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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Hides and Tallow

N Hides and IallOw Green Salt Hides-17Q1Sc. Half Cured-16Q17c. Green Hides-14Q15c. Dry Flint Hides-37Q3Sc. Dry Salt Hides-32Q35c. Damaged Hides-Half price. Sheep Skins-25c@$1.25. Horse Hides-S1. .50Q5. Ginseng-Wild, 6Q7c. Colt Skins-45@60c. Sherlings-15@25 Goat Skins -40Q5oc. Hogslins-10M15c. Tallow-10M12c.
 Beeswax-30@33c
 Washed Wool-60@65c Clear Unwashed Wool-50955c. Bury Wool-30@35c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
CIeyenburg's Letter

New York, September 1.-The market was under pressure all day, chiefly from Liverpool, also selling heavily here every day, supposedly hedges against spot pur- chases at the south, which they cannot put out on their own market. Weld brokers were large sellers and there was liquidation by Wall street houses. who had been long on moderate crop ideas. There was some trade buying, but the chief demand appeared to be from shorts Messages from Alabama said farmers were refusing 20c. The pendulum, as usual will probably swing too far but the market is getting short and would rally violently on any bullish news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

believe that farmers will market with more caution from now on.
 Cotton has been unduly depressed far below it's legitimate price, compared with other commodities. We do not believe the decline can be maintained much longer and advise purchases on recessions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Minor Interiors

Dallas, 50 off; middling 20.35c; sales, 3979; Montgomery, 7o5ff; middling, 2o.25c; sales. 150: Augusta, 75 off; middling, 20. 25c; Little Rock. 50 off; middling, 2l.5oc; sales, 15s Atlanta, s5 off; middlig, 2o.10c; sales, none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Sugar and Cereals

Gxanulated Sugar-9%c. Rice-Fancy Blue Rose. $S cwt. Fancy Rice-T per cwt. Grits-Cartons. s1 dog. Grits-Sack, s3.S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Future ouotatfons were as follows:
Chicago Grain

Chicago, September 7.-Corn Nos. 2, 3 and 4 yellow, nominal. Oats No. white. 59Q59%c; standard, 59h O soc. Rye No. 3, sY.s5; barley, $115@133; timothy, s6.5007.75; clover, $15.00n 20.Oo Pork, s4S.20; lard. s23.72; ribs. S23.45 0229b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis September 7-wheat No. hard. s2.1s. Corn No. g. $2.1s@217; September, s1,67; December, S113A Oats No. ?, 5s@5sc No. white. soc; September, STAG; December, 57c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Dry Goods Market

New York, September 7.-Cotton goods were quiet today with prices easy on print cloths. Yarns were easy. Wool markets were generally quiet with values ona more stable basis. Silks were quiet; ready-to-wear trade light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Short Wire Flashes

There has been heavy trade in oats.
 Armour best buyer of May, while New York houses sold.-Babcock. Bartlett, Frazier x Go. big seller De- cember corn.-Wagner. Corn demand has slowed down. Looks like advance enough, though no particu- lar pressure at moment.-Babcock. Large buying May oats by Armour. about 2,000, 900; commission houses buying corn Undertone strong-Babcock. Bartlett Frazier sold 300 December corn. Wagner
 Demand for December oats scattered; offerings limited. B. F. Co. good buyers May corn. Lamson bought the December. -Babcock.
 Spring wheat condition n.2: indicated yield, 250 O00, 600; total indicated yield. 66s- 000,000. Corn, condition 76.7c; indicated yieid, 324S, ,0000OO. Oats, condition 9o.4; indicated yield, 1.533.000000. The corn report is a stand -on-it is not surprise either way.-Wagner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

WANTED " Two experi- enced shoe salesmen; splen- did opportunity for right
 men. Apply to MT. Rogers
 between 8 and 8::30 at the Parisian. 9-7-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Sugar Market


 New York, September 1.-The raw sugar market was dull and prices were entirely nominal. There was | sale of 320 tons of Peruvian to a Cam ladian refiner. Nearby Cubas were available at cents and even under. but refiners were mot in the market, and are said to be still waiting for details of government control and pur- chases.
 A table from Havana gives the to- tai figures for the whole island up to August 31 as follows: Receipts, D. 944,611 tons; exports, 2,639,710 tons. and stocks at 232,901 tons. Private ad- vices from Cuba state the publicity bureau of the republic of Cuba esti < mates the 1918 sugar crop at 3,50o,000 tons, or the largest on record.
 Raw sugar, nominal; centrifugal. 7.02c; molasses, 614c; refined sugar, quiet; fine granulated S.40QS.50c.
 Cuban and Porto Rican centrifugal, 702c asked; Cuban molasses, 6.02c bid, 6.05c offered; Porto Rican molasses. 602c offered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
\ ESS CHANGES

lntrolling interest in one wing manufacturing busi- a rare opportunity and 'ese investigation. Price, G-30, care Age Herald.
 9-6-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Coffee Market

New York. September 7.-There was no change in the general ruling of the mar ket for coffee futures today. 'rfic 7sz-S ket opened at a decline of ? tc and ruled between 7.90c and 3C for March, closing at 7.90c for thar isaes The list closed at a net los e9 4 points, Sales. 17,750. Closing hasf see tember, 740c; October, 7.49c; eaeMbSll 7.67c; January, 7.75c; March, ei Max. S.04c; July, 8.17c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

WANTED-C Checkers, designers, tracers and draughtsmen, familiar with steel work construction preferred; state age,
 experience, nationality and salary ex-
 pected; location, New York city. Julian
 D. Page, No. 2 Rector st., New York city. 9-7-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
MORRIS AVENUE

Morris avenue markets remained steady yesterday with but slight changes in prices Hard winter wheat -four advanced from s12.90 to s13.15 and Tennessee Patent from $11.S5 to s12.1O. In the poultry division hens were off from 23c to 21G 22c. Quotations were as follows: Hens-21Q22c. Fryers-2Sq3GC. Guineas-SJc Roosters-14815c. Extra Graded Eggs-42c. Candled Eggs-40c. Turkeys-Live, 25c. Ducks-17q1Sc.
 Meats D. s. Ribs-24. .97c D. s. Clear Bellies-2SMc D. s. Rib Bellies-2SAc, Pork Loins-30c. Choice Steers-15Q1sc. Choice Lambs-26c Premium Lard-2615c. Compound Lard-17Kc. Choice Hams-29e. Choice Bacon-40c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

WANTEDITwo young men, l6 to lS, as helpers in paint shop, to work on wheels and axles; experienced hands preferred.
 Call or write at once. Birmingham Mo- tor Co.,, Ave. c and 21st st. 9-S-2t WANTED-Young man for stenographic.
 dictaphone and record work consider
 able experience necessary; character and references must be first-class Ad-
 dress E-32, care Age-Herald. 9-S-5t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Fish

Fish Perch--9c. Salt Water Trout-15c. Red Snapper-14c. Gray snapper-10c. Mullet-7c. Spanish Mackerel-17lac. Virginia Croaker-Sc- Maryland Oysters -s2 gallon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

MACHINISTS experienced in general shop work desiring change to open shop plant outside immediate Birmingham district may find it to their interest to write us; wages paid, B to 50 cents per hour and and 1o-hour day. Living conditions healthful and cheap. State general experience, age. married or sim gle. Address Mechanic, care Age-Her-
 aid. 9-S-6t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

I WANT two high-calibre men, one for
 Anniston and one for Montgomery on
 one of the greatest pl plopositions south \ of Mason and Dixon; now, if you
 haven't sales ability and $100 cash, don't apply. This is s250 per month propo-
 sition and requires Al men. Address
 A-32, care Age-Herald. 9-8-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Meats
Creamery Products

Butter-Creamery, 451sc; southern but ter, 441sc; oleomargarine, 28c
 Full Cream Cheese-26c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Bonds

U. s. 2s registered ........... ss4 U. s. 2s coupon ,.............. 97A U. s. 3s registered ........... 99A U. s. 3s coupon ,.............. 99A U. s. As registered .......,.... 105A U. s. As coupon .............. 1o5& Panama 5s coupon ............. 80
 Central of Georgia Con. 5s .... 97
 III. Cen. ref As ............ $4
 L. & N. un. As . ...... S5
 Seaboard Air Line adj 5s ...... 53H Southern Bell 5s ............ 94
 Southern Railway 5s .......... 96h Southern Railway gen. As ...... 65h U. s. Steel 5s !. ....., ......... 103%
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
WANTED-AGENTS

