teeth" and
fight union labor influence. Herb is a
.most amusing cuss," and his effusions
should properly appear in the joke
columns. Here is his latest address to
the transfer men of this city:
"The United States government
fixes the price of commodities in war
time and says what shall be fair
price for wheat. steel, coal, etc. Why
not fix the price of labor, too? Labor
is commodity-at any rate that is
how the skate when in the tolls of
the law, prefers to view it-and as
such it should be controlled. That,
however, is too much to expect.
"The labor vote fetish scares the
politicians. Gompers has the ear of
the President, and CLOSED shop is his
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
AUSTRIAN MINERS FILE KICK.
Charge Belgian Board House With
Too Much Economy

Labor Commissioner w. l.. Norris
sey has received complaint by ht-
ter from n number of Austrian coal
miners employed in coal camp in the
southern part of the state that the
men were not given enough meat to
eat at the boarding house, which is
conducted by Belgian woman. The
men say that they pay S35 month for
board, but are unable to get enough to
eat. and that the proprietor told them
they ate too much and should con-
serve their food in the interests of
economy.
The state boarding house inspector
will make an investigation to deter
mine whether the difficulty is an echo
of the war.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
1000 n. Y. SALOONS ARE CLOSED.

The number of places in New York
state where intoxicants may be sold
was decreased by more than 1000 Oc-
tober l. The decrease was brought
about by the taking effect of amend
ments to the state liquor tax laws
which provide that there can be only
one intoNicant dispensary to every 500
inhabitants in political subdivisions
having less than $4,000 population.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
JOHN HEINzELMAN RECEIVERS

Attorney John Heinzelman. 500 Fos-
ter building, who is so well and fa-
vorably known to many members of
organized labor, has completely re-
covered from slight illness and is
again on duty in his offices. He was
taken i'll last week while arguing n
case in the West Side court.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
SUBSTITUTE STRIKEBREAKERS

Whats in a name p" asks E. j. Pei
key, editor of the labor department of
the Tacoma Daily News. In the San
Francisco street Garments strike"
writes this unionist, they are called
substitute car men, not old-fashioned
'strikebreakers.' But why not make
it bit more euphoneous and refer to
professional strikebreakers as handy
gentlemen of occasional occupation ?"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
PRoFITEERING IN OLD GLORY

The federal trade commission
charges twenty flag manufacturers
with making exorbitant profits out of
American patriotism by concerted il
legal action to raise flag prices. 1t is
stated that in some cases 800 per cent
profit was made. Hearings on the
charges will be held November 5.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-06
UTAH COMMISSIONER IN CITY

William NJ Knerr of Salt Lake City,
member of the Utah state industrial
commission. was in Denver this week,
comforting with officials of the Denver
& Rio Grande with view to settling
the Boilermakers strike.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

garbage Is sent to reduction plants
where all the fat and oil IL contains
is recovered for use In making soap
or greases.
The residue after the oil Is ex-
tracted Is used as fertilizer or dump
ed into the ocean. This practice has
been highly profitable, because the
American garbage pail Is very rich in
Fat, American garbage averaging 2
per cent of fat while German gar
hage rarely shows even ! per cent OF
fat. as the German people never have
been wasteful Of animal or other fats.
Another reason for the use OF the
reduction method is that in many
cities ordinances prevent the use of
garbage for feeding animals, parti-
Cularly dairy cows. although there Ia
no valid hygienic objection to the use
OF dried and properly sterilized gar
bage as food for cattle or hogs.
The department specialists believe
That as the thrift Idea gains ground
less and less fat VIII he thrown into
the garbage pail and are hopeful that
the time liz not far distant when the
amount Of fat will make reduction
for tho recovery of oils hardly worth
while. This Will moan that a lot OF
excellent and valuable foodstuff now
being wasted as food will never get
into the garbage pail Even when all
fat is eliminated. however, and waste
of bread and cereals and meat has
been reduced to minimum. the gar
hage pan nevertheless will contain in
the form Of parinEs plate scraps and
trimmings vast amount of material
which should bc conserved and used
as feed for hogs cattle or poultry.
First however the people must face
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
TWO BOYS AND
THEIR HALF ACRE
Story OF How Wood Ashes Made
Potash Purchase
Unnecessary.

Especial to The Richmond Virginlan.l
West Point. Va, June 9.-Now that
potash is so scarce and high II Is well
that our farmers might know that
when new ground is first cleared up
1t does not need the potash that is
necessary on land that has been used
year after year. As proof of this
here is story of what two boys, Of
twelve and fourteen years, accom-
plished on q half acre of new ground
wear Barhamsville, Va.
Mr., j. F.. Brandt had fire In his
woods last spring, so he told the boys
If they would clear up half acre,
they might put 1t in potatoes. The
boys went to work, cleared up the
land, spent $500 in fertilizer and
bought barrel and a half OF seed
potatoes, and put in a crop. When
the potatoes were dug In the fall they
sold thirtytwo barrels at 81 per bar
rel and kept fourteen barrels for seed.
which at the present price of seed
potatoes shows a net gain of s25S
made on the half acre OF ground.
Years back farmers thought new
ground was hardly worth the time 1t
took to clear it% Another point is
that the ashes from the burned tim
Der probably furnished sufficient pot
ash for the potatoes, and II farmers
would save the wood ashes they
would find It unnecessary TO spend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10
URGE ANALYSIS Of
EACH CITY'S GARBAGE

Washington. u. c. June q Have
vour city food chemist analyze your
civ ga7hage from week 10 week and
publish rrominen.lv what he finds as
am tuacs o., food saving or waste In
your .,,rY.unity" is the suggestion
-hs t-n.,rl states department Of asri-
culture i4 making to municipal
.autborl.es throughout the country.
Whrr. there rs 40 official chem at.
tho department points out, local
chemists cauable ~ determining per-
centagcs O. Eats. protein, starch and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05

Special millinery values at sl.os at
Abbott's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
DIET A SERIOUS MATTER.
There Can Be Indiscretions in Overeating
or in Undertaking.

"Pray, Mr.. Alternately, what is cure
for govt 7" was the question of an indo-
j lent and luxurious citizen.
Give upon sixpence day, and earn
it" was the cogent reply.
John Alternately, second son of a
! Scotch Irish family, born April 3, 1864. a
physician of rare discernment, surgeon
of great skill, a lecturer, and teacher Of
dramatic magnetism, never said a better
thing in his life. 1t is particularly apt
in this country, where the sin of over
eating is far more common than the sin
of overwhelming. Gluttony, always
fault, is all the more glaring in land
/ where plentiful food supply permits it
to be more general. The sallow. fat
cheeks, the aching joints and irascble
temper of the prosperous over,fed are far
too common. Alternately said to ore
such. the duke of York, by the wav. "Cut
off the supplies as the duke of Yelling
ton did in his campaigns, and the enemy
will leave the citadel"
Diet however, is a really serious mat
ter and many people suffer as much from
dietary eccentricities and food fads as
from actual disease. The average indi-
vidual can eat good. plain. wholesome
food in moderation all his life without
ever being aware that he has digestive
apparatus. Starvation to cure a fancied
ailment or to reduce an expansive waist
line has shortened many lives just as in
discretion in the opposite direction. Ger
tain diseases do require a particular diet
but this should be chosen by a physician
of skill and not self prescribed. The self
prescriber often has fool for patient.
Alternately was married on Jan. 9, 1900,
to lady whom he met at the house of
patient. A brief courtship was followed
by proposal by letter giving the lady
a fortnight in which to make up her
mind and deprecating any dangling"
He was not as temperate with regard to
work as he was to food. He did not even
interrupt his lectures for his wedding
and died at the age of 81, completely
worn out, victim of his gluttony for
work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05

| farm production, declined from GAG to
6l.s per cent. In 1915, on the contrary,
this tendency was not only arrested, but
was sharply reversed, and the crop value
! then became GAL per cent of the total OF
crops and animal products, followed by
another sharp advance to 67.7 per cent in
1916.
Four crops have each exceeded a billion
dollars in value at the farm in 1916. The
estimate for corn is S2,296,0000 900; cot
ton lint, based on gross weight, SLIPS
100000; cotton crop, including lint and
seed, 81 ,406,000,000; hay, tame and wild,
81 l62 100000; wheat, 81 026 100000
Other crops that each exceed a hundred
million dollars are oats, 1856, 900, 900; POI
tatoes, S4l7000000; farm wood lot prod
ucts, 1921 100000; apples, SlS6,0o0,000;
tobacco, Sl69,0o0,o00; barley, 100000
600.
The level of prices paid to producers
for the principal crops, Dec. /, 1916, was
about $50 per cent higher than year
previous, $40 per cent higher than two
years before, and SIS per cent higher
than the average of the previous eight
years on Dec /. The year 1916 was one
of comparatively low crop production,
but the prices and values of most of the
crops were extraordinarily high.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
DEATH AT wEBsTERvILLE.
Mrs. Hannah E. Greenlay Died To-day
After Six Months Illness.

Mrs. Hannah 4. Greenlay, wife Of
Donald Greenlay, passed away at heI
home in Websterville this morning al
! 6:25 o'clock, the end following an illness
of six months. Mrs. Greenlay had lived
in Websterville for many years. She
was born in Breton, p. O., Sept. II, 1883
the daughter of James and james Wat
son. Her marriage to Samuel Cummings
took place in 1883. After spending a few
years in Canada, they came to Webster
vile to reside. Three children were born
to them. Mr.. nCummings' death oc-
Cured Dec. %, 1908. Some years after
ward the deceased was welded to Donald
Greenlay of Inverness, p. @. To them
two children were born.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Greenlay
leaves three sons, Harold Cummings of
New Haven, Conn, James A. Cummings
and Walter Greenlay of Websterville;
two daughters, Mrs. David Geake and
Miss Annie Greenlay. Surviving also are
her mother, sister, and three brothers,
David Watson of Orange, George Watson
OF Springfield Mass, and Robert Watson.
Mrs. Greenlay was deyout member of
the Episcopal church and staunch sup
porter of st. John the Baptist church,
having been affiliated with the society
since its inception.
Funeral services will be held at st.
John the Baptist church Wednesday aft
ernoon at o'clock, the rector, Rev. w.
j. NJ Beattie officiating Interment will
be made in Wilson cemetery.