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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-03-23

law? If one is good law and works
to the betterment of mankind, why
not the other. If such a remedy is
applied, strikes and shut downs and
lockouts will be things of the past. An
era of better feelings will follow, be-
tween the man that works for wages
and the man that employs him, if
such laws are enacted. The millions
that are lost yearly by the wage earn
ers and by the employers, to say moth
ing of the great wrongs done the
public, and the warning workers and
employers, will come to an end. The
wage Garner will get his honestly earn
ed wage and the employer his profits.
A better feeling will come to exist
between capital and labor. The poor
man, living in his humble home, will
know that he is being justly treated,
and the memory of such, strikes as the
whole country has witnessed for the
past generation will be nightmares of
memory. And when times come, as
it has come now, that our country is
threatened by war, there will be no
differences to be forgotten, but all will
stand ready to do their part in defend
ing our country.
Respectfully,
JOHN l.. SAMSEL.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-03-23
IN THE LIGHT AS
OTHERS SEE US

Editor Labor Journal:
When capital and labor deals open
handed and squarely with each other,
labor troubles will come to an end; if
they will not, or cannot, then it will
be job for our legislatures. Neither
one side or the other can avert trouble
and strikes or lockouts by fair deal
ing alone, unless the other act with
equal fairness and frankness. The
employer cannot think of profits alone
and ignore doing justice to the men in
his employment and expect anything
but trouble with his men. The work.
er cannot disregard the rights of the
man he works for and demand more
wage than can be paid without bring
ing about lockout or closedown. No
man will continue to run business if
| it is run at loss or there is no profits
in it, for any length of time. And no
man should work for smaller wage
than his employer can rightly pay him.
The great source of trouble, and it
is the principal source of it, is that
too often the employer withholds from
| his workers the actual condition of
| his affairs. He closes his books and
refuses to do but one thing and that
| is to fix the wage and the number of
hours for the men. He tells them that
the business is his, and that if they
are not willing to accept the wage,
and hours he requires them to work
they can quit. The men, ignorant
may be some times of the fact that
no better wages can be paid, strike.
In the end both lose. The employer
loses the profits he might have made
during the strike and the wage work
er loses his wage. Seldom is either
profted by the strike; rather both are
injured by it. A mutual feeling of
antagonism has grown up between
them that tends to make other and
later troubles harder to settle. The
employer becomes more determined to
conduct his business in his own way.
and is less inclined to do justice to the
men he employs. The worker feels
that he has been wronged and has
suffered privations and he begins
crusade to organize into unions. And
those conditions now exist between
these opposing forces, and the antag-
onism is growing stronger and more
bitter every day. That labor will
eventually get justice there can be but
little doubt. 1t is stronger today than
at any time in its history, and is grow
ing stronger.
All this animosity and ill feeling
and loss of money in wages and prof
its and all the sufferings caused by
strikes can be averted and will be. If
the employer and wage worker will
not or cannot settle it, the public will.
There are others that are interested
in factories and shops and railways
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statement based wholly on guess
work and greatly exaggerated,
venture to state that my fathers for
tune, far from being two billion dol
lars, does not approach half that
amount"
Mr.. Rockefeller is entitled to the
correction, and moreover he may rest
assured that there is no intention to
cast discredit upon his father by the
quotations of any figures concerning
his fortune. Mr. Rockefeller would
be no worse a man if his fortune
were many times what it actually is,
and no better if he were entirely
penniless.
But while no personal reflection is
implied, Mr.. Rockefeller does stand
as the most prominent example Of
one kind Of product of an iniquitous
economic system. He is no more re-
sponsible for the system than any
other citizen who insists on uphold
ing it. The system makes it newt
able that many should be deprived
Of what they have earned, for the
benefit of a few. Mr. Rockefeller
happens to be one who possesses the
greatest ability to profit by such
situation. 1t is immaterial whether
the extent to which he has profited
should be two billions, one billion,
half a billion or less. The essential
point is that he has great wealth, in
return for which he has performed
no adequate service.
The possession of the special priv
ilege of laying pipe lines, for in
stance, has given him one unfair ad-
vantage over others. At one time
he was able to secure from public
transportation corporations rates
much lower than his competitors en-
joyed. There again he was able to
get unearned wealth In Coronado
and other places he owns extensive
natural resources, which he neither
produced himself nor obtained from
the producer. His control of these
gives him power to give or withhold
from thousands of men the oppor-
tunity to earn their living This
makes him their master. No doubt
he tries to be a kind master But
the control over natural resources
exercised by him and other individ-
uals empowers them to appropriate
the earnings of others without re
turn.
Now it is not Mr.. Rockefeller'e
duty to refuse to take advantage Of
this situation while it lasts. He is
not to be blamed for possession Of
wealth obtained through bad laws.
But it is his duty, as it is the duty
Of every other citizen, to work for
revocation Of the legalized power he
holds to get unearned wealth. To
what extent is he performing this
duty?
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running besides the owners and the
men that these industries employ. It
| is becoming clearer every day that
the whole people are interested in it..
Every merchant, every bank, every
teacher, physician, WOrkingman-
every one is injured by strike or
lockout Good government depends
upon these disturbances being pre-
vented. No employer of men ever
energies from a strike, as good a citi-
zen as he was before it. No striker
| feels the same toward the authorities
after a strike as he did before it, if
he wins or loses the strike. Too fire.
quently, the injustice done him or he
imagines is done him, embitters his
life, and makes him forever an enemy
of all men of means. He comes to
look on wealth as the very means of
enslaving him, and longs for the time
when the power of capital will be
broken. The wage workers are not
conscious of their power today By
uniting-and they will unite sooner
or later-they will settle the question
right. The old Biblical saying that
"The laborer is worthy of his hire"
is true, and he will come into his own,
in one way or another.
Our Legislature enacted few years
ago a minimum wage law for women
employed in factories of various kinds.
That law is most wholesome law.
Notwithstanding it is the most social
istic law, in my opinion, that we have
ever had enacted in this state, our
supreme court upheld it. Now, if The
courts will uphold minimum wage
law, why will it not uphold a maxi
mum wage law? The two principles
are identically the same. And, go
ing further, if minimum wage law
and a maximum wage law can be
passed by our legislature and held 10
be constitutional by our courts, why
will not wage law, fixing a wage
based upon the earning capacity of
the railway or mill or factory, or other
place of business where men and
women are employed, held to be good
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HOTEL FOR SALE-An 18-room
steam-heated Hotel; hot and cold wa
ter in rooms; centrally located; brick
building. Apply to Labor Journal,
Labor Temple.
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Trunks, Ladies' Handbags, Leather
Goods and Repairing at Everett
Trunk Factory, 2S15 Rockefeller.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-03-23
When
Another
Man

