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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
TRADES COUNCIL
Wednesday, Dec. y, 1917,

Wednesday, Dec. u, 1917.
Council called to order at 8 p. M.
by President J.. B. Moncur.
Bro. j. b. CALLAHAN, of the Plumb
ers' Union, was obligated as dele
gate.
Vice President North being absent
Bro. Beck filled the chair.
Mr.. Thompson Of the Scotch Wool
en- Mills, addressed the Council. The
Secretary was instructed to commun-
icate with the Garment Workers in
Chicago in the Scotch Woolen Mills
matter.
J. P. McChesne.a answering let
ter from the Council asking him to
accept the Presidency of the New
Chamber of Commerce, said that he
had not changed his mind in regard
to non-acceptance of the office.
The innovation in industrial af-
fairs made by women taking jobs
heretofore held by men only was
thoroughly discussed. The Council
adopted the following resolutions eX-
pressing the sense of the Council in
this matter:
Whereas. it has come to atten-
ton of the Everett Trades Council
that certain employers of Everett
and vicinity are replacing male en-
ployees with women at great re-
duction in the wage scale, and it is
the opinion of the Everett Trades
Council that said women should re-
ceive the same wage scale as the
men they replace; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Everett Trades
Council go on record as being in ia
vor of all women who replace men,
receiving the same wage scale as
the men whom they replace; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Everett Trades
Council is in no sense opposed to
the present practice Of replacing men
employees, until the termination of
the war, under the conditions as
stated above; and be it further
Resolved, That copy of these
resolutions be furnished to the daily
papers of Everett, to the Washing
ton State Federation Of Labor, and
to Samuel Gompefs, President of the
American Federation of Labor, ask
ing the latter to take up this mat
ter with the national government to
the end that the practise of where
women replace men they should re
ceive mems wages.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14

Halvor Guam, steamship agency,
Everett, Wash.
In addition to these the following
will also be members: Capt. D. G.
Dietrickson, of steamship "Niels
Nelson" Haugesund, Seattle; Capt.
Egil Johnson, Seattle Representative
B. Nelson, Haugesund, Nor
way; Capt. Emil Gabrielsen, steam
ship "Dicto," Seattle, Wash; Atty.
J. Crawford Biggs, San Francisco,
and Washington, D. c.; Naval Archi-
tect Gabriel Hofgaard, Bergen, Nor
way, and Portland, Ore; Naval Arch
itect and Engineer Olaf Hettleselter,
Portland and Bergen shipbuilder;
D. F. Grant, Glasgow, Scotland and
Oakland, CAL; Capt F. K. Dedrick,
San Francisco; John F. Neild, Oak
land, Cal, charge Moore & Scott
plants; George P. Grant, San Fran
cisco, charge of Union Iron Works.
This concern will be prepared to
construct five 9,800-ton steel ships
at the same time and will require
$500 men to do the work. These
ships will be 1000 tons larger than
those now under construction by
Skinner & Eddy at Seattle.
The heretofore talked Of cutting of
a new channel for the Snohomish
River through the jetty west of the
mouth of the river will be done by
the Government and the channel
will be dredged. The company will
do it's own dredging on that part of
the waterway which skirts its ship
yard property.
The Government will see that this
new concern gets all the steel nee
essary to the construction of ships.
This rekindling of hope in the
hearts of Everett folk comes as a
Christmas gift ard brings promise
of a prosperous New Year for the
"City of Smokestacks."
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
JURY DISAGREED

The jurymen in the trial of Thorn
as Sullivan for perjury reported an
irreconclable disagreement on last
Sunday morning and Judge Aston
dismissed them. This case grew out
of Sullivan's testimony in the Oscar
Carlson suit for $4,000 damages for
injuries received in the Verona bat
tie on November 5, 1916. Sullivan
swore he saw Robert Moody and
H. D. Cooley with rifles strapped
to their backs on that day and saw
the first shot fired from the dock.
1t will be a long time ere the
Verona battle is forgotten
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
NEW GAS RATES
EFFECTIVE ON
DECEMBER 10

The Public Service Commission has
notified the Puget Sound Gas Com
pany Of revision of its rates, be-
coming effective December 10.
The company gained one point
asked for, that being the discount
of Sc per 1000 feet for the prompt
payment of bills. The old min
imum rate of SOC is retained, but
the monthly 25c ready-to-serve
charge is not allowed.
The old rate of $120 for $4,000
feet is reduced to $1l5. The com
pany gets an increase of 1Oc per
1000 from users of 10000 feet.
The tariff has been modified to
read as follows:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
ERNEST p. MARSH
AT HOME MONDAY

E. P. Marsh was a visitor in his
own home town last Monday. Bro
Marsh is still busy with the work
Of the Presidents Mediation Com
mission. which is now trying to in
duce the lumbermen to grant the
8-hour day to their employees as it
VIII inevitably become the rule.
They are asked to DO this from.
motives of patriotism.
Better working conditions particu-
larly in the logging camps is de-
sired and urged upon the lumber
men.
While here Bro Marsh said it
was expected the commission would
be on its way to Washington about
the end of this week and possibly
would stop at Butte on the way.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
Yours very truly,
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

The Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen had well-attended meet
ing Saturday night at which the
strike of the packing house butch
ers was discussed This union asks
the public to avoid the Carstens
Meat Market. They reported the
strike on in the Frye, Carstens,
Barton and Henry packing houses
and the Meat Cutters in all shops
where the meat products of these
four packing firms are sold walked
out. They reported the st. Clair
Packing Company on the fair list.
The Carpenters had small meet
ing and reported all members work
ing.
The Musicians had an election of
officers for the year 1913 and re-
ported all members working. Fol
lowing are the officers elected
President, w. w. Caldwell; Vice
President, F. Oscar Ecklund; Secre-
tary-Treasurer, Frank C. Wagner;
Sergeant-at-Arms, G. G. Locke.
The Molders held special meet
ing and discussed the question OF
women in industry, declaring that
women in mems jobs must receive
mems pay.
The Plumbers had a good meet
ing and reported all members work.
ing.
The Single Weavers reported that
the Shingle Weavers and Timber
workers international Unions were
seriously considering the question OF
olidating-making one big unior
for the entire lumber industry. Five
Cooperative mills are working
hours in Everett and vicinity.
The Tailors had a good meeting
and elected the following Officers
for the ensuing term: President
Fred Pearson; Vice-PresiSent, D
Dahlin; Financial Secretary, c
Christianson; Corresponding Secre
tary, A. Dieterle; Treasurer, }. A
Beck; Sergeant-at-arms, Fred Lind
eren; Member Board of Control La
Dor Journal, j. A. Beck; Delegates
to Trades Council, A. Dieterle, j. A
Beck and C. Christianson. The
Tailors concurred in the resolutions
adopted by the Executive Committee
of the State Federation of Labor
Bros. Beck, Kingshot and Snyder
were appointed a committee to in
vestigate the charges of unfairness
against the Carstens Packing Co.
The Council adjourned.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
MUST WEAR "WOMANALLS''

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Men en-
ployed in the plant of the Otis Ele-
vator company have received warn
my that they will pc discharfed if
they ridicule the combination "wo-
manalls" worn by the women work
ers in the factory. More than
100 are employed in the mechan-
ical departments. Many of them
threatened to leave unless the male
employees ceased jibing them about
their uniforms.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14

The West Coast Lumber Associa-
ton, in a meeting held at the Hotel
Washington in Seattle last night,
gave out nothing for publication
other than that the lumbermen will
stick to the Ten-hour workday, not
wthstanding large majority of
its members favor the Eight-hour
day.
The Association has determined, so
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
SPEED UP WAR WORK

Secretary Baker, in his weekly
war summary, urges the government
to get busy and speed up its war
work. He points out that the Boil
sheviki deal with Germany has made
it possible for the latter to strong
ly reinforce its armies on the French
and Italian fronts. The Bolsheviki
are a great aid to the Kaiser.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
THE X. Of c. DRIVE
FOR WAR CAMP FUND

The Knights of Columbus have
allotted to Snohomish and Island
Counties the sum of $500 as their
share of the K. of C. war fund. 1t
is hoped that before this paper
reaches its readers the allotment
will be oversubscribed.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
SAMUEL RAGAN
PASSED AWAY

Samuel O. Ragan, for 20 years a
resident of Everett, died at his resi-
dence, 2403 Everett Avenue, Tues
day morning, aged AS years. De-
ceased is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Anna F. Ragan.
Sam Ragan has for l5 years oc-
cupied clerical positions and for the
last seven years has been clerk to
the county commissioners.
Mr.. Ragan was member in
good standing of the Elks.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon, at o'clock at the Elks
Home.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
JACK DONOVAN
HIT BY AN AUTO

Last Monday night, while crossing
Hewitt Avenue, west of Grand,
John Donovan was struck by de-
livery auto and knocked to the
ground. He was rushed to DR..
Quigley's office, where it was found
he sustained a scalp wound and a
cut over the eye.
Jack Donovan is a well known cit
izen, having been a longshoreman in
Everett for 27 years.
His many friends will be pleased
to learn that Jack is not seriously
injured
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14

Immediately after the acquittal of
Isreal Weinberg the attorneys for
defense moved for bail and Judge
Dunno took the matter under ad-
visement, as the Fickert outfit op-
posed it. Weinberg went back to
Jail There'll come a time some day.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
WEST COAST LUMBER ASSOCIATION
HOLDS FAST TO TEN-HOUR WORkDAY

it leaked out, to make no chaoge in
working time and conditions until
the meeting of representatives Of
the lumbermen from all parts Of
the country in Chicago, prob
ably in January, when, it is intimat-
ed an effort will be made to come
to an eight-hour agreement.
So far as known the Mediation
Commission was able to make no
dent in the Associations hat.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
EDITOR WATTS Is
RELEASED ON BAIL

After having been interned seven
weeks in the Seattle detention sta
ton, was released on bail Wednes-
day, and is back in Everett with his
friends. He will preside at a meet
ing Sunday, when he will give a
short talk on his experiences dur
ing his detention
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
SAM DALE TAKES
A TUMBLE

Sam Dale, of the Carpenters I'm
ion, while working on a garage at
the corner of Kroner and Thirty
third street, Wednesday morning,
fell down from a shipping ladder,
hurting his ankle, shoulder and sus-
tanning other bruises. Fortunately
no bones We're broken and Sam
will lay off for the Christmas hol-
idays.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
THE EY'EPETT
COMMERCIAL CLUB

The Everett Commercial Club held
it's annual meeting Wednesday night
and discussed the question of merg-
ing with the New Chamber of Com
merce. 1t was decided "That the
consolidation of this club with the
new body shall be left to the dis
cretion of the board of directors,
provided tllcy make proper show
ing"
A statement made by acting sec
retary Edward Mills shows there
are 275 members paid to December
/. and 20 paid to January l, with
4G only one-quarter in arrears and
81 a half year behind, total of
372.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
PORTLAND BREAD
&c PER POUND

PORTLAND, Dec. 10.--One-pound
loaves of bread cost 8 cents and 1a-
pound loaves are selling for 13 cents
here today, as a result of an agree
ment reached between the Master
Bakers association and the federal
food administration.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14
THE WOMAN'S CARD
AND LABEL LEAGUE

The Woman's Card and Label
League Red Cross Auxiliary will
meet this afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. Smith, 1915 Rainier Ave.
The League will meet in regular
session at the Labor Temple this
evening. when several candidates will
be initiated.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14

Our old friend Tom Cooley has
accepted position with c. A..
Healey as plumbers helper. Tom is
entitled to congratulations for max
ing a sensible move like that.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14

The following is the rate per 1000
cubic feet when used in quantities
over 1000 feet:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-14

Try 'BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, SC.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
EX-JUDGE CRITICISES
 CIVIL SERVICE LAW AS
 NOW ON STATUTE BOOKS

Hartford, March 7-Walter H. Clark, former judge of the Hartford police court, told the Judiciary com mittee yesterday afternoon that the present civil service law was one in name only and that it would be better for the state to have mo law than a law so ridiculous. MT. Clark was speaking in favor of bill introduced in the House by Representative Sam uel Russell, Jr., providing for the ex- tension of civil service to employees of elective and appointive offices.
 The bill would take away from the governor the power to exempt any officer in the state upon petition, would make it possible for the head of a department to remove subordi- mates, would bring all boards and commissions back under the civil ser vice except the non-partisan com missions serving without pay; would cut out the clause giving elective of fcers power to exempt their depart ments, and would put back into the law the plan of competition, substi- tuting the words ,''who stands high est'' for "who' are efficient
 Judge Clark, President Farnham of the Connecticut Civil Service Reform Associations Oliver M Thurman, as- sistant secretary of the Phoenix Mu- tual Insurance Company, Colonel Isaac M. Ullman and Charles J. Ben nett, state> highway commissioner, spoke in favor of the bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
PUBLIC OPINION
Editor, The Farmer
 H. c. OF l..

f.sWaste of potash means want of produce-fa famine. To turn rivers and harbors into open cesspools is any iota of, intelligence can sense that food. Vast quantities of fish and shell-ish1 are destroyed Nor rendered unfit for food.
 / Potash is absolutely essential in the production of farm and garden crops. There are many farms in New England, New York and New Jersey that hardly pay to cultivate. This is a condition in the United States, new country and a young nation-what will happen a few cen turies hence ?
 9 China is one of the oldest inhabit- ed countries on the globe, and has maintained it's soil fertility all these centuries. The Chinese eat but little meat, living principally on vegetables and the soil there is wonderfully pro- ductive, notwithstanding thel fact tha, it has produced the maximum number of heavy crops every year.
 Tn the United States millions of dol lars Of potash is wasted every year Not only is this mineral on which life depends wasted and washed into the sea, but millions and millions more dollars are spent every year to do it. and the health of the whole nation is endangered by so doing. Note the pollution of all our great lakes and rivers where the water is pumped up and used for drinking purposes.
 If our scientists were awake, es- pecially those who are paid by our state and national governments, this condition would be corrected.
 It must fbe done eventually, as con- ditions, sthe preservation of our coun- try and the people will compel it.
 Without potash farm land quickly becomes ''exhausted.' To make such land fertile and productive it is neces- sary to supply potash. Waste of potash means want of pro duce-famine.
 PORTER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
TEMPERANCE BILL IS
 NOT CLEAR AT HEARING

Hartford, March 7-House bill 32O, which was introduced by Represents tive Rose, and drawn up by H. IT. ance Union, seemed to be somewhat in the form of joke, when it was heard by the excise committee yes terday. c. J. Danaher of Meriden was present to discuss the bill, but after reading it over several times, said that he could not see any sense to it. The bill seemed to provide that no wholesale dealer shall sell, exchange, receive orders for or deliver liquor except from a licensed retail dealer. Several of the members of the com mittee were in doubt as to the mean ing of the bill and after the original had been read, MT. Spooner said that he saw the fault with it, but that it was not like the one that he drew up. He then produced his original bill, and after several had compared and read it back to each other, it was found that the working was ex- actly the same, the only difference being in the placing of two commas, which made little difference.
 MT. Spooner explained that the in- tent of the bill was to prevent retail business under a wholesale liquor li- cense. After the bill had been dis cussed, MT. Spooner said that the bill, even though it was not very clear, served the purpose for which it was introduced, as it had stirred up the retail dealers and paved a way for another bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
CAPT. WHEELER FAVORS
 REGULATION OF JITNEYS

Hartford, March 6-A committee representing the jitney association of Bridgeport. headed by William w Bent, counsel for the association, ap- peared before the judiciary committee yesterday afternoon ifavoring, in a measure, the bill giving power to the common council of the city of Bridge port to license, register and limit the use of automobiles and other motor vehicles on the streets of Bridgeport and requiring the registering by the owner, proprietor or lessee of any ma- chine engaged in the jitney business of a bond. The jitney drivers were in favor of the limiting of the number of machines to be put into this business, an examination of the drivers and the limiting of the bond to not more than $1, 900.
 Representative Robert N. Blakes1ee of Bridgeport, who introduced the bill ana Captain Charles A. Wheeler of the Bridgeport police, appeared in sup port of .he bill. Representative time there are thousands of jitneys operating in Bridgeport and tha. these machines carry 10000 people each day. He said that the street car ser. vice in Bridgeport was never adequate and asked that Bridgeport be given the power to regulate jitney traffic and to secure bonds from every jitney driv- 1 cir as protection against accidents as according to. the representative, 25 pel cent. of the jitney drivers in the city do not own their own cars.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
HARVESTER GO.
 SUIT HEARD BY
 SUPREME COURT

