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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06
CALL OF LABOR RECONSTRUCTION
CONGRESS TO CONVENE DEC. Is
TO AfteWar Measures in the Interest OF Labor
The Congress to Held in Seattle Labor Temple

tive Council | sent the following
night letter to President Gompers
suggesting basis for the national
program:
Night Letter
November 29th, 1918.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers, A. F. of l..
Building, Washington, D. c.
Executive Council of Washington
State Federation of Labor instructs
me to urge that you publish full
plans of A. F. of L. for reconstruc
ton and request that you make it
conform as far as possible to that
Of the British Workers. We sug-
gest that you include such measures
as:
st-Government Ownership of
Railroads and all Utilities.
Second-Continue control of Food
Prices to prevent further profiteer-
ing and to enforce reduction in eX-
listing prices when opportune.
Third-Resist any reduction in eX-
listing wage and work standards.
Fourth-Re enactment of Child La
Dor Law.
Fifth-Maximum Eight Hour Day.
Sixth-Enforcem the national
minimum of living wage outlined by
Chairman Walsh of the War Labor
Board.
Seventh - Rehabilitation through
vocational training of disabled SOL
diers and sailors and industrial work
ers.
Eighth Establishment of unquali-
fled right to organize and providing
of severe penalty for interference
with the right.
Ninth-Redistribu of accumu-
lated wealth by progressive taxa
tion.
Tenth-Recall of the Judiciary.
Observation-Disclosures of Anthony
Women's Suffrage Amendment.
Twelfth-Unemployment Insurance
hirteenth-Health Insurance.
Fourteenth-Old Age Pension.
Fifteenth-Continuan of all pres
ent functions of Labor Department
with sufficient appropriations for
same.
The program outlined for the state
by the Council has already been
published and will be submitted to
The Congress for discussion and
amendment. Any reconstruction pro-
gram must be based on the existing
standards if it is to spell progress.
Therefore, all organizations are urg-
ed to resist with all their power
any effort to reduce existing wage
standards, hours of labor, and con-
ditions of work
VIM. SHORT.
President Washington State Fedora
tion of Labor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06

The best minds of the nation will
be taxed to solve the problems aris-
ing out of the world war. The deep
est thought will be given to the up
building of the best and most pro-
pressive industrial, political and So
cial conditions. The people are de-
termined to have something better
and more democratic than the rule
which prevailed in pre-war times.
America was slow in going to war
but moved fast enough after she
started She is behind other ma
tions in developing reconstruction OF
disarranged and changed conditions
growing out of that war.
Let US hope that our country will
show the same rapid progress in
the arts of peace.
Several state federations of labor
have put forth programs for the re-
building of our political, social and
industrial structures, and the Wash
ington State Federation, not con-
tent with announcing platforms is
going ahead with the work with the
determination of accomplishing the
ends desired.
The Executive Council of the State
af Toh hnc cd q
congress of organized labor for
which the following is the announce
Inent.
econstruction-Wha Will Con-
stitute 1t?
The question of reconstruction is
one that is now agitating the minds
of most people. You can hear the
word used daily, but rarely does any
one attempt to define what it ought
to be; like the word Democracy" it
is more often abused than used
properly.
The idea of reconstruction is not
to readjust, but to rebuild. Britain
and France have given much thought
to the subject and have worked out
definite program; new struc-
ture of government to replace the
old. If we are to have reconstruc-
ton here that will really reconstruct,
it will have to be planned and exc
cuted in the main by labor.
The State Federation of Labor rec
ognizing the need for such a course
has decided to call Labor Recon-
struction Congress" on December
18th at the Labor Temple, Seattle,
at which delegates from all of the
Central Councils of the state will
be present together with the Off
GERS of the larger organizations in
cluding the railroad unions, and the
executive council of the State Fed
GRAFTON.
Under instructions from the Execu-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06
SAVINGS STILL NEEDED