AGENTS-Seli new cotton caLcula tor, safe and trustworthy guide. Retails. S.25;
 half profit. Free outfit; send 10c to help pay postage. packing. etc. John A. Her.
 t>s Co.,. s-60. Clinton. Chicago. s-4-6t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, September 7.--Urgent de- mand from shorts as we'll as buying by commission houses and the west, ad- vanced cotton seed oil 22 to 43 points today. The strength in lard was domi- hating factor. Realizing in the bulge caused a setback, but final prices were still IA to 2S points up for the day. Janu- ary sold up to 1543 and closed at 1885. Sales 42,700 barrels. Prime crude, 13.S7c. Spot, 1590c bid; September, 15.S5c; Octo- Der, 1563c: November, 15.S0c; December, l5. .32c; January, 15.35c; February, 1536c: March, 1553c: April, 15.S5c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

WANTED--A first-class barber at once.
 Write or wire J. H Singer, Alexander City, Ala. 9-7-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

MEN wanted for street car motormen and conductors. Apply J. R. Anderson, su- perintendent of railway, Chattanooga Railway and Light O., 620 Market st., Chattanooga, Tenn.
 aS4t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

WANTED - Locally, 2OO0
 coal miners; call or write
 for location. ! A A. D. Mad den, 1st ave-, 18th st., Bes- semer. Phone 15:: 9-S-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08
MAN WANTED

WANTED - Experienced bookkeeper with working knowledge of stenog- raphy; married man preferred Ad- dress own Handwriting; state age, experience, etc Address S-30, care
 Age-Herald 9-7-3t
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09

Trunks, Ladies' Handbags, Leather
Goods and Repairing at Everett
Trunk Factory, 2815 Rockefeller.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
A JOLLY VISITOR

Last Monday afternoon Bro. A.
Johannsen, General Organizer of the
international Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers AMI Joiners of America came
over from Seattle with President
Brown of the International Single
Weavers. At special meeting of the
local Single Weavers Union Bro.
Johannsen delivered a most interest
ing and instructive address, sparkling
with wit and humor. 1t seemed as
though the sun was shining in Seattle
and Bro. Johannsen brought the sun
shine with him. Everybody who met
him wishes him to return and stay
longer. Bro. Johannsen and Bro.
Brown left late in the afternoon re-
turning to Seattle.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING

John L. Samsel, the writer of this
article will contribute "stories" of
interest on live topics from time to
time.
To the editor of the Labor Journal:
A mighty few questions have at
tracted more interest of the people
of this country than the high cost of
living. 1t touches the most tender
spot in the human anatomy, the stom-
ach. 1t has been said by some one
that the easiest and surest way of
reaching people is through their stom-
ach and the effect of high prices of
food and wrinkled bellies prove the
adage. Almost every article we use
has kited skyward within the last few
years, and stuck there, or is still 60
ing up. The poor people, always the
first to feel the baneful effect of
high prices, low wages or slack times,
felt its effect first and keenest of all.
Their suffering has increased as prices
have gone up until now it is hard, in
deed, for poor man to earn enough
by steady work to support his family
in the very commonest necessaries OF
life. Now the great fairly well-to-
do middle class have commenced to
feel it's effect. Civic organizations in
almost every city are cropping for a
solution, and seeking to fix the blame
for prices. Womens' clubs are boy
coting this or that article of food
stuffs. Congress has a committee
trying? to get at the seat of the
trouble, and in the meantime every
body is damning conditions that per-
nit it, and hope a solution will be
found and applied soon.
High prices are not entirely new to
US. Spasmodically the public has been
held up before but not on such a
gigantic scale as now. Prices of one
commodity or another have scared be-
fore, only to lower to normal prices
after the public had been filched of
millions. If you will remember, the
prices have always gone up after the
bulk of wheat, corn, or other articles
have left the hands of the producer
and are in the hands of the middle
men. Usually, after one of these
wholesale robberies, some sort of an
effort, though mighty feeble, was
made by the authorities to learn the
cause of it all and fix the blame and
punish the authors of it. But these
efforts have usually "died a bornin''
a liberal application of whitwash was
made, the public interest subsidized
and the incident forgotten. Occasion.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
THE PRIMITATIVE CALL"

AS a rule in moving pictures, it is
the Indian who tricks the white man.
In William Fox's new photoplay,
'The Primitative CALI the situation
has been reversed, this time the white
man tricks the Indian, but he does so
through the medium of a white girl,
Betty Malcolm. Betty is played by
Gladys Coburn, and Fritz Leiber takes
the part of the Indian, Brain Elkhorn.
Brain has known Betty in the East
while he was in college. He meets
her again when she comes West to
help her father put through a land
deal with Brains father. Lured on
by the wiles of the girl, Brain tells
his father to sign the deed But when
he finds that he has been playing
game he takes her prisoner and
makes her work as a squaw in the
encampment until he thinks she has
worked out her penance. "The Print
tive Call" is the attraction at the
Star for Sunday and Monday.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
A GOOD SUBJECT FOR
UNIONS TO DEBATE

OLYMPIA, Jan. ga one-house
legislature of fifteen members who
shall meet annually is proposed in a
bill by Senator Cornwell, which was
introduced in the senate this morn
ing.
The bill proposes an amendment
to the state constitution, recastng
the provisions for the use of the
peoples power to initiate and refer
bills and changing completely the
present system of apportioning rep
resentation in the legislature.
1t is required that census of the
state be taken in 1925, after which
there shall be a new apportionment.
Until the new Genus is taken the rep
resentation in the legislature will be
three members from each of the five
congressional districts.
In 1920 the fifteen members will be
elected for terms of two, four and six
years, and every two years thereafter
one-third of the legislature will be
elected.
Members of the legislature will err
ceive $4,000 a year salary and they
are required to meet annually.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09

sequently the estimated loss is added
to the selling price, and the retail
merchant who "keps afloat" pays for
the one that goes broke. And so it
is with the retailer and his customers.
Our courts, too, makes high prices
possible. The courts hold that man.
ufacturer, for instance of breakfast
foods Il believe it was) can sell his
goods and in the contract of sale fix
price below which the purchaser of
the article cannot sell. If he does, he
is liable to be hailed into court and
restrained from any more like sales
and made to pay damages. And as
understand it, a company putting out
flour, meats, and any other article
we eat, or that we use, can fix the
retail price on what he has to sell, and
leaves it with the big dealers. l I'M
dertake to say that no retailer in Ev-
erett dare sell a sack of flour or a
carton of breakfast food below the
price fixed by the wholesaler without
running the risk of being refused an
other order for goods. And the worst
of it all is that the retailers per cent
of the profit is no higher than before
the raise.
Since the producer gets little more
than he did two years ago, with few
exceptions, for what he produces, and
the consumer pays so much more for
what he uses than he did couple or
three years ago, it logically follows
that somewhere along the route that
those articles travel after they leave
the hands of the producer and before
they reach the consumer, somebody
is taking too heavy toll. Somebody
is adding too much to the first price,
and we have to pay it all, and that
makes the unusually high prices we
pay today. And here is right where
the trouble is. Either there are too
many middle men, each taking a legit-
innate toll or a few that are taking
more than right ought to allow. So
much for the reasons of high prices;
the remedy is the important thing to
find, and then to apply it. And in
solving the question there is but one
thing to consider and that is what
is best for the majority. Individual
rights, always, should Yield to that
of the majority.
In the first place, the rule permit
ing big dealers to fix the minimum
selling prices should be set aside by
our Legislature so long as individuals
are in the wholesale business, and
there is no control of those companies
by the state. That will leave the
field open to competition to all alike
and on an equality. This would permit
competition in marketing groceries
and other goods, the same as there
is today in other markets. If this is
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
ASSASSINATED!

The saddest tragedy that has oc-
c,,rred in this state for many years
happened in Olympia on last Ihurs-
dav afternoon, when E. W. Olson'
chairman of the Industrial Insurance
Commission, was shot to death by
John Van Dell. Van Dell, logger
If anpears had been receiving state
aid ON account of an injury received
while plying his vocation. The phy-
sicians had pronounced him cured OF
his injuries and he had been notltled
nv Mr.. Olson that under the law his
benefits would cease. Van Dell, evil
IDENTIFY brooding over imaginary m
iustice done to him, made threats, ana
at 1875 p. m. last Thursday carried
those threats into execution, shooting
Commissioner Olson three times,
causing almost instant death.
In the death of E. W. Olson the
state loses one of its most conscien-
tious and efficient officers, his fam
ilv a loving husband and father, and
the community an upright citizen
whose courage and moral standard
should be emulated by all.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09

Attention is called to the advertise
ment headed "The Frame-up System"
on this page. All persons wishing to
contribute anything in small or large
amounts to a worthy cause may hand
the same to R. H. Mills at the Labor
Temple. The International Workers
Defense League having this matter
in hand is composed of delegates from
trades unions, more than forty of them
of San Francisco.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
Good Night, My Friend, Good Night
BY E. p. MARSH
President Washington State Federation of Labor

The tragic death of E. w. Olson, chairman of the In
dustra Insurance Department tears at the heartstngs OF
every trade unonst in this state and share common
grief with the citizenship OF this state cannot believe yet
that is true that the whom knew and loved will greet
with the hearty handclasp of affection Death
is cruel eveer 1t tears at the roots of affection caring
naught for rich peasant public official
was literally stunne thousands of his friends,
at the sudden 1t but few short hours before
taken with the heavy burdens of his office but not too busy
to give kindly word to friend He had been busy
absent from his duties owing to the death of his daughter
while the third commissioner Mr. Gill; absent from the
work for the time being of the entire commission at Oym
pa and doing faithfully He discussing the work of
the commission with gentleman who had called for nfor
nation when the hand of the assassin struck him and sent
him without warning into the presence of his Maker The
spread quickly about the city, but couldn't believe
he was dead; we wouldn't believe it,
But few men in the state had more personal aGquant
the state labor department and executive head of the
State Federation of Labor thrown in constant touch
learned to admire respect and love him have but few
men in this life He was always square, white in his
dealings with men. never knew him to do dishonest
thing to take unfair advantage 1t is tribute to the
splendid character of the man that the employing class of
this state many of whom felt the official dpeasure of his
office because of some law violation respected him and be-
eved in him.
Ed gave his life the task of improving the
ngs Of the toers particularly that class who were lily paid
least favored of society. There time during his Of
fetal career when for he sick
y able to attend to his duties yet he would not give up
would not spare himself.
My friend and your friend is gone The sympathy of
the trade union movement of the state of Washington goes
out in this hour of afflction to his immediate family to
those who knew and loved him best who must walk without
him through the onward stretching years For many year
they will hear his CHEEKY call when morning dawns feel his
in all the home surroundings throughout the day.
his face in the Pickering freight when the shades of
night draw down. God give them strength and comfort
them.
Brother Olson died he would like to have died. with
the harness of public service If in that distant realm
which long will claim all he send message back
to know it will be this Take up the burden SER
vice for the good; don't fater in the fight" He
lived the gospel of service; he died it's victim.
Good night my friend, good night.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
THE AMERICAN
TIMBERWORKER

The Journal has received the third
number of THE American Timber
worker" the organ of the newly or
ganized International Union of Timber
workers, published at Aberdeen. The
paper says editorially:
Now brothers of the international
Union of Timber Workers, let US dc
for the logging camps and sawmills
what the United Mine Workers union
has done for the coal miners camps
We certainly have a field to work in. .
There are about 10000 men employ
ed in the numbering industry in the
Gray's Harbor country.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-02-09
THE MITCHELL HOTEL

Manager F. McElroy, who has the
Mitchell Hotel under five years
lease, is having a number of altera-
tions made. Among them is the cut
ting of an entrance from the hallway
into the large store-room to the west
ward, which will be fitted up as a
lobby. The present lobby will be
used for writing room, the building
will also be repapered and reprinted