steps into your position because you've
grown old-what are you going to
live on, if you have saved nothing?
Hundreds of men are quietly de
posting part of their salary at 8 per
cent interest, at Our Savings Depart
ment, getting ready for such a day!
Why not you?
CITIZENS BANK & TRUST co.
Everett, Washington
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23
Doctor Says Nuxated Iron Will
Increase Strength OF Delicate
People 1OO96 in Ten Days

Next take two five-grain tablets OF
ordinary nuxated iron three times per
day after meals for two weeks. Then
test your strength again and see for
yourself how much you have gained. l
have seen dozens of nervous, run
down people who were ailing all the
strength and endurance and entirely
get rid Of their symptoms of dyspepsia,
liver and other troubles in from ten
to fourteen days time simply ny TAX
ing iron in the proper form, and this,
after they had in some cases been
doctoring for months without obtain
ing any benefit. You can talk as you
please about all the wonders wrought
by new remedies, but when you come
down to hard facts there is nothing
like good old iron to put color in
your cheeks and good sound, healthy
flesh on your bones. 1t is also
great nerve and stomach strengthener
and the best blood builder in the
world The only trouble was that the
old forms of inorganic iron like tine
ture Of iron, iron acetate. etc, often
ruined peoples teeth, upset their stom-
achs and were not assimilated and
for these reasons they frequently did
more harm than good. But with the
discovery of the newer forms of or
ganic iron all this has been overcome.
Nuxated Iron for example. is pleasant
to take, does not injure the teeth and
is almost Immediately beneficial.
NOTE-The manufacturers of Nux-
ated Iron have such unbounded
confidence in it's potency that they
authorize the announcement that they
will forfeit $4,000 to any Charitable
Institution IL they cannot take any
man or woman under sixty who lacks
iron and increase their strength 100
per cent or over in four weeks time,
provided they have no serious organic
trouble Also they will refund your
money in any case in which Nuxated
Iron does not at least double your
strength in ten days time. 1t is dis
pensed in this city by Wilkinson &
Co., and all good druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23
NUx IRON PEPsIN and

rsaparilla-Effective Combination.
AS comprised in Hoods Sarsaparilla
and Peptiron Pills, these valuable
remedies possess unequaled health
valueT for the alienation and cure of
long train of ailments common
among our people in this goth century.
In these days of rushing and push
ing, beyond the endurance of even the
most robust, nearly every man and
woman needs and must have the aid
OF the health-giving powers OF this
combination of medicines to support
and sustain normal health tone. II it
is not supplied, the depletion of the
blood and the broken-down nerves will
soon give way to permanent invalid
ism and ruined health.
The very best remedies for blood
purifying and nerve-building are
found in Hoods Sarsaparilla and
Peptiron Pills. You know well the
great tonic properties Of iron. They
are much increased and improved in
this mbination-Hood's Sarsaparilla
before meals. Peptiron Pills after.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23
TESTIMONIALS
FOR MEDICINES
lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company Publishes Only
Genuine Ones.