1t cost lot of money to send our
army to France. 1t will cost just
as much to bring them home and it
will take a longer time. We have
to feed the army in the meanwhile
and it all takes money-billions of
dollars of money. Your savings
are still needed by Uncle Sam, and
will be for long time to come
Make good your War Savings pledge.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06

cial insurance to protect the work
ers against industrial accidents, old
age, invalidity, unemployment and
sickness. According to Bishop Gore,
the returned soldiers will demand
further labor reforms and be unwill-
ing to return to the old industrial
system after they have fought for
freedom.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06
PRINTERS GET RAISE

DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 3O-Mem-
bers of the Typographical Union en-
ployed in commercial shops have Sc
cured a new wage scale which in
creases rates to S27 a week until
April /, when $50 will be paid
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06
BIDS ASKED FOR
REFINISHlNG AT
LABOR TEMPLE

Secretary John Watson of the Ev-
erett Trades Building Association
has called for bids for refinishing
work in the Labor Temple Call
on Secretary Watson today or to-
morrow for particulars.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06

COUNCIL

w eulleSudy; DSOIihpSi y A"i''
President Gulley called the Coun-
ell to order at 8 p. m.
Delegate Dieterle was called to
the Presidents Chair and Dele
gate Beck was appointed Sergeant
alarms.
A communication was received from
the Western Washington Agricultural
Development Company stating the
desire of that organization to use
Chinese Labor for the period of
the war under the direction of the
Labor Department. The Council
decided to protest to Senators and
congressman against the use of
Asiatic labor as the problem of Civ
ing employment to returning soldiers
is a hard enough one to handle.
The matter Of selecting three del
egates to represent the Everett
Trades Council in the Congress of
Organized Labor to meet in Seattle
on December Is was laid over until
next meeting.
Red Cross Appeal
A communication was received
from the Everett Chapter of the
American Red Cross appealing for
aid to care for people suffering from
influenza. Nurses and helpers are
urgently needed. The Council in
structed the delegates to take the
matter up with their local unions,
asking their members to report to
the Everett Red Cross Chapter the
names of all persons who are will
ing to help fight the epidemic. Read
the appeal on this page under the
heading "HELP NEEDED BY RED
CROSS"-Volunteer nurses aides
are wanted.
Secretaries Of local unions are
requested to send to the Secretary
of the Trades Council statements of
the amounts subscribed by their
unions and individual members to
the Fourth Liberty Loan.
The Committee on Constitution
and Bylaws reported an amend
ment to the dues article providing
a reduction of the per capita tax
from 10c to Sc The amendment
took the regular course.
A letter was received from the
Railway Carmen withdrawing their
delegates on account of the 1Oc per
capita tax.
Reports of Unions
The Cooks and Walters reported
small meeting. They initiated
two applicants and discussed the
Japanese labor question.
The Painters had good meet
ing.
The Plumbers reported a good
meeting and the reception of one
member by card.
The Piledrivers reported a good
meeting. They initiated two appli-
cants and received two members by
card.
The Talors had a full meeting and
elected the following officers: Pres
ident, w. Collins; ce-President.
D. Dahlin; Treasurer, A. Dahlin;
Corresponding Secretary, W. Erlan-
son; Financial Secretary, John A..
Beck; Sergeant-at- Arms, Elmer
Thomas; Delegates to Trades Coun-
ell, A. Dieterle, j. A. Beck, Otto
Erlanson. They reported a small
increase in membership.
The Council discussed the admis-
sion of Japanese to membership in
the unions. The concensus of opin-
ion was that it was bad policy
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06
S12,4S1.215,OOO

These figures We're substantiated
by detailed data from official sources.
The privileged classes, however, have
proved to be strong in the House,
and to have even greater influence
in the Senate. The revenue bill
passed by the House provided for
raising SS,140,00O0OO by taxation for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919.
The tentative bill reported by the
Senate Finance Committee will raise
only about $6,3OO,OOO0OO We call
to your attention the fact that dur
ing the past eight years the wealth
of the country has increased from
about one hundred and eighty-seven
billion to two hundred and fifty bill
lion dollars. This is an increase
of sixty-three billion dollars, or
about twice the total probable cost
of the war, excluding loans to our
allies. Most of these siXty-three
billions have gone to less than ,
per cent of the population.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06