Washington, March 7.-Hearings on the government antitrust suit to dis solve the International Harvester Go. were continued today by the supreme court. Three hours is the time usually allotted by the court for arguments, but in this case, owing to the impor- tance of the issues involved, the time was extended to eight hours. /
 In opening the case for the so-called Harvester trust Edgar A. Bancroft of Chicago contended that the proportion of trade controlled should not cause dissolution unless the defendants ex- ercise actual and harmful repression, which is denied.
 That the Sherman laws prohibitions do not distinguish between tgood' and load combinations and bar those which occupy 'ipreponderant posi- tion'' in a given industry is the gov ernment's contention, set for presenta- tion today by Solicitor General Davis, Assistant Attorney General Todd and others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
WATERS MAY STRIKE
 IN NEW YORK CLUES

New York March 7-Waiters at seven downtown luncheon clubs, &C., New York Club Employees association will present demands for higher wages and better working conditions and will strike if they do not get them. The walters want $2 day for six days a week the year around, a working days of 12 hours, the privilege of buying their own food during working hours, abolition of Christmas gratuities, sani- tary uniforms and no dish washing. One hundred and twenty-five walters, who walked out of the Bankers club of America last Tuesday are still on strike
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-07
THE JEWISH
 CARNIVAL.

What Mardi Gras or Shrove Tues day is to Christians, the festival of Pufim is to the @Jews---a- carnival sea- son, convivial and social in it's nature, and celebrated with laughter and merrymaking. Among the Hebrews on this side of the Atlantic few of the old Purim ceremonies and festivities have been perpetuated, but the spirit of the festival remains The obser- vance of Purim will begin at sunset this evening, and will continue through, tomorrow. .g y Purim is based on the events re- corded in the book of Esther. Those least familiar with Scriptures will re- call the story of the Splottings of the wicked Haman, who conspired to de- stroy the Persian Jews, and how he was foiled by Esther and Mordecai, and was hanged. Of late years high CT critics, both Christian and Jewish, have been inclined to view the book of Esther as largely imaginary-the work of some Jewish dramatist of un- usual skill. The fact that the author makes no mention of God has inclined many Jews toward denying the au- thenticity of the tale. It has been shown that Purim really originated in
 
 feast. aa
 Sacred or profane, the story of Es- ther will never lose it's popularity with the Jews. since itspresents in Haman type Of the cruel oppressors who have, through the ages, fpersecuted the children of Isreal.
 Purfm has been most generally and jOyously celebrated during periods of persecution. Throughout the middle ages, when Christians devoted a large share of their energies to prosecuting Jews and heretics, the annual Furim play was the great event of the year in the ghetto settlements of European cities. The children burned Hannah in effigy, and their elders also had a similar ceremony. Boys and girls in grotesque attire went through the streets of the ghetto, singing Purim doggerels and collecting small coins. The present Purim service includes the reading of the book of Esther in the synagogues. It Is read from a written scroll called the Megillah, and as delivered by the celebrated cantors of the larger synagogues, with an ac- compartment of solemn and stately ceremonial, it is we'll worth hearing. In the strictly orthodox synagogues one may still hear sung the great Purim compositions of the Jewish lit urgical bards of France, Spain,s Italy and Germany.
 A custom originating centuries ago, and still followed in many Jewish communities, was that; of making a Purim collection for the benefit of the poor. It is a high tribute to the Jews that. even in the middle ages when they were constantly and fero- ciously persecuted. the distribution o1 the money thus raised was made with. out distinction as to race or religion and Christian paupera were often the recipients of Hebrew charity.