The testimonials published by the
Lydia E. Pinkhan Medicine Company
come unsolicited. Before they are used
the Company takes great care to inform
itself about the writer. Never know
ingly, has it published an untruthful
letter, never is letter published with
out written consent signed by the writer.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and illness.
1t has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements, Inflammation, liberation,
Irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues
It is impossible for any woman who
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23

fine, but they cannot nearly keep up
with the growth of the clover which
is knee deep practically all over the
field. This field was seeded to sweet
clover with oats last spring. It had
been seeded the previous August.
after more than seven tons per acre
Of limestone had been applied. The
August seeding winter-killed, how
ever, so that it had to be re-seeded
last spring. The seeding of oats was
light, only about one and fourth
bushels of seed being used per acre.
The oats yielded twenty-five bushels
which was better than other oats
seeded in the usual way and the oats
straw made better feed because some
OF the sweet clover got high enough
so that it was tied in the bundles
when the oats were cut.
Last fall Mr.. Mensendick cut about
a ton Of hay per acre and part of this
was cut late and that part seemed to
do as we'll or better than the earlier
cut portion did this spring. Also a
check strip was left which was not
cut at all and, while this seemed to
start little earlier, it is hard to tell
the difference now since none Of the
clover winter-killed and is all grow
ing very rapidly at present.
Practically all Of the new seedlings
of red clover in this community killed
out last winter. Mr.. Mensendick is
planning to secure seed crop this
fall and he will either clip the clover
within few weeks or will cut it for
hay Aside from the feed and pas
no hi 10 P,,rr ic1, ipp nd
the good prospects for big seed
crop, the sweet clover is sdoing a
wonderful work of loosening up the
tight subsoil and strong nitrogen in
this soil.
This seven acres of land was not
in a high state of fertility when the
sweet clover was sown last spring
1t is timber soil Of the lighter type
and needed lots of fertilization.
Mr.. Mensendick's neighbors are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23
0be NAU Woo
.5:zs: =: - ;: / Gate CITY

making an amicable settlement IN
some real estate that accumulated
during the business life in which they
were engaged.
A society called the Holy Name
was founded in the Nauvoo Catholic
| church last Sunday morning anc
about sixty persons joined the order
A week from next Sunday there will
| be number of persons who VIII
receive their first holy communion IN
/ the large religious temple.
| There will be Memorial day ser
vices held in the Nauvoo Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning and our
G. A. r. members will attend. Also
the NJ. e. church congregation viii
| dismiss at their morning session te
| give them an opportunity to go te
/ these services. .sFlS; a.
| The Women's Foreign Missionary
society will hold meeting at the
M. e. parsonage Thursday evening
of this week at 7:45 o'clock.
| Nauvoo's council members will
from next Monday evening. At this
meeting street superintendent and
city marshal should be selected.
Tonight, w 6uueSudy, d OtuCc " III
be held in the Nauvoo opera house
which is given by several parties
/ from Niota. Meyers orchestra OF
Fl. Madison furnishes the music.
| Nauvoo's Score club members will
dance to the tunes of Dan Agnes
Keokuk orchestra next Tuesday even.
ing in our opera house.
Wednesday of next week will
be Memorial day, but no public dem.
onstration will be made Of this ma
ton wide holiday in Nauvoo this
year Many people will visit the Maui
WOO cemeteries and in quiet manner
decorate the graves of relatives. The
G. A. R. post will strew flowers over
their comrades who are buried in our
city of the dead.
Misses Leona and Verlie Case,
Lucille, Hoh1 and Catherine Ed have
become members of the Nauvoo
Foyal Neighbors lodge.
John Johnson has again accepted a
position in Jake Boyer's saloon and
resigned his position in the canning
factory as night Waterman. Ed Benne
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23
NEW KU-KLUX
KHAN IN IOWA
Its Mission Said to be That Of Fer
reting Out Sedtion and
DisloyaIty to Uncle
Sam.

