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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Christmas Turkeys
With Reservations

Every year we get three days
Fourth Of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas-and pay stops for all of
them. At Christmas, though, the
Old Man gives US each a turkey. II
man is single, he gets his served
up at the company boarding house,
but the rest with families get big
bird for a big family, and 50 on
down 10 the man with a wife, and a
6ve-pounder for him.
"The turkeys are all right as
long as they last, but once they are
gone, and sometimes before, the boys
begin 10 say, We'll, he gets the best
Of US the rest Of the year. and then
thinks a turkey or two will make it
right Then they lie down on The job.
They do enough 10 get by, but /
know, and 70 do they, that it il just
about half OF what they could really
do IL they wanted. But they say,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
More Reasons
For Dissatisfaction

why" he replied, do you sup
pose any one would live in those old
shacks"-indicating line of low, I'M
rainted buildings outside the yard
''if he had a chance to live anywhere
else. in a home of his own, say? But
those were put up by the company,
and they are there to live in. AS for
the steady employment, it is steady
enough, and there is never any time
off that we get paid for, either. The
pay days are a month apart, at that,
on the 10Th of the next month, and
in between all that us fellows with
families can get is company money,
just good at company stores. Pretty
small for a firm that makes its %
per cent"
And there you Notwithstanding
conditions at home and at work
and there was no social side. The
net result was that the man had a
fairly unhealthy attitude toward the
days work.
Soon afterward the efficiency man
conferred with the employer and
asked the latter if he had ever heard
Of social engineering as a part of
scientific management. 1t was some
thing that didn't work in metals or
in buildings, but in men; and the en-
ployer said he hadn't heard of it, but
he didn't think so much of most of
those ideas, anyway. However, he
was sufficiently impressed with con-
ditions as they were to risk a few
experiments, and the results when
things got under way enlightened
him considerably.
The American workman is inner
emily Of a sociable sort. and the So
cial stratum or his "set" is largely
settled for him by his pay, which
either does or does not permit of his
living like his fellows. Conditions
here, due to methods of payment and
modes of living, were such that al
though the matter of the average
wage was fair, it left a great deal
wanting where the subject touched
the family, and new workers coming
in did not leave them unenlightened
long.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

What's the use? Well get the same
pay, anyway"
When pressed for his own opinion
he added: "At first | worked for all |
was worth. didn't do it for the fun
of it, of course, or just because l
liked hard work or over-hours at
straight time, but / thought I'd gain
by it in the end, and l was going to
make try.
"a year went by, then another,
and | didn't seem to get over-much
appreciation, either from the fore
man or in the pay envelope. So,
finally. / began to think it wasn't
worth it. | didn't want to feel that
way, but you can't help it when you
know the fellow who shirks gets as
much, or as little, for his Sinking
as the next one does for his hard
days work. Pretty soon | got to
feeling like the rest, and guess
most of them are just putting In
their day"
"But," he was told, "you have
fair living conditions, steady en-
ployment and regular pay. That is
something"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
WEAVING GOODWILL
OF WORKERS INTO
FACTORY PRODUCTS
When Money Is Invested the Welfare Of Employees
The Result Is Usually Found to Be An Increased
Output of Goods of Better Quality

the older ones held serious objection
but others aided them to see the
light, and enthusiasm soon appeared
All this had cost, and it was time
TO look to the returns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
100000.
Population Gains
DESPITE War

