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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22
PEARSON'S UNION SERIES

PEARSON'S is running the history
of the American Labor Movement
in serial form. Following special
stories have appeared
Machinists, Postal Clerks, Street
Car Men, Typos, Cigar Makers, Tele-
graphers, Carpenters, BARRIERS, Mus
icians and Bakers.
Your own Union may be next
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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22
THE GRIEVANCES OF
THE UNITED STATES
AGAINST THE KAISER

Indictment of German policy by
Mr.. G. E. Foss, of Illinois, a dis
tinguished Member of Congress (de-
bate in House of Representatives
April 6, 1910:
GAS a reward for our neutrality
what have we received at the hands
of William H.?
"He has set the torch of the in
cendiary to our factories, our work.
shops, our ships, and our wharves.
"He has laid the bomb of the
assassin in our munition plants and
the holds of our ships.
"He has sought to corrupt our
manhood with selfish dream of
peace when there is no peace.
'He has destroyed our commerce.
"He seeks to terrorize us with his
devilish policy of frightfulness.
"He has violated every canon of
international decency and set at
naught every treaty and every pre-
cept of international law.
"He has plunged the world into
the maddest orgy Of blood, rapine,
and murder which history records.
"He has intrigued against our
peace at home and abroad.
"He seeks to destroy our civil
ization. Patience is no longer vir-
tue, further endurance is cowardice,
submission to Prussian demands is
slavery"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

still his had carried him.
deHim
night with like kiln
A
French but few months from his counterpart be American There
Fighting fight VIII has
force what he may? Join Red
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

CFOSS. It IS the WOunueu SOluieT 5
truest ally. 1t is his minister and
guardian. For him it is the star
of hope that shines in the trench
and on the field. Join this very
day-take a dollar membership,
a five or ten dollar One--a hun
dred dollar one if you can. Do
your part. If you cannot go, you
can give. Those going are giving
immeasureably more.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

1t took him just as he went up
over the trench parapet - took
him full in his bare and muscular
throat. 1t was hardly bigger than
one of those rubber erasers timed
to the ends of lead pencils. But
with the driving power of high
energy powder behind it's steel
jacketed nose, it was an altogether
competent and devidishly capable
aNant of 6eStruu1inn Hn lay nI1itn
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22
METAL TRADES WIN

VANCOUVER, British Columbia.
Canada-Metal trades craftsmen en-
ployed at the J. Coughlan & Sons
shipyards have won their strike for
improved conditions.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

Smoke Chas. Sheets CHALLENGE
10c Cigar.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

Try "BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, SC.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

CONTINUED on Page Four.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
THE BUTTER MONOPOLY
Cincinnati EnQuirer)


 Far and near comes the cry that the protective tariff off butter. and for the reason that the people voted it off other prOducts-the abuse Of the privilege. The protection herein referred to is the Oeomargarine which, in order to the butter industry, places tax of 10 cents pound upon the CoOred artificial spread and one fourth of one cent per pound upon the unColored.
 The proposal has been made that Congress repeal or substantially modify the oleomargarne law. Al once this raises the query whether any relief would come Observers of the markets have not overlooked the fact that the Oleomargarine manufacturers have kept their product at respectful but not remote dis tance from the price Of creamery butter, the alleged quotation from Egin serving them their automatic standard of regulation
 In this practice they have been both shortsghted and unfair 10 the consumer They were purblind in not recognizing that had they kept their product at a steady figure all the year round they would have secured for themselves an equally steady market for their output In fush times the average will neg olOmargarine and purchase the former In bad times he finds olemargarne almost out of his reach because O. it's price cOmpanionshp with butter. The sys- cm therefore, is a failure lt does not protect the consumer against fraud This is shown by the recent conviction of manufacturers in Chicago Columbus and St. Louis for evasion of the stamping their goods and payment of the tax.
 So far as the American consumer is concerned t would be best tO sweep all the present Olemargarne laws off the statute books and leave only those against fraudulent misrepresentation and deeteriOus aduera ton This would mean a free field for competition and probably end the rule of the butter barOns for 8 time at least In England, at the direction of the government, the people using olemargarine where ever possible a substitute for butter having the protection of their officials to the of receiving a pure article.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
ONLY A NOTION
KetcbikaD Progressive.Nliner)

CKetchikan Progressiye-Niner)
 Obviously we getting very notional-or is lt progressveness. Whatever 1t is the world seems to have reached state unreliability that is causing uneasness in spots For instance, when the European war was everybody agreed that there was not sufficient cause to fight over. l was merely a notion Some called it madness" Subsequent events have proved the tendency of the time; which is to be notOnal like the sinking of the Lusitania No cause for 1t, yet it done-a notion Coming closer to home. the people of the State of Washington year ago took the notion to make the State dry; and dry it went Still imbued with a notiOna feeling few days ago the people of Seattle took notion and made a run on the banks for no apparent reason. Their notion in this respect while the result has not proven catastrophe, yet it caused great deal of worry. Our neighbors did that But right at home is where lind the notiona people in the world because no doubt their action or notions effect us directly.
 Before the last election 1t conceded by nine tenths Of the voters that Wlckersham could not be defeated Just then the people took notion and de- Geated nina defeat well deserved, but a notion nevertheless The greatest notion of them all that of making Alaska dry. This thought the very acme of notions but doomed 10 another dis appointment and it came with the introduction by our defeated delegate of Bone dry measure for our Territory, which was followed by the further notion of Congress to enact into law. Now, can we not call this nOtiOnal said before is 1t progressive ness? Whatever it is, one never knows where he is at these days. One thing that certain of is that this nOtiOned tendency will not increase the pos sibity of any sprOutmg wings. If it did. we would encourage it that the noonal people might fly away and leave to end days in peace. We say peace because notion often causes great deal oi trouble, and trouble should be avoided.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
U. s. GAINS s4.ooo.ooo,oOo

Relatively speaking and comparing conditions with those which obtained before the War when American travellers carried $35o0OOOoO to foreign countries and the United States paid interest and dividends on $600OOOOOOO of foreign investments in bonds stocks and other securities. the United States gained more than S4OOoOOoOOO last year through her transactions with foreign countries. Most of this of course, the S&,2oOOOOOOO balance Of trade in our favor The rest in inieres, and dividends paid this country on our foreign investments. the money saved by staying home and seeing America first and the money saved in interest and dividends as result Of paying off debts and repurchasing our securities In these days is estimated that the United States has gained approximately $7OOOOOOOOO since the begin. ming ot the war in Europe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
PosTuAsTERs AND POLITICS

Just before approving the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill the Senate added an amendment placing all pOstmasters on the civil ser. vice list. The bill will go to conference with that provision but it is predicted that it will emerge without it.
 Very likely the prediction is true. for there will be opposition. and with only few weeks remaining of crowded session any opposition will be powerful. However the time will probably come when the post offices will be completely discovered from politics. At present empOye of the post office may. by meritOrious service attain any rank except the high est rank in the largest post offices These are still reserved as political rewards, but the logic which underies the present civil service laws applies as well to poscmasterships as to the lower grades
 If it is a good thing to have a trained man for deputy postmaster cannot be less desirable to have trained postmascers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
ONE CONGRESSMAN FOR ALASKA

When the Alaska prohibition bill was pending in Congress Representative Curry California contended that many features were in the Wckersham bill that were not in the proposition that submitted to the people of Alaska at the late election and he asserted that these propositions that the people of this Territory should decide upon. The California Repre- sentative gave expression to one of the reasons why the prohibition law in Alaska should have been an AIaska,made law The Legislature that cOuyenes here next month should have passed the prohibition law It would have done it had Congress granted a full Territorial form of government. Congress would have given Alaska full Territorial form Of govern ment f Delegate Wickersham had asked it to do so.
 As a matter Of fact, Delegate Wickersham did not aid the California Congressman who desired to let AasEans decide upon certain phases Of the pro- hi6i;ion statute. He wanted a Federal law and wanted il quick He always stops short before the home line is crossed
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Our Daily Special Well-Oiled Tongues Cause Most of The Friction In Life.
Tnke MnI.nke SaYs

LuhG A4NAuhk ehkye
 The best way to be happy, though married, is to pay the freight and | let your wife run the home.
 We laugh at the ostrich. Then we close our eyes to our own faults and imagine that other people are equally blind.
 Women, Chinese laundry tickets and doctors prescriptions are three things that man cant fathom.
 One thing we like about a fat man is that when he is in dim ing room he wears his napkin the same way he wears it in barber shop.
 Don't imagine that it is generosi- ty that makes the average man give himself away.
 Some men would rather spend their time hunting for jobs than go to work
 One half the world doesn't seem 10 understand that it is none of its business how the other half lives.
 Consider the Postage Stamp. 1t knows that the way to get there is 10 stick on the job
 Many a man who brags about his wonderful command of language doesn't know how to say No" at the right time
 When a man cant make state ment without wanting to bet on it, it is a sign that he is a liar.
 What has become of the old fashioned Mother who hoped that her son would be a Minister when he grew up?
 The only time some men make a noise in the world is when they are sound asleep.
 If 1t had been the PrOdigal Illus band who returned instead of the Prodigal Son he would have received ! roast instead of a Catted calf.
 There is the making of a future fnancier in the small boy who sells ! bite from his apple for two "mim- mics" and then turns the worm hole in the apple for the purchaser to bite from.
 And what has become of the old fashioned man who used to go to he barber shop for a bath every Saturday night?
 We are all unselish enough to let the other fellow have anything that we have no use for.
 A lot of these suffs who so 10 lcar lectures on "Thc Influence of Women As Applied to Practical Gov 2rnment" should be at home dem )nstrating the Influence of d Broom as Applied to the Floor"
 THE ENTpTRE'S cIaesiHods nav
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
A BOOK ABOUT VERMONT