The Farmers NaJlollaI NoIIlIHIUuce
with headquarters at 1889 Bliss
Building, Washington, D. {. issued
the following circular to the farm
ers of the nation on November l6.
The farmers are making an earnest
effort to persuade the masses OF
their calling to save themselves.
They cannot do much with the
present Congress, but they helped
to elect it's members. Industrial la
Dor helped to do the same thing.
If the farmers and the wealth pro-
ducers of all other classes, the dis
trbutors of the products Of labor,
the men engaged in the transporta-
ton of the products of labor, expect
Just financial legislation at the hands
of this or the incoming Congress
they will have to exert a mighty
influence upon legislative bodies
they know are antagonistic to their
interests.
They have long known they have
the power through their overwhelm-
ing majority to shape legislation
Just to all classes, but they have not
done it. Every two years they
clock the stable door after the
horse is stolen" They vote for
men whom they know will vote for
laws to place burdens upon their
backs, then groan and kick for two
years, and then do it again.
This farmers circular is full Of
interest to all classes and we pre-
sent it in full to the readers Of The
Journal:
Dear Sir or Madam:
The war, now ended, will cost at
least thirty-two or thirty-five billion,
and possibly forty billion dollars.
The profiteers and beneficiaries of
privilege of the country got off un-
scathed in the last revenue bill
the only one enacted since we entered
the war They are attempting to
stampede Congress into letting them
off again in the pending revenue
bill and to get Congress to put the
taxes upon the workers of the coun-
try. These profiteers and para
sites repudiate the noble purposes
for which we entered the war, and
seek to saddle war costs upon the
men in uniform and the toilers Of
this country, chiefly upon the farm
ers. The Treasury Department es-
Inmates that if we finance the war
this way the annual federal eXpen-
ditures for many years will be about
four and a quarter billion dollars;
two billion dollars for ordinary eN-
penses, one billion to pay interest
on the debt-which it is estimated
will be twenty-five billions-and one
and a quarter billion to establish a
sinking fund. This annual federal
expenditure means a per capita tax
of about $40 and a charge per fam
lily of five of 5000 a year.
How to Raise Twelve and Half
Billions This Year
The Farmers National Committee
on War Finance submitted briefs to
the House Committee on Ways and
Means and to the Senate Finance
Committee, showing how nearly
twelve and half billion dollars can
be raised this year from the follow
ing chief sources:
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06

Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, SC.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-06

The Farmers National Committee
on War Finance submitted briefs to
the House Committee on Ways and
Means and to the Senate Finance
Committee, showing how nearly
twelve and half billion dollars can
be raised this year from the follow
mo chief sources:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
Bennington Falls.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Vansitas OF Adams
street celebrated the first birthday
anniversary OF their son, Edward
Stephen, Wednesday by entertaining
few relatives and friends. The little
boy was the recipiet of many girts
including silver cup and spoon.
Stephen Bowles, youngest son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Lyman X. Bowles Of
Stafford street was taken Wednesday
TO the Putnam Memorial hospital. He
Is TO undergo treatment of his right
arm which he broke near the elbow a
month ago while at play on the SAT
ford street bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Iasiah Creaser have
moved from Main street to Spring
field. Mr.. Creaser is a former en-
ployee of the Bennington garage and
was called to service number OF
weeks ago. He is in the electrical
department of the army and is located
at the military camp in Springfield
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Hicks received
word Wednesday of the safe arrival
overseas OF their daughter Miss Will
helmna Hicks. Miss Hicks Is Red
Cross nurse and is stationed at base
hospital SIS. She is believed to be the
second Bennington girl to enlist in
the service as nurse. Miss Winifred
Casey. the first Bennington girl to en-
list, went across with DR.. Fittings
corps of Albany number of weeks
age.
The Bennington Troop of Boy
Scouts OF America have been request
ed TO march In the Liberty Bond Pa
rade this coming Saturday afternoon
The Scouts will assemble at Head
quarters at D. IN. In full uniform OF
weaking dark cap and Knockers and
brown shirt All scouts who have
passed the second class First Aid re
uuirements are expected to see the
Scoutmaster before Friday evening
about forming an ambulance squad.
Charles S. Kehoc, managing execu
tor of the Charles Cooper Estate, re
turned Wednesday night from Wash
ington. ID. c., where he was SUