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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-22

tons He 3 3! J. IS 'n!s j. g> 3 Ss9s $:
lie Lot Said sections reputed - be owned b!
job! John CASSIDY. ct al, and contain eleven thousand
r. 10 s NoRT pif d p1vIsloH part or being sec
0 and aS part a. Of Sections Is and 3 not no acde
t rG h Lot a Contain
TWo-MILE STRIP NoRTH or T, no. 3. NORTH
strip or lots 49, A. A. Is a and IS Said lots are
three thousand nine h hundred twenty-five acres
rW Wors G IE SIS NORTH OF r. NO. 8 NORTH
DIVISION part 9f being the west half Of sait
@ Or o Be g. % 1 "a end orrs sad an o5s
tain three thousand nine hundred twenty-five acres
T. 10. !. North DIVISION, part Of being sec
tons 49, "A, 10, Is. IL 49, 49, 20 81 o. % and "a il
owned by II. f. Eaton & Sons and contain sever
thousand nine hundred eighty-six acres. more Of
7. 10. T. NORTH DIVISION. part Of, being sec
seeons 3 and S 90 ad ad
to be ~ the St. Sox S
NJ SohTH PiSis5oN Part Of hsi9s sec
ship. Said sections are reputed d. to be owned by
Taber o.. Bailey and contain I'VE thousand sever
Mo NoR Of 'f tina
of 70 an Is na1 d ae in tha
a ad 4 in be saa N e s1 We 5
tains two thousand six hundred eighty-three acres
T. NO. 4, NORTH DIVISION, part of, being sec
tons Sc. a., As and the half Of sections 49,
and Al, in said township Said sections are repute,
to be owned by the Machias Lumber Co and con
tain two thousand eight hundred thrty-four acres
STRIP North OF r NO. L. NORTH DIVISION
Said strip is reputed to be owned bv H. F. Eator
& Sons and contains eight thousand two hundred
seven acres, more or less
T. NO. Z, SOUTH DIVISION part or being a lot o
land in the southwest corner of said township Sait
lot is reputed to be owned by Frank P. Moves ant
contains two hundred acres. more less
7. NO. I. SOUTH pIvISION. part OF. being lot o
land next north of land said to be owned by Franl
p Moves in the southwest part Of said township
said lot is reputed to be owned by John H Trac,
and contains eighty eight acres. more or less
r NO Z SOUTH DIVISION. part Of being lot O
land next north of land said to be owned by job
n Tracy in the southwest part of said TOWNSHIP
Said LOT is reputed to be owned by Sarah Hi
and contains twenty live acres. moro or less
r. 10. I. SOUTH DIVISION, part OF, being a 10
sarah Hill in the southwest part of said town
ship said lot is reputed to be owned BY W
Mnrtn ard contains thirteen acres more or less
r 10 !. SoUTH DIVISION: part Of. being a lot O
land next north of land said to be owned by ". r
said lot is reputed to BE owned by Martha n Dun
bar and contains fifteen acres. more or less D1i
r NO !. SOUTH DIVISION. part Of being Ia
OF land next north Of land said to be owned i,
.an.hin said Is reputed owned bv S Salf
liam Hill and contains seventy-hve acres NOR,
rorN foes'7 SOUTH DIVISION. part Of being :.
- IA ns on the north side Of Morancey Ponds 10
% mart of said township. boundad ~ I'M
inws on the west by the town OF Sullivan. as as 70
"rfh by land said to be owned by willis 0n n
nn on the by land said to be owned bv Geod
s.sGI smith and contains nifty acres mors n ne b,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-22
STATE OF MAINE.

Office. April J. 1915
in
HANCOCK COUNTY WILD LANDS.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
STR|kE ERS:: ARE ] /
TERMED.l0!!AF|ERS o!
West Virginia Law Makes v k! \ ]. Idle
Men Subject to Arrest for
Vagrangy. =.


WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 24.--Men
who go on strike in West Virginia are
liable to arrest for vagrancy under the
new vagrancy law rushed through the
last special session ofsthe legislature.
The law provides, under penalty of ar
rest and sentence for vagrancy, that
able-bodied men, between the ages Of
16 and so, must be employed in some
lawful, useful and recognized. business
or occupation wherebysth they may earn
sufficient income to support them
selves and those legally dependent
upon them. x = ss s.: s r. 7: ::
A number of. strikers already have
been arrested under.this new law.
The restlessness of organized labor in
West Virginia is com sdeds to be the
impe11ing force that neeessitated an
extraordinary session of the Legislature
to pass this law
.s,i: Under. the g1lise OF attacking the
s1oafedT;' ? says q west svirginfa labor Of
ficial, "the state legislature created
the most effective instrument for the
breaking Of strikes. .t:.-@ :.
:e,st::sHEhe sinister aspect the .law is
to be seen In the fact that no, penalty
is provided for the man who with
holds work from others eager for the
opportunity to earn. Lockouts are
legal, while strikes are criminal
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
MUST ADVANCE
billion DOLLARS
h'Adoo Says That Government
Should Loan That Sum to
Railroads.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.---A billion
5llars must be advanced to the rail-
Dads for Improvements before they
ill be on an effective war basis, Di-
-ector General McAdoo announced be-
ore the senate Interstate commerce
onmittee Monday.
At the same time McAdoo came out
efinitely against government owner
zip Of the roads.
The government probably will have
put between 100000 and
l,5C0 100000 into the roads to bring
-iem to the highest state of efficiency
nd keep them in that condition in
rder to meet the vital needs of the
ar. the director general said.
McAdoo said his survey of the rail
tuation convinced him government
lnds must 60 into the roads to help
1enl expand.
He fOrecas: continuation of govern
-lent control for some time when he
Lid congress should not limit govern
lent control to any period. If gov
cnment control is limited to- the du-
alton Of the war or for fixed time
fterward, McAdoo warned financial
haos' is likely when the roads are
lrned back. Hasty and i'll considered
egislation now, he said, would be
to holders Of railroad securi-
les when the government relinquished
1ntrOl OF the lines
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
.SEVEN-H0UR'
=, = - - : q %s-,'''-
DAY DURING
A -
war lSURGED
By Samuel Gonlpers Instead Of
Spasmodic Suspension Of
Industries.
Labor's Message in Regard to
Coal Order Given at Miners
Convention. -.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. "a uni
versal, seven hour day during the
period of the war instead of present
spasmodic suspension Of industries by
the fuel administration to conserve
coal and relieve railroad congestion,
was suggested Wednesday by Samuel
Gompers, in a speech to the conven-
ton of United Mine Workers.
Mr.. Gompers' speech to the miners
was regarded as labor's message to
the country on the action Of the fuel
administration. He prefaced his dec
laration for a seven hour day with
a defense Of those in high govern
mental station who may have made
mistakes. They are prompted: he
said, by, the patriotic purpose to win
the war and to think, that the great
transition from peace to war could be
made without mistakes was asking
the impossible. Continuing he said:
=. ''The order issued a few days ago
I regard as an absolute necessity.
You know there is now g. discussion
to repeal or modify the Sherman anti
trust law T am not going to offer
any. excuse for the railroads; they
have been.lax:so.l long, but the Sher-
man antistrtat 1a hsu i to
:doawhat now the director, general Of
the railroads has the, right do, :. o.,
Ssa II think there !. is one mistake sin
the making, and trust it wnI be
changed or. modified. 1 refer: to the
closing of the Industrial and COM
mereisl %a;3ia assE; country. .,,1 one s;
it is a mistake to have a whole day
such as Monday idle, and involving
from Saturday afternoon until Tues
day morning@4-I believe if the order
were changed SO that instead Of there
being ten. nine or eight hours as a
days work, the same power proclaim
a universal seven-hour day during
the war, better results would follow"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
RAILROAD WAG;Ejf' +; +; -? !; I'D D IS
NAMED BY DIRECTOR M'AD00
Commission to Supervise Wage Demands and Deal
With Other Questions Is Composed of Lane,
McChord, Covington and Wilcox.