PIethoric westerners may dig the tears they have been shedding the abandoned farms of New England at least that part of New England which is known Vermont In the last six years the aver age yield Of to the acre in that State has been exceeded by Illinois but and by Iowa but once.
 We take that statement from a little book issued by direction Of the General Assembly of Vermont for the purpose of advertising abroad the virtues of the State place to live in to do business in and to visit We learn also that the per capita production Of butter in Vermont oyerops that of any other State and that the value Of farm products per acre in Vermont is very much higher than the average value for the country.
 We do not suppose that an immediate migration would start from the West toward Vermont if we all the glowing figures of vermonts agricultural excellence and threw in few general remarks on Vermont scales, maple sugar, pipe organs and marble to boot but there might be movement to copy some Of VermOnt's methods if the Vermont idea were sui iiciently exploited.
 When northern mountain State that has been
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
DnnhtleSs.

"It says here that new electric pen will write 600 words a min ute," said the old Fogy.
 That must be the pen the nov ing picture actors use when they are writing letters in the films, com mented the Crouch.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
ADVANTAGE WITH PACIFIC COAST AND SOUTH
lDanas Newsl

CDauas News)
 And then, there in Cleveland, where snow block. ades the citys streets and the unfortunate inhabi. tants of that frigid zone lost several hours while waiting for the tracks 10 be cleared Why won't people come to Laredo and be happy?
 When mans home is in the frozen north and he cant get away, he tells himself and all listeners, that he dearly loves frigd climate. It inyigorates the body and buOys the mind of man. says the north erner But maybe you have noticed that after a man moves from away up beyond Messrs Mason and Dixon line and spends few winters in the milder Cmes os the South or the Pacific Coast he takes great fancy to moderate weather and strict mdddltng her. mOmeters. 'I used 10 like the snow thing" he con tesses, and enjoyed five months of freezes and two months of slush, but never again." His qualification Is as great though perhaps less naive than that oi the EsquimauX who brought to civilization by missionary, 'I like it here" he sent word to his Greenland kin and l sleep with my boots off"
 The Presidents address has made the Senate re- uctant to talk. If he would visit that body little more frequently perhaps the Senate might get the habit Of silence-(Phiadelphia Evening Ledger)
 Prof. Taft apparently was not sure he favored the Presidents peace plan until he heard that Teddy says it is the vision of "transcendental dreamer- Indianapolis StarJ
 Thus far the leak inquiry board has discovered nothing much except that number of people said what NIT. Lawson said they said.-(St Louis Re publicJ
 The gentlemen who insist that if T. R. were President he could stop the war are wrong. T. R.'s specially was starting Something,-(New York Ameri- 
 There seems to be a Colonel and Bryan possibility in 1920. There is no bee buggy and busy the presidential insect-(St. Louis PostDisDatch)
 The eageness Of Senator PenrOse to wage poll tical cleanup in Pennsylvania indicates that somebody else has already started one-(sayannah News)
 Munitions explosions no longer excite our people Colonel Roosevelt has accustomed to things of that sort-( Charleston News and Courier.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Warizel! Green I've quit eating meat. Brown-Doctor's orders? Green-No, bankers orders.
By Hex ]

A farmer living near Marinette, Wis, came to town in his High Power Henry and got very drunk and ran into one of those iron things used in small towns as substitutes for traffic cops. He was arrested and fined $1. He paid the fine, and said to the Judge: You are a fine bunch here You might hey known that if you put that dern thing right
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

The Italians report that they have captured two Austrian submarines and that they are now serving in the Italian navy It is worth noting that there Is not word in the report about how the trick was turned
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

farmed since long before the Revolution can grow more corn to the acre than Illinois does there must be something in the Vermont farmers bag of tricks that is worth knowing
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
The Wise Fool

"Thc good that men do is inferred with their bones" observed the Sage.
 Well" replied the Fool, most of the collins are not crowded so you could notice it."
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Haw. Flaw !