w nat VIII Dt IHS lbuuoei i"i "'N
therefore the commercial condition
of the belligerent countries after the
war? There are some who assert
that their population will be greatly
reduced as a result Of the Az mill
ions killed or fatally wounded up to
this time. But those making this
assertion forget, apparently, that
the countries at war are constantly
Increasing their population, that
there is in all cases except that of
France a large excess of births over
deaths, and thus net gain in popu-
lation. In addition to this it is a
well known fact that in all these
countries the loss by emigration has
been suspended, and that many of
their former emigrants have been
called home. Then, too, there have
been in those countries large add
tions to the number of women en-
ployed in industrial and business
pursuits. We may, therefore, safely
assume that the countries in ques-
ton, when they emerge from the war
and return to the pursuits of peace,
will find themselves with material
" larger industrial, and therefore
commercial, element than they had
at the beginning of the war. More
than this, the industrial machinery
has been speeded up to a much
greater producing power than ever
before.
As to the destruction of vessels
during The war and its effect upon
future commerce, the latest estimate
Of vessels destroyed is about 3 mill
ion tons, or about 10 per cent of the
worlds total tonnage at the begin
ming of the war, but as it is as
serted that the production of new
ships meantime has been one-half as
much as the tonnage destroyed, we
may assume that the net loss thus far
is not over per cent, and that this
less, unless greatly increased, will be
so evenly distributed in world trade
as to be comparatively unimportant
in the relative commercial power of
the great trading nations.
Now, as to the future power of the
United States to compete in foreign
markets in the sale Of manufactures
which have been in the past chiefly
supplied by the European manufact-
urers. 1t is asserted by some that
the power through which Europe has
supplied in the past s7,000,000,OOO
worth of manufactures entering in
ternational trade while we were
supplying $1,000, 100000 worth will
be materially reduced by reason Of
a reduction in number Of their work
ers. reduction in the amount Of
capital available with them, an in
creased rate of interest which their
capital must earn, and the greatly
increased taxation necessary to pay
interest on their national indebted
ness, which now aggregates for the
countries at war about $S5,000.000,-
600. against $27,OOO,OOO,OOO at the
beginning of the war, and at mate
rally higher interest rates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
THE, WIDENING INDUSTRIAL CAP

has been profoundly affected by two
other facts. The one is that machin-
cry has become so vastly important
that it tends in the eyes of its pro-
prietors and managers to become
al-important. The human attend
ance on the machine seems TO be so
subsidiary; it seems to call for so
little exertion, so little intelligence,
that there is certain unconscious
tendency TO disregard it, to take it,
so to speak, for granted. The other
is that, with the extension OF mar
kets and the pressure of competl-
ton, the commercial side of business
management becomes the daily and
anxious care of those responsible to
the shareholders. Commercial pol
icy and mechanical equipment be-
tween them thus take up so much
time and thought on the part of the
management that labor conditions
are apt to be left out Of account I'M
til they begin TO give trouble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

lev and mechanical equipment be-
tween them thus take up so much
time and thought on the part of the
management that labor conditions
are apt to be left out Of account I'M
I'll they begin TO give trouble.
Pay Envelope Chief
Stimulus to Exertion
Turn now to the other side, that
of the workpeople, and notice, first,
the effects of mere aggregation. Con-
scious or unconscious imitation is
perhaps the strongest of psychology
cal forces. You cannot possibly
bring large bodies Of workpeople to-
gether and expect them to behave
as they might if they were isolated
individuals. 1t is hopeless to ex-
pect masses Of workpeople who are
occupied in a monotonous task, per-
forming only one of the numerous
processes which lead up to a product
they probably seldom see in its final
form, for a distant or foreign mar
ket of which they have no concep-
ton, and under conditions of compe-
tition with other concerns and other
countries which they have no means
of gauging-it is hopeless, | say, to
expect of them a realizing sense Of
anything outside their wages. When
the question is put to them whether
they will increase their output and
get better wages, their first thought,
whether formulated or not, is wheth-
err the increased wage is worth the
additional exertion. They may pre-
fer to work fewer days, or fewer
hours. or at less strain, and go with
out the additional wages. We are
trying to look at the situation i'm
partially, and not pronouncing off
hand whether this is laziness or a
wise economy of strength. Their
second thought is whether, when
they have got into the way of pro-
ducing more, they will go on getting
the higher wages, or whether the
niece rates will not be reduced.
Hitherto, as all intelligent bust
ness men of wide experience will
readily admit. the working people
generally have had abundant cause
for doubt as to the permanence Of
larger wages due to greater exertion.
Ii the management thinks it can get
the increased output at lower cost,
the proiit-seeking impulse, which is
the moving force of business, pushes
it in that direction-often, it must
again be added, quite short-sightedly.
Moreover, the single concern is sell
dom quite independent in this mat
ter: so long as competition works
without restraint, one enterprising
Tor ill-advised) concern may force
all the others to reduce rates against
their will-or, what comes to the same
thing, may be mistakenly supposed
by its rivals so to force them. The
way out of the difficulty is, | believe,
only to be found in the existence of
strong combinations on the side both
of the employing concerns and of the
workpeople: on the part Of the en-
ploying concerns to bring the opinion
of the leading men of the trade to
bear upon those concerns which
would fight for their own immediate
interests without regard to the inter-
ests of the trade as a whole; on the
side Of the workpeople TO safeguard
standards once attained by using
their power O: Withdrawing labor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

commerce and to governmental CO.
operation therein than are those now
at war, and it seems to me highly
improbable that either their COM
mercial or financial interests will en-
ter upon or even permit a business
war at the close of that now in ex-
istence. Germany's imports from
the Allies and their colonies amount
to over a billion dollars year, and
her exports to them a full billion;
Austria-Hungary's imports from the
Allies are S6OO,OO0,000, and her ex-
ports to them over S50O,0OO,OO0,
while the trade of Turkey with the
Allies is about $l50,000,000, making
the recorded trade of the Central
Powers with the Allies about s3,OOO,-
100000 a year; while the records of
the Allies also show their trade with
the Central Powers about $1,000
O00 600.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

greater distance.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
BY SMASHING OFFENSIVE BRITISH CAPTURE PASS
 CHENDAELE IN TYRES
{ Associated Press ]

LONDON, Nov O.-General Haig wired the office tonight that after days hard fighting the British forces have captured the town of Pass Chendaee which they have been harnmcring away for than ten days Desperate hand hand fighting characterized the fighting during the entire day and hundreds of German prisoners taken in their pill boxes and have already reached the British cages
 The British forces advanced along the Chendaec ridge under of heavy artillery fire and routed the Ger ot machine gun redoubs the point of the bayo In several positions the machine guns the enemy thick and only captured after the bitter kind o1 work. The enemy losses extremely heavy
 The Canadians distinguished themselves by unusually brilliant work, and odays drive finds them resting 800 ards beyond the of the captured Many prs oners taken by the Canadians alone,
 While the British troops consolidating the positions today, the artillery engaged in smelling the German positions with great vgor. The fire is heavy any previous bombardment during the It is believed that General aig will the drive morning and clear the way the Saden railroad. Only few impor positions held by the enemy along the Chendaec
 ridge and with the capture of todays positions of these untenable under artillery fire.
 The arplanes played important part in the fighting today and numbers of German planes forced down behind their lines while the British planes dropped hundreds of bombs the ranks of the Germans
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
AMERICA AND JAPAN
 COME TO AGREEMENT
Associated Press ]

C Noy O. America and a all cause and mI arciS O o is Ii disputed (
 Secretary Japan United finally reached a United Japan has mntty the Open Door
 understanding
 
 
 o 0 G O which a thought impossible o o and the the Far trouble and had explained could tly been of the Most trouble Mir systematic fefood conducted United  words doubt and A of visit desired and Japan
 The special the United States to recognize la S in eare1po China what hemisphere Japan her that OA
  abiding doctrine requested by Japan
 
 be desired by al
 of al in
 
 o a 'Yerow Peril" laid for
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
CHAMP DEFEATS
 FRANKIE. BURNS

NEW ORLEANS, Nov 6.-Pete Herman, the worlds champion light weight fighter, was awarded the de cision last night over Frankie Burns at the end of the twentieth round of their fight More than 1000 peo- pie witnessed the fight, which was fast throughout.
 The referees decision was a popu- lar one, Herman having the better of the battle in all except a few rounds. Burns failed to make the showing which was expected from him, and on several occasions it seemed that his seconds would have to throw up the sponge to save their man from a knockout. He managed, however, to last through until the end
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
GERMANS LAM DEMOCRACY NOW
 IN EXISTENCE
Associated PresSD