That an organization more far
reaching and more powerful than the
famous Ku4Klux-Klan of the south,
which suppressed the danger OF negro
rule after the close Of the civil war
exists in the United States and has
it's representatives in Muscatine, was
the startling revelation made today,
says the Muscatine Journal.
The body which is even more Sc
cret than the Khan, is an organization
recruited from the civil population OF
the country and is considered more
far reaching than even the machinery
of the department of justice in fer
reting out anti-American plots.
The movement was begun In the
east, it is said, and spread quickly to
all parts of the country. It's adap.
liability to the problem Of locating
dangerous Teutonic sympathizers led
to its recognition by the department
of justice, 1t is stated.
Members of the organization serve
without pay" 1t was stated. They
were carefully selected and their per
sonnet includes representative men
in every community. The active work.
ers operate under the leadership OF
captains. Reports Of pro-German
activities are sent from the 'priyates
to the captains and eventually reach
the eastern headquarters, where the
reports go through a sitting process
and those considered worthy of at
tention are turned over to the de
partment of Justice. The 'privates
do not know each other. All work
strictly In. secret. The 'privates
hare been Selected from all classes
and the scope included in the actiiv
tiles of the organization is extreme
ly far reaching"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23

has accepted the latter position.
Automobiles will have no trouble
this summer in finding more victims
than the lakes and streams. We look
for them to find several victims in
Nauvoo.
The Keokuk High Tension club
may come to Nauvoo again this year
and the date will probably be July
81. The steamer Sidney has been
chartered.
The steamer Quincy is scheduled
to leave st. Louis for Nauvoo and
ST. Paul next Friday, being the first
through boat on this river for the
season.
Nauvoo is surely going to have that
movie show and airdome and work
will soon begin. What Nauvoo need
ed for long time was an up-to-date
show of this kind. After it is COM
pleted, when the sun goes down here
everybody will put on his or her
best bib and tucker and light out to
our main business section where this
show will be all the go. If any town
wants to make good it's got to keep
up with the march of civilization.
Now comes the report that the
Nauvoo vineyards are in bad condi-
ton. In some of them winners re-
port that some of the wood has been
killed and that not over one-half of
a grape crop will be raised Well,
if Nauvoo winners can raise that
much of a crop and the prices are
right, they will do as well or better
than any year heretofore.
The Nauvoo high school commence
ment exercises will be held on the
evening Of June 2 and there will be
four girls and four boys to graduate.
The Nauvoo district and high
school board have re-employed all the
teachers that taught last year except
Mr.. Conrad. Louis Hohl, Jr., has
been selected to fill his place.
Hyram Reed is very i'll in his Maui
VOC home with liver trouble and Dr.
C. F. Wahrer of FIT. Madison was
called in consultation with the local
physician regarding his condition.
August Koechli, a Nauvoo contrac-
tor has about finished the concrete
bridge over a creek south Of the city
on the boulevard. 1t is fine and
substantial piece of work and reflects
credit on the contractor.
The late rains are doing a world
of good to crops at Nauvoo and will
make things boom If the weather
turns warm by the time this gets into
print.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-23

In many NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have
suffered untold agony for years doc
torins for nervous weakness, stomach,
liver or kidney disease or some other
ai'ment when their real trouble was
lack of iron in the blood.-How to
tell.
New York, N. Yin a recent dis
course DR.. i. Sauer, a Boston physic-
ian, who has studied widely both in
thls country and Europe, and in great
european medical institutions, said.
Il you were to make an actual blood
TEST on all people who are i'll you
would probably be greatly astonished
az the exceedingly large number who
iack iron and who are i'll for no other
reason than the lack of iron. The mo-
ment iron is supplied all their multi
tude OF dangerous symptoms disap-
pear. Without iron the blood at once
, fuses the power to change food into
!Nlng tissue and therefore nothing
you eat does you any good; you don't
set the strength out of it. Your food
,,nereiy passes through your system
llke corn through a mill with the
rulers so wide apart that the mill
.ant grind. AS result of this con-
s.huous blood and nerve starvation,
people become generally weakened.
nerVous and all run down and fire.
. a,uently develop all sorts of condi-
hons. One is too thin; another is
ouIuened with unhealthy fat; some
ere SO weak they can hardly walk;
soile think they have dyspepsia, kid
icy or liver trouble; some can't sleep
AZ =, n,ght, others are sleepy and tired
~ Gay; some fussy and irritable;
Iolhe skinny and bloodless, but all
Ia ia'h physical power and endurance.
i Ill sucn cases, 1t Is worse than fool
nn to take stimulating medicines
~ =, narcotic drugs, which only whip
In ny your tagging vital powers for the
So,.l maybe at the expense of
. .uur life later on. No matter what
s, ns one tells you. II you are not
sale and we'll you owe it to your,
h er TO make the following test. See
Wv iong you can work or how far
~ can walk without becoming tired.