At the wedding of Knight Rain water to Mary Turnipseed, at Mil lington, Tenn the organist absent mindedly played, What Shall the Harvest Be-"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Another way to tell that a girl is getting grown is because she is de- yeloping corns on her toes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Oh

Some schoolteachers are married, but a majority of them are single But what we started to say was that Iva Husband, who teaches school at Webster, S. Dak., hasn't any.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
j WETyE

Isn't This Beautiful Weather!
 WANTED-A wash woman to work with all modern conveniences situated in the basement. Apply at 5O2 Tytus ayenue.-(Ad in Mid' dletOwn, Ohio, EXchange.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
One Moment. Please ]

Cease this ribald levity for a mo- ment while you learn that Grafton Nuttrec is a student at the Wooster (Ohio) high school.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke MCLuke
 -:- Copyright by Cincinnati En-
 quirer.
Turf

Turf!
 Ut is absolutely impossible to get n drink of whiskey in Iceland under the present laws" observed the Dry Man.
 "Gosh!" unused the Wet Man. Just think of all that perfectly good ice going to waste!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
FLASHLIGHTS

What has become of the old-fash- toned bartender who took pride in his profession?
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Capt Richmond P. Hobson has transferred his residence to Illinois It is recorded that he has put i'll in Illinois, but it is cinch that he will put noise there.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

One reason why a young man can afford to buy q ring for his sweet hearts finger is because he doesn't have to buy anything for her feet.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
flaw. flaw!

Nature plays jokes on some Pro- hibitionists by giving them red noses, and fate plays jokes on some of them by giving them queer names. All of which to preface the information that Fuller Nall, of Elizabethtown, Ky, is a Prohibi- tiOnist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Personally We are very progress siye, but we decline to pay as much for a modern egg as we used to give for a cocoatnut
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Our guess is that the Russian Cabinet will find 1t hard to keep the lid on long Protopopoff is a member.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Aw Gwan l

'I love my sailing yacht" said
 Black, With me she always makes a
 hit: For when I set her on tack She doesn't cuss a single bit"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

One Oscar Underwood and several Bankheads doubtless feel that it was not Alabama's loss when one Hobson transferred his residence to Illinois
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Maybe you also have noticed that when a woman has pretty feet she never sits on both at the same time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Notice

If High Stakpole, of Clay Center, Kan, will join the Club we can use him on the roof.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Ynm. Yum.

Whether it be sQuab, chick en, capon, a turkey, or a goose, We want it plump. But what we started to say was that Stout Bird lives in Louisville, Ky.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Whats the Fare to Belefontaine?
 NOTICE
 To the Public in General: That on and after January 22, 1917 that I will conduct an open and nOn-eXclusiye barber shop.
 J. l. HICKS. .(Ad in Bellefontaine Examiner)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
Goat

The crooked butcher heard a slam, And faced mad Mir. Gliding; Who yelled: Say when order
 lamb,
 l wish you'd stop your kidding!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
ASKED TO CUT DOWN FOOD.

ROME, Feb. 9.-Italians are asked to eat 1.76 ounces less of bread or paste and O9 ounce less of meat each day, in an address which Mini stor Bianchi has just delivered to the country. Minister Bianchi de- clared all Italians should adopt the war diet immediately in order to help the nation achieve victory in it's war against the Central Powers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

THE EMPIRES cIassiGods pay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09
in the middle of the street some one would run into it."

Names Is Names Carrie Dedman lives at Lawrence burg, Ky
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

%fHE EMPIRE-AIl the News All the Time, When 1t Is News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

The Presidents address has made the Senate re- luctant to talk If he would visit that body a little more frequently perhaps the Senate might get the habit Of sLlence.-LPhLadelghia Evening Ledger.l
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Prof Taft apparently was not sure he favored the Presidents peace plan until he heard that Teddy says it is the vision of "transcendenta dreamer - Indianapolis Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

Thus far the leak inquiry board has discovered nothing much except that number of people never said what Mr. Lawson said they said-(St Louis Re Dublic)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

The gentlemen who insist that if T. R. were President he could stop the war are wrong T. R.s Decialy was starting Something.-( (New York Ameri- anJ
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-09

There seems to be Colonel and Bryan possibility n 1920 There is no bee so buggy and busy the insect.-(St. Louis PostDispatch)