WASHINGTON, JAN 24Dector General Of Railroads McAdoo
appointed board of four be known the Railroad Wage
ommssion advise him be paid all classes railroad
workers. In the absence of statement to the contrary be
aiken for granted that this will deal with other questions
ede when these other questions settled before getting
p to headquarters.
Franklin K Lane secretary Of the interior and formerly chairman
the Interstate the first of the Charles
McChod, member of the Interstate Commerce commission the
econd Harry Covngton chief justice of the of the
district Columbia the third William R. Wilcox chairman of
he Republican national committee until recently and formerly
Of the New York Public Utilities commission the fourth
cChord general sympathy with the and
cy the borhood of Covinn the former
whom President Wilson
investigate the Bbee and whose home
followed by widespread of W. W. organizers in all sections
Arizona induced the president
Wilson special Bsbe and their
eport has shown the Dodge light most interesting
the public earlier nformans of the White House.
Wilcox personal friend Charles E. Hughes and
the demand that Republicans be recognized
responsibility for the winning the Where
labor quite clear but it easily
allied Judge Hughes attacked the Adamsn eghthou law and
the railroad botherhoods all through the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
COST oFL|v|NG
; NEARLY. \ ] DOUBLED |. i Ii; !.
SlNC;E|.WkR.BE
Increase Of So IL Per Cent,
According Federal In
vestgators.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.--To live
as comfortably now as in 1914. work
ing people in this city and vicinity
are oblidged to spend for bare neces-
stiles alone. SS% pcr cent more than
was needed before the war, accord
ing to statistics by investiga tors for
the federal department of labor.
These figures were explained by John
NJ. Foster of the department Of labor,
at a hearing of the wage commission
of the federal shipping board, which
is attempting to establish standard
wage scale for ship yard employees
along the Delaware river.
Trade unionlsts insisted that the
advances in necessities since 1914 is
more than SSH per cent. Some of
them placed emphasis on the point
that while the governments percent
age may8 be accurate no attention had
been given the quality of the staples
received for the money paid out
Hundreds of families depending on a
husbands or a sons income, they
said, have not seen a steak of a roast
Of beef since the war began. It was
maintained also that they were wear
ing clothing of an inferior grade and
one or two pairs of shoes a year
instead of three or four for each
member of the household.
Edward L. Keenan,. president of
the centarl labor union, said that a
family of five cannot possibly live on
$3.50 a. day, with prices as they are
now. He quoted prices of eggs,
meats, flour, fuel and other necessi-
ties, to show that $4.50,-once re-
spectacle wage, was now a mere pit
To-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
PRESIDENT INTERVIEWED
BY LABOR DELEGATION
Claim Companies Violated Agreement With Presi-
dents Commission Justice for 100000
Working in the Meat Industry

WAsHINGToN Jan 24oreanized labor forcing the issue
the public against the packers delegation
teen of the Chicago Federation Labor headed by
1ohn and Ed Noke president and the Fedora
on and accompanied by Frank p Walsh legal
that the take packing plants
and operate them in the public interest
lhs delegation had talk with President Wilson, Fitzpatrick and
Samuel Gompers the the president
There 100000 workers the packing industry
Chicago and 10000 in the st. Paul to Gal
weston.
Ihe presidents special labor
Christmas between the plant
OF the demands made by the The
that agreement
Now organized labor proposes that either
force the packers keep their without further
evasion and rckery that the shall
once and for all by taking possession the industry The packing
plant workers no fear Of public ownership
convention the of L. decided
OF an industry be settled primarily far
Labor concerned by those who work in that particular industry
We put it to President Wilson, Fitzpatrick aterward
replied that of he had his
subject through good different sources
fairly take action He said that he would
y OF labor might not be able revive the agreement
made Chicago, covering the packing industry
gate the whole question which had presented" y"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
MEYER LONDON
RESOLUTIONS
LOST IN HOUSE
Would Investigate Need for Old
Age Pensions and Health i,
Insurance.
Congressman Miller and Lenroot
Vote with the Anti-Lab0r
Forces.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-By a
vote of 199 to 1873 the house Of repre-
sentatives has defeated Meyer Lon
don's resolution calling for the ap-
pointment of a special commission to
investigate and report to congress on
the need for establishing a system of
oldage pensions, sickness insurance
and unemployment insurance. The
house committee on labor had twice
given the resolution its unanimous
favorable report.
Swagar Sherley of Kentucky, chair
man of the appropriation committee,
denounced the resolution as a scheme
to spend $4,000 in "useless" investi-
cation, "just when we are hearing the
last echoes of the commission on in
dustrial unrest" Rainey of Illinois
declared that the measure was "pure
socialism," and Hampton Moore of
Pennsylvania urged that it was an ex-
travagance.
Medill Mccormick of Illinois, on the
other hand, urged that the country
should get the facts at once. Keating
of Colorado said that all other mod
ern countries were looking after their
aseu u SIGN VI uueillp1oyeu. LoHuOH
pleaded that the end of the war would
bring endless unemployment problems,
in which the individual ought not to
hedmade to suffer. z.4.z.-..e,-..1..... -
Among those who voted down the
inquiry were Kahn and Hayes of Cali
fornia, Timberlake of Colorado, Steen-
erson and Miller of Minnesota, Norton
of North Dakota, Lenroot, sClasson,
Stafford and Esch of Wisconsin, and
Mclaughlin, Currie, Hamilton, Scott,
Kelly and Cramton of Michigan.
Following this triumph, E. the anti
labor forces blocked the consideration
of the Nolan bill, which proposes that
the government shall not pay less
than So a day to any employe who
works full time.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
CALLS FOR WAR WORKERS
TO Be UNHEEDED UNLESS
need ACTUALLY EXISTS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Prema-
ture calls for workers from ship
yards and other war industries will
not be acted upon by the United
States employment service unless it
is shown they are actually needed
and that proper housing facilities
have been provided, says the federal
department of labor.
Pacific coast yards, the depart
ment reports, are far ahead of east
ern yards. Many calls have come
from the latter but it has been estab-
lished that they were premature be-
cause of the large labor turnover in
these plants. The department estim-
ates that the employment service
must furnish, between now and Au-
gust, some $4,000 workers in order
that the force of 146,00O men needed
will be constantly at work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
!! !! ] / E!0FLABoR | !. j / | 4 |
:::cAls|ED|;BB|lIPo|o J ] H r %
MANAGEMENT
Report Of Employers Conference
Shows Effect Of Inconsid-
crate Treatment.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. 49, The
boasted ability of our captains Of in
dustry'' is shown in different light
in the report of the proceedings Of
the employment managers confer
ence, issued by the federal bureau Of
labor statistics.
Many employers, it is stated, realize
that a changed policy must be adopted
toward their employees; that the great
est waste in all Industries is the waste
Of labor due to bad systems of hand
ling employees, resulting in irregular
work, too little work, too much work,
no work, unsuitable work, no training
for work, training for no work, and
bad conditions of work.
"It is believed. continues the re-.
port, "that the output of labor per
man could be greatly increased-per-
haps as much as so per cent-by a
rational system Of management which
would give due regard to the work.
er's health and safety. A proper
system of labor management would
provide workers ample time and facil-
tiles for rest and healthful recreation.
Wages must be\ sufficient to provide
the workers with needed food, cloth
ing, shelter, and fuel to maintain
health and strength atrthe maximum.
Economy of consumption, that is, the
art of spending the dollar wisely, is
even more important than economy
of production, orsthe> art of earning
the dollar. Employers working as
citizens, can do much 70 develop and
improve in their workers the art of
getting 100 cents worth Of utility for
every dollar paid in wages. -
Cali this has nothing whatever to
do with speeding up machinery, cut
ting down piece rates; working longer
hours, and the like. stock methods Of
trying to increase output per man per
day and per dollar Of wages. It has
rather to, do with shortening the
working. day, providing rest periods
at convenient Intervals advancing
piece and time rates, cutting out over
time, recreating: in the employe an
interest in the job he is doing, and
helping him to get the: most. out OF
his earnings and his leisure"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
DEMANDS THAT THE COST OF LABOR
POWER BE ACCURATELY COMPUTED
Labor Editor Pleads For Sufficient Compensation Assure Workers
the Same Consideration That Business Receives.

feed and clothe himself, wife, and the three chill
dren. This for himself and wife is the~cost of
maintenance, for the children it is the cost of
erecting and installing them workers to take his
place when he is scrapped.
The cost of maintenance, then, is the food,
clothing and shelter for himself and wife. The
the machinery of industry is the cost of their food
clothing and shelter and of their education and
Development mental and physical. For himself
and wife there must also be the deduction for the
days of non-production-in the form of their own
savings, the payments toward an old age. PEN
sion or endowment insurance It is reasonable to
prices, $40 per week. The only source In the
family through which this come, at least dur
ing the days OF the childrens early childhood, is
through. the husband and father, the wage Garner.
in idleness or work-or something suffers. If the
cost Is $4O and, through whatever causes, he can
%or but 40 h;" hours week the cost
can work but 20 hours, the cost is 50 per hour
But he must sell his labor under competitive con-
tell him to produce his cost sheets, and pay him
all these costs, plus ten per cent! He must sell
it for the best price it will bring him in the open
worker that has happened with business and manu-
facture under unrestricted competition-95 per cent
fail! They fall in that they cannot get the cost
price for the labor they have to sell, and they
go into financial physical and spiritual bankruptcy.
Some OF them get into the poorhouses. some of
them into into m the 1 gutter And
0>91 AAVoe W
painwracked days of their old age among their
chtldren-children already overburdened with the
living costs Of themselves and their children.
Society will never be safe and until it
recognizes these costs Of producing human labor
the most vital contributing factor to all our pro-
cesses of production and distribution Society may
continue for while to stand for profit in industry
but self-preservation will demand the ultimate
recognition Of labor power to at least the actual
cost Of its own production Until then. the least
S that we can do is to cease to grumble when
labor union tries to get q few cents more an hour
for its members.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26
DOCK Carpenters GET
=. SPLENDID CONTRACT

e -
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.--After q
three-years' fight. the Dock and. Pier
Carpenters union has secured an
eieht-hour contract with the Dock
Building Contractors association.
Minimum wages shall be 623k cents
an hour, with double time for over,
time and Saturday afternoons, Sun
days and holidays. The employer
must provide q suitable place for the
mems tools and clothes and is held
responsible for any tools or clothes
lost on the job. When men report
for work and cannot be employed be-
cause the job Is not ready, they are
to be paid for three hours work.
This union is q, 100 per cent organ-
ization with 800 members, having
more than doubled It's membership
within the last few months.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26

No one knows what wages ought to be. We
gently venture to suggest: about $40 week as
basis for this figure-it is only guess. But
we believe it good guess, and willing to let
it stand until figures are offered to prove it too
low, says Editor Hilton in the Wheeling Majority.
The trouble is that the cost system has not
yet reached human life We getting along to
the point where we can come close to estimating
the cost of producing a ton of steel loaf of
bread, but has yet ventured into the field of
humanity. How much does it cost to produce
human labor?
All that the average man ever thinks of the
wage problem is that some labor union or other
is disturbing the peace by trying to get higher
wages for it's members. He wishes they would
find way to stop this endless agitation so
that business could settle down. It may be that
even the wage that the workers asking for is
inadequate to support human life; he doesn't know
he: has no means of knowing. Various commits
sions, and boards, and. departments and bureaus
in the service of state and nation have deved into
every other cost but this. On the question of
opinions OF the PRESS the platform and the pulpit,
almost all of these being controlled by economic
out the truth. They purchasers Of labor
power; it is to their interests to hold down the
price of the thing they buy; if it is below the cost
of production it is no concern of the purchaser.
This used. to be the attitude of all business but
of late years there has been a tendency to learn
the truth. a movement recently given impetus
through official recognition by the Federal Trade
commission headed by the far-seeing Edward NJ
Hurley. The government has accented the principle
VI cent on munlC1OnS and supplies
contracts. It is good far it goes, and now it
needs but one step more-to give to labor power
the same compensation. We must insist upon cost
even without the extra ten per. cent profit =
What is the cost of labor power?:" The human
machine should have the same consideration as a
mechanism of steel and BRASS The cost Of the raw
material, of erection of installing of maintenance
and OF depreciation, which is dupcation-all these
are figured in the of machine; why not in
the of human being? -. >>%Gzt.z:
~ Consider the average worker. He is supposed
to be married. and have at least three children
And he lives up to the supposition. Now he must
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-01-26

Appointments Are Surprise.
At A. F. of L. headquarters the ap-
ointment of these men cames as a
=lprise. Apparently nobody had been
onsulted, unless it were the railroad
rotherhoods, who are independent in
II their actions: Officers of the In
irrational Association. Of Machinists
'ould make no CANINE mat.
er, except to point out that this COM
lission might be expected to render
uch decisions, or give such advice to
-Ir. McAdoo, as as Would: d: tend h R 7to; pro
tote the greatest degree of harmony
nd efficiency in the service. The
'ade union machinery Of adjustment
industrial disputes will not be set
side. Just as happened with the
.orkers in the Pacific Coast shipyards,
le demands of the men on the job
ill, in the long run, be heard regard
SIS of the personality of members of
OVernment boards.