NASSOCldleu lItSSD
 BERLIN, Nov. 6.-Prominent Ger mans today declare that the reforma- tion of the German cabinet, with the appointment of Count von Hert- ling as imperial chancellor, and the dismissal of von Heffelrich, has virtually changed the German gov ernment from an autocracy to a de mocracy. Matthias Erzberger today in an interview given the Associated Press, declared that While the leu tonic forces have forced their way across the Tagliamento river in the face of the Italian artillery fire, Germany at home has quietly crossed a political Rubicon, and during the last five days has changed from an autocracy into democracy"
 Herr Erzberger is the leader of the Centrist party and states that the reforms are definitely. accomplished, but would give no details of the al legged change in government.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
 Civil No. 2

In Commissioners Court in md lJ"
 the KDyuhuk Precinct. Territory of
 Alaska, Division No. Four 0. k. Williams, Plaintiff
 The Koyukuk Mining and Develop
 men' Company Corporation. and
 F. ! Morgan, Ga=lasa Fischer,
 John Doe. Richard Roe and J.mr@
 Doe. Defendants.
 The President of the United States
 of Amer ca, GREETING:
 To he aho,e named de.endants:
 You are hereby reaI rcd eo bn an appear n the CoE,mtsssuonts Court Koyukuk Precinct, TeG5torE of T eska, Fourth Division. . Niseman th".c.n. within t"-ent. {. aft,r IL date or the last plbl "e on U. ths summons. and answer thc Complaint of the above named p.a m If, in the above entitled cause and r.urt snf unless yoG sp appear and answer the plaintiff herein i'll taisa iudg mcnt against yoH 1.r the o1HoHnt demanded in pa n-.Is coDpla nr now on file in th.s CeHrf to-wtt: The sum of Eight hundred and nine dollars and lift cents. ta2ethnr with costs and disbursements of action. The said sum of eight hundsed and nine dollars and fifty cents is al legged in plaintiffs complaint to be due for labor performed by one A C. Bracket the acceInt of which has been duly sold assigned and transferred 10 plaintiff herein.
 This summons is published and service thereof made by publication under and pursuant to an o-dor of said Court, made and entered in said Court on the 16th day of April 1917, and the date of the first publication will be and is October l, 1917. and the date of tho last publication is and will be November ,, 1917.
 (ScaD
 Witness the Honorable mhonas E Wrtaht. Judge of said Cert th.e &0rh day of Auenst 1917.
 THOMAS 3 WRIGHT. Commissioner and eEoffioio Justice
 of the Peace,
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
AMERICAN BOAT
 IS TORPEDOED
SSOCIated PreSSl


 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. G. Advices received tonight by the navy department from Admiral Sims re- veal the loss of an American patrol boat, which was torpedoed and sunk early Sunday morning by a German submarine in the European war zone One officer and twenty men are missing and are thought to have perished.
 Early reports lack in detail, but the department believes that the sub marine was able to escape unob- served by other patrol boats near the scene The missing vessel is the Alcedo a converted yacht which carried a crew of ninety-two officers and men. The survivors were res cued by other patrol boats and car ried into port.
 Do not limit the plain food of growing children.
 Patronize your local producers and lessen the need Of transportation.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12

the years 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. and 1916, upon each of the following placer mining claims. Nc. 5iz frac- ton, Yellow Jacket Bench. upper half of No. and bench adjoining right limit. all on Chicken creek. also No. Napoleon creek, In the Forty Mile Mining and Recording district Alaska for :. Jacobsen. You are hereby notified that if at the expiration of ninety t90) days after the last publication of this notice. to-wit. within ninety days af- ter the third day of December, 1917, you fail or refuse 10 contribute your proportion of such expenditures. your interests in said claims shall become the property of the undeas ened, your Co-owner. under Section g21t of the Revised Statutes of the Tn te States.
 FRANK DAERETT.
 Date first publ .cation, Sep 3. 1ql7
 Date last publication Dec 2. 1917.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
FOOD SUPPLIES
 TO BE SHIPPED
 IN SHORT TIME
LNssnoLatcl Pr.ssl

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 6.-Thc first steps to- ward supplying Americans who may possibly be captured by the Germans are being taken today by the Ameri- can government. Forty-fivc hundred tons of food will be forwarded immediately to the Red Cross committee in Swift zerland, which is to have charge of the distribution of food and other articles that will be furnished by the gov crnmcnt.
 The first shipment is being made this carly to prevent any Americans from suffer ing any possible hardships oi account of a lack of food, and other shipments will follow this one as rapidly as the. are able to be transported.
 An agreement has been made by the German govern ment through the Swiss au- thoritics by which the Red Cross Committee will have complete control of the de- livery and distribution of these food supplies, and the Red Cross Society is respon- sible for their safe delivery as they may be needed.
 The 4,5OO tons of food will be comprised of l,8OO,OOO in diVldual rations, which will be sufficient to feed 10000 men for a period of six months. This ration is made up oI the same component parts aS the ration which is being fur nished the American soldiers i'll France, and each Ancri- can prisoner in Germany will be provided with the same quantity as is allowed a fight ing man, In this manner the government hopes to keep all its citizens held by Ger many in first class condition.
 New PaneIed Calling Cards-the latest thing cut. The Citizen.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
Germany acing a
 Shortage of Men
A..A.L tnl Lt-. -

WASHINGTON, D. c, Nov 6. According to authentic adVices received from Switzerland by the American government today. the Germans are facing a crisis at this time as far as man power is concerned These reports de clare that Germany needs at least 5O0.000 men in order to be able to stand the same pace as has been kept up prior to this time.
 The Germans have lost on an average of 100000 men each year since the beginning of the war, and in order to keep up her strength on par with her present fighting strength, 2.000,- 900 reserves must be available An extreme estimate of Ger many's reserve forces for the next year only shows 1,500,000, and this figure includes boys of the class of 1920 These figures coincide with data already in the possession of the American gov ernment and confirm the state ment of Germany's losses recent ly made in the reichstag by d socialist member.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
SUFF FRACETTES
 CARRY STATE
IA Sociated Press )

tASSOtld teN I ltSSl
 NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-On the face of early statewide returns, the lead CTS of the womans suffrage organi- zation declare that the cause has been victorious throughout the state. The returns at midnight give the suffragettes a ma jority of more than 18,000 votes, practically half of the returns are in.
 Preliminary reports from other points indicate that while the cleo tion is close, the suffragettes will be able to hold their lead and pos sibly make a small addition to the known majority.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-12
RUSSIA TRYING HER UTMOST ID
 CARRY IN VAR
(AssoCiated Press)

PETROGRAD, Nov. O. Russia Is at this time dolnS her utmost to carry on her part in the struggle against Germany, according to Pre- mier kerensky, and will con tlnue to do so, according tG his belief. Any interpreta- ton of his recent interview through the Associated Press is erroneous which is not H. accord with this fact.
 kerensky's secretary, ii the name of the premier, to day issued a statement to the Associated Press stating that kerensky vigorously protests against contrary deductions from his interview. In near ly all countries numerous pub llcatlOns have printed stories based on this interview which seek to show that Russia IS trying to withdraw from the war and that the interview ls merely a forerunner of a dec laratiOn to that effect.
 In the statement issued to day 1t is declared that such is far from the case, and that Russia has no intention Of deserting her allies. On the contrary. it is declared that the interview was inspired by the hope that if the allied powers and America fully realized the exact conditions which confront the Russian government and under which war IS being Waged, 1t might stimulate them to far greater activities, and at the samC time induce them to furnish Russia with the aid which she is so badly in need of.
 This view of the matter is taken by all allied govern ments, and they are already making preparations to help bear Russia's burdens until the time comes when she is again able to place a fully trained and we'll equipped army in the field against the German invader.
 J. P. Norris, the well known Ester creek operator, arrived in town last night to transact business. Mir. Nor rs has extensive holdings on Fair banks creek, where he will go and attend to interests and then return here for the winter