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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
WANT MORE MONEY PAY HIM A TRIBUTE
LETTER CARRIERS AND =. O..
CLERKS HOLD JOINT RALLY.
Petition Congress To Pass Madden
Bill Adjusting Salaries of Post
office Employees to Higher
Plane.

Asserting there has been no general
readiustment of salaries for postoffice
employees during the past ten years,
$50 letter carriers and clerks of the
Denver postoffice in joint meeting last
Saturday night adopted petition to
Congress urging passage of the Mad
den bill at the forthcoming session.
Being civil service employees of the
government, their pay is fixed by act
of Congress, and it is thru this method
alone that higher compensation can
be obtained.
1t was rousing meeting. held in
upper Howe hall, 1548 California
street. The committee on resolutions
made detailed report, including n
petition to Congress, which was
unanimously adopted. Attention was
called to the fact that postoffice en-
ployes had been overlooked when bills
were passed for other salaries to cope
with the ascending cost of living.
The matter of affiliation with the
American Federation. state and CEN
tral bodies, now that President Wilson
has removed the ban on federal en-
ployes joining labor unions, was ia
vorably discussed. At their last ma
tional convention in Dallas the Letter
Carriers Association voted to affiliate
with the A. F. of L., and the Postof-
flee Clerks Association will probably
take like action.
By special invitation Ed Anderson,
secretary of the State Federation of
Labor and Clint c. Houston, editor of
The Denver Labor Bulletin, were pres
ent and spoke on the matter of affilia-
ton and getting into closer touch
with the organized labor movement of
the city, state and nation.
| Before the meeting adjourned, hot
coffee, sandwiches and cigars were
served, being pleasing conclusion to
an all round interesting as it was con
structivc gathering.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
Elections Make Driue ToWard Democracy

of nationwide never
democracy of the people In New York
guaranteed equal suffrage with men IN
This long forward in the march toward
equal suffrage the nation 1t contended that women vo
ersm % purer politics and efficient officials
the prediction as to
mayoray York City, there gansaying
Judge largest majority even gwen
the
generally did either of the other three cad
In New York personeo
appealed preudces and ignorance OF the
element who has experienced the advese
hardship wokady life and ought to make capable che
largest city the American continent
In important election held the
the constitution the over
shadowng AT this writing riday moning) the result
with the and dys both claiming victory AT
any the antaoon has shaken the very citadel OF the
This the third of the drys to go
each drive has the goal Another push
will If the declared WIN
will be solely because of the crooked tactics
illegal horo investigation and
in is likely to follow
suffrage by approximately ad
This largely due the great ssh fund used
whisky gang realize that majority of women
voters are opposed to saloon evil.
Mexico bordering Colorado the SOUTH prohibition
majority This that when Wyoming votes dry
will
devoid of saloon joints.
city elections in Colorado the most po
tan being single defeated
changing the city charter The com
formre remains intact
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
Common People Respond to Liberty Loan


Figures given by Secretary of the Treasury Nc
the Liberty Loan ovesubsbed So per
against for the first Liberty
The second loan called for 100000 the minimum and
the largest
subscribed nation The total number OF subscribers was
people giving support President Wilson and
the government
Nnety-nine subscriptions for
ranging $5oooo proof the people
this strength
power. Liberty Loan there
individual subscribers which than doubled
in the second loan.
will be issued all subscribers the second Liberty
$4,000 and less the full amount Between
allowed reducing $6ooooooo subscribed to is
but less than
Between 100000 $2ooooo inclusive, rs but
subscribed to
and inclusive 90
will be allowed reducing sub
scribed to $455ooo,ooo.
Between Ss,oooooo inclusive but
not less than reducing subscribed
$235oooooo.
Between $3o,ooo,ooo inclusive cent
allowed reducing $25oooooo subscribed to
of $5ooooooo
subscription the largest will be allowed making the issue
of $2o,4o76oo.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
HOW LITTLE AT A TIME GROWS
TO PATRIOTIC PROPORTIONS.
Colorado Council of Defense Appeals
to Every Family to Join in This
Service to the Nation.

Four slices of bread saved a day by
a Colorado family means ninety-one
loaves of bread saved for our nations
suffering allies. That's how the little
sacrifices run into big patriotic con-
tributions at the end of year. 1t is
something that every Colorado family
can accomplish. And similar accom-
plishments, just as vital and just as
helpful that may save the lives of Bel
gian and French children, can be eff
fected in the saving of meat and fat.
"Meatless" Tuesdays and "wheat-
less" Wednesdays are now in force in
Colorado, instituted by the food ad-
ministration. For the observance of
these by Colorado's citizens and for
other food economies that will hasten
victory to the country's cause, Gov.
Julius c. Gunter and the Colorado
Council of Defense make the following
earnest appeal to the people of the
state:
"The National Food Administration
is calling upon the nation to observe
one wheatless and one meatless day
each week that more wheat and meat
can be shipped to our allies who are
suffering greatly from shortage of
these commodities; and,
"If the American people will rigidly
adopt this plan and voluntarily make
the small sacrifice it will entail, great
relief can be given to the friendly ma
tions of Europe which are embattled
with us in this great struggle for de-
mocracy
"Therefore, be it resolved by the
4 Colorado state council of defense, that
we most earnestly endorse this plar
and urge upon the people of Colorado
that they faithfully and patriotically
observe it, and thereby contribute to-
ward the restoration of peace and jus
! tice in the world.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
Old Ideas Are Being Throlun In the Discard

brought about by upsettng all
relations of labor and capital The ana the
The itself
industries. . 49,
Commenting this phase of relationship The Public makes the
following editorial comment: ,
organized principle collective bargaining have
would
has abandoned its neutrality and
supplies supplementary agreements mas
recognition employers who
only boasng would spend their last
what they termed union dlctaon
Gompers criticized these columns but his support OF the
geneashp taking advantage the situation to
and democracy at the same
radicals whose
of The
of Eugene Schmidt member OF the board
between industrial bsouts and industrial democracy is
Baker had Her
culean military advisors such we'll
grounded Lppmann and Dr. Felix Frnkurter
formulating executing labor policy
enlightened organized labor itself had planned Mr. Wilson him
pause his consideration of military and dplo-
appoint commission OF
ing union and employers study the Western labor
prosecutions"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
FIND WAY TO RAISE THEIR PAY
Government Employees Just Quit and
Walk Over to Another Department.

A merry war is on among govern
ment department heads in Washington
for labor. So fragrant has become the
rival bidding for employees to man the
many new bureaus that the puzzled
executives are making aggrieved pro-
tests to the president.
The government clerks, some of
whom haven't had raise in pay since
Polk's administration, are feeling bit
of war prosperity.
"They are fairly robbing mel" de-
clared Secretary Redfield, referring to
the new shipping board. He said they
were taking all his experts who have
done their exporting heretofore for
81 500 a year, and starting them out
at from $4,000 to $4,000. His COM
merce department, he declared, was
being ruinously disorganized.
Stricter rules are in force against
transfers of civil service employees
from one department to another. But
the men simply quit and soon get an
other job with another department
head who rarely proves particularly
inquisitive as to their past if they can
do the work.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
HELP FOOD SAVING RUSH COAL ORDERS
MUNICIPAL YARDS FURNISHING
FUEL AT LOW PRICE.
Forty Teams Employed This Week to
Meet Demand; Mayor Speer Holds
the Cost to $4.15 Ton

Forty teams have been kept on the
jump this week delivering coal direct
to homes of citizens of small means
from the three municipal coal yards.
Coal is being shipped from the north
ern mines at the rate of about sixteen
carloads daily.
Mayor Speer has not raised the price
of coal. It still is s4.15 ton and he
said that unless there was change
in labor conditions that necessitated
higher wages, he would not raise the
price, tho many of the dealers in Den
yer have tackled on the 45 cents that
the government has consented for
them.
Denver is not affected by this 45
cents grant, for conditions have not
changed in this city or in Colorado.
The as cents advance was intended for
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois, where
the operators said that because of the
cost of getting out the coal, they could
not conform to the governments order.
However, several of the Denver coal
companies have seized the plan and
raised the price As cents.
The largest number of orders re
ceived in one day was received by the
municipal coal department Monday.
Those who wanted more than two tons
were refused, and the amount was kept
to one ton where possible and two tons
was the limit to any one family. Sew
eral wealthy families were refused
coal, Mayor Speer declaring that the
department was run for the poor and
not for the wealthy.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
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Continued from Page One.)
its United States Public Service Re-
serve, has ready for use the machin-
cry for voluntary enrolment of all of
the skilled mechanics and the other
workers who are ready and willing
to go into the shipyards, the muni-
ton plants, ETC., at need.
Lord Northcliffe is talking of the
need for Americas speeding up her
program for shipbuilding. At the
same time, Schwab's Fore River and
scene of strikes. The strike at Will
mington, which in the case of the
Machinists has been going for 1S
months or SO, is about settled; pos
sibly the United States shipping
board, through its industrial disputes
commission, will get the Fore River
yard to work again within few days.
But every days delay is serious, and
with every day of delay some reac-
tionary calls for putting the labor in
uniform"
Plenty Men for Jobs.
Secretary Morrison of the A. F. of
l.. said today that he was informed
that the shipyards in the West had
sufficient help, except in cases where
the employers refused to grant the
eight-hour day. In the East, there
was enough help available for all
yards, except one yard, which refused
to pay the current rate of wages. In
the country as whole there was
more than enough labor to supply all
of the governments needs, up to date.
In view of this satisfactory condition,
he thought that there would be no
danger of forced labor in the ship
yards or anywhere else. There would,
however, be a nationwide opportun
ity for enrolment for this sort of
work under civilian conditions.
This whole matter of conscription
of labor will be taken up, along with
other problems brought forward by
the war, at the Buffalo convention
this month.
Lord Gives Advice.
Momentarily expecting word that
the Bisbee strike and terrorism due
to the brutality of the absentee cop
per barons of Arizona had been
smoothed over by the Presidents spe-
cial commission. James Lord, as head
of the Mining Department of the A.
F. of L., gives this bit of advice: "The
miners and the mine operators in
Arizona should not content them
selves with local conference commit
tees, but should also create a central
conference committee for the whole
state. Such a committee would be
bound to keep its eye on all of the
factors in the industrial situation for
the entire field, and would be under
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10

carried a card in the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. Judge Hylan
started to learn the trade of hard
work early in life. When not busy in
the fields of his fathers farm, he
worked as a water boy, trainman and
iceman on the Stony Cove & Catskill
Mountain and Kaaterskill railroads.
When 20 he went to New York, where
he got a job as rail layer on the
Kings County elevated lines. Two
years later he became an engineer on
one of the old-fashioned coal-burning
engines on the railroad. While work
ing as an engineer he prepared him
self for the bar, graduating first from
the Long Island Law college and then
the New York Law school in 1897.
One of his instructors was President
Wilson, who used to come over from
Princeton to lecture on constitutional
law. He then began the practice of
law in Brooklyn. In 1906 he was ap-
pointed by Mayor Mcclellan as magis-
trate in Brooklyn. In 1914 Governor
Glynn appointed him Brooklyn county
judge and the following fall he was
elected to the same office.
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THERE COMES A SUGGESTION
from Washington that in order to r.
duce the consumption of coal, electric
light signs be discontinued, and that
electrical displays of buildings be cut
out. However, Curtis street, Denver,
the most brightly illuminated thoro-
fare in the world, does not worry. The
reason why Curtis street can read this
bit of news and smile is because the
electricity that Eliminates Denver
comes from water power: When
Thomas A. Edison visited this city a
few years ago he was amazed at the
electric effects on Curtis street, which
he pronounced the most brilliant sec
ton of a city in the world. Edison
ought to know, for electricity is his
business. Thus, whatever may be the
orders from Washington, there is no
danger of Curtis street being dimmed
at night. The electricity of Denver
is generated by water power on the
Grand river, near Glenwood Springs,
and comes over the mountains for a
distance of about 300 miles.
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DIR. W. H. SHARPLEY, MANA
ger of the CITY Health department,
AYERS that there is no race suicide in
Denver, that is, so far as he can dis
cover. He gains this deduction as
Sherlock Holmes would tell us, from
the fact that the stork bird is ahead
in the race with the undertaken. The
doctor presents statistics covering a
period of seven months from January
/ to August 1, this year. During this
period there were recorded 2,303 births
and 1875 deaths. March was the
busiest month for the stork, with 1856,
while June gave the lowest figures,
3O3 Holidays are favorite dates for
the stork bird On July there were
IA births; New Years day, II; Dec
Grafton day, II; Lincoln's birthday,
l13; Washington's birthday, %.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
1he heOptinnistic
Philosopher

THOMAS JEFFERSON HOULI-
han, general organizer for the Jour
neymen Tailors Union of America, left
Wednesday morning for Portland
after an exceedingly busy, as well as
successful, five weeks in Denver
While here he organized and con-
Quoted a successful strike of fifty
bushelmen, settled strike of over 200
journeymen tailors and saw the three
locals firmly established, with total
membership of $40, each one receiving
higher wage and many of them now
working shorter hours than when he
came to town. Houlihan is rare ex-
ception to the usual species of trav-
cling representatives of international
unions. He doesn't make it his first
mission to go before the central bodies
and have committees appointed to do
the work which may later be pro-
claimed in the press as his achieve
ment. Houlihan does the work him
self, and does it well, finding little
time to warm hotel lobby chairs.
There may be other organizers just as
successful, but they haven't lit in Col
orado lately. While majority of the
men employed in the tailoring trade
are Jews, Houlihan, the Irishman, has
way of avoiding race arguments,
tho never forgetting to raise his hat
in reverence when speaking of the
Deity. May the tribe of Houlihan
never become extinct.
COLORADO FARMERS MAY NOW
borrow money from the state school
fund at the rate of per cent. There
is said to be a million dollars available
for this purpose. A decision handed
down by the State Supreme court a
few days ago settled this controversy
which has been bunted about by state
officials and the legislature during
the past four years. Finally, after the
legislature had passed an act sane
tioning loans of the school fund to
farmers at per cent, the state treas
urer and his bondsmen, the banks, de-
clared the law unconstitutional. Per-
banks had this money at an average
of per cent and loaned it to the
farmers at IL per cent. Loans can be
made to actual residents of farms
when the appraised value of the land
is not less than $5 per acre. Money
will be loaned at per cent interest
up to the limit of one-third valuation
of the land, and is secured by promis
sorry notes, which are first lien. 1t
is expected this will bring about
more rapid development of the farm
ing industry in Colorado.
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SAM BOIL, THE BULLETINS
Printers Home correspondent, is elat-
ed over the election of Judge John F.
Hylan as mayor of New York. Some
years ago when Sam was New York
"typo" and the mayor-elect an engi-
neer on the elevated, which in those
burners, were quite chummy. Sam
says the new mayor will be friend of
the common people, and that he once
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
GO AHEAD.

When you feel like going down,
Go ahead!
When you've got to swim, or drown,
Go aheadl
When things are looking blue,
When the world seems all askew,
When there seems no getting thru,
Go ahead!
When you're on a thorny track,
Go ahead!
Square the shoulders, brace the back;
Go ahead!
When the clouds put out the sun,
When of hope there's simply none,
Get busy; get things done
Go ahead!
When you've failed, don't sit an squeal,
Go ahead!
Put your shoulder to the wheel;
Go ahead!
When your hardest task you con,
Courage, like an armor, don;
Just keep on keeping on
Go ahead!
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
RETAIL PRICES
FOR TABLE FOOD
QUOTATIONS FURNISHED
FOR BUSY HOUSEWIVES.
Plenty of Substitutes for Wheatless
Days at Reasonable Prices; Colo
RADIO Fruits Are Abundant
on the Local Market.

The downtown stores are giving 8
lbs. of the best Greeley potatoes for
25c, 100 lbs. for $3.50; lbs. Western
Slope Red McClures for 25c, 100 lbs.
for $3.50. The Legal Tender and
Longmont Special Flour is S5.45 per
sack and the Hungarian Patent and
Pride of the Rockies, s5.55. There is
no white bread on sale in the loop
stores on Wednesdays, but they are
giving a full 16-ounce loaf of Graham
or whole wheat bread for the same
price as white bread, 10c. The most
popular substitutes for wheat are rye
flour, rye-graham flour, graham flour
or whole wheat flour, a quarter sack
sells for s1.40; corn meal, quarter
sack, S1.35; SOC worth is the limit on
sugar, 6 lbs. for SOC.
The best creamery buffers are 45c
per h.; tub butter at 43c, and butter
inc from 2Sc to 33c.
Apples are more plentiful now and
a person can get most any variety
they want. Jonathans sell from S1.75
to $500 per box, and from to 6 lbs.
for 25c. Ben Davis are as low as
S1.15 and $1.25 per box, 10 lbs. for
25c. Extra fancy York Imperials are
S2.75 to SO per box. Ganos, from
S1.75 to 50 per box, lbs. for 25c. Ex-
ira fancy Idaho Winesaps are s2.s5
per box, a lbs, 25c. Sweet apples are
Grimes Golden, the popular eating ap-
Pile, runs from s1.50 to S2.85 per box.
Extra Fancy Idaho Roman Beauty
are $3.50 to SO per box, the best SELL
ing at lbs, 25c. Delicious, the aris-
tocratic apple is $3.50 per box for the
extra fancy, lbs, 25c. Greetings are
1926 and $3.50 per box. Vandevere
at $3.50 and SO. Apples in bushel
baskets range in price from $1.50 to
S2.25.
Concord grapes are SOC per basket.
Tokays, SOC and Malagas, 60c.
Oranges sell from 25c to soc per
dozen, and Lemons at 40c. California
figs are 15c package and dates 15c.
Fancy sweet potatoes, . lbs, 25c;
cauliflower, per lb., 10c; hothouse Gu
cumbers are 20c and 25c each; leaf
lettuce, 1Oc; Boston head lettuce, &c;
and the California head lettuce, for
25c and 15c each. Radishes are sc per
bunch; bunch beets, carrots and tur-
nips are &c for large bunch. Sack
vegetables: carrots, turnips, are 10
lbs, 25c; beets, parsnips and ruta-
bagas, 8 lbs, 25c; cabbage, 10 lbs,
25c; onions, 5 lbs, 25c; Spanish onions
4 lbs, 25c; squash and pumpkin go at
Sc per lb. Garlic, 15c lb. Mexican
chill peppers, SOC per lb.
Some time next week the Grand
grocery will be converted into carry
away store. Prices will be reduced
on every item and no deliveries will
be made This will give those who
carry their goods home with them an
opportunity to save the cost of service.
AS it has been those who carry their
goods home paid for service just the
same as those who received it.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
FAITHFUL SERVICES OF OFF,
CIAL VOICED BY DELEGATES.
II. A. Thompson Resigns az Secre-
rotary Colorado Springs FEEDER
arated Trades Council and
Leaves for Oklahoma.
Especial Correspondence

Colorado Springs, Nov. 7.-At the
last meeting of the Federated Trades
Council, Secretary H. A. Thompson.
of the Retail Clerks Union. who has
ably filled the office for several terms.
resigned, and left the city Monday TO
accept employment in Oklahoma. c.
A. Lemmers, also n delegate from the
Retail Clerks, was eletced to succeed
Thompson.
The following resolution tcstifying
to the faithful service of the departing
official was read and unanimously
adopted:
Whereas. realizing with regret that
our courteous and efficient secretary.
Mr.. Harry A. Thompson, is about to
leave for a new home and new field
of labor in Oklahoma, having this
night resigned his office as secretary
of this body, after five years of splen-
did services; therefore, be II
Resolved, by the Federated Trades
Council of Colorado Springs. Colo.
that we desire in some suitable man
ner to express our appreciation Of the
man and his services, and the loss we
feel in the severance of his relations
with this organization. We gladly
pay tribute to Mr.. Thompson's nobility
of character. for he has at all times
proved his fidelity to duty, his fear
lessness of conviction, his loyalty to
the cause of organized labor, his un-
swerving honesty, his unswerving in
tegrity, his geniality of nature and
his steadfastncss to the cause of
righteousness. We wish him well as
he enters upon new duties among n
strange people, and commend him to
his new employers and the people
among whom he will travel, as a man
in every way worthy and entitled to
their confidence and respect.
Resolved, that these resolutions be
spread upon our records and that n
copy be presented to Mr.. Thompson
for preservation"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
CUTS CHANCE FOR MARRIAGE.

Americas girls who go into muni-
tions factories and mills to take the
places of men gone to war are sacri-
ficing their beauty, laying themselves
liable to physical and moral hazards
and are endangering their chances of
ever becoming wives and mothers,
Miss Mabel Crafty, of New York, told
delegates to the war work council of
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton. The speaker said that "a
woman disfigured is a woman lost"
meaning, she said, that when a man
marries he wants a girl with both
hands, whole fingers and not hard
ened by daily toll in a mill.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
NEXT!

The story of the rival bootmakcrs,
which appeared recently, is matched
by correspondent of an English pa
per with another story, equally old
but equally worth repeating. It con-
Germs two rival sausage makers. Again.
they lived on opposite sides of GER
tain street, and, one day, one Of them
placed over his shop the legend;
1--WE sell sausages to the gentry and
nobility of the country"
The next day, over the way, ap-
peared the sign:
eve sell sausages to the gentry and
nobility Of the whole country"
Not to be outdone, the rival put up
what he evidently regarded as final
statement. namely:
"We sell sausages to the king"
Next day there appeared over the
door of the other sausage maker the
simple expression of loyalty:
"God save the king."-Christia
Science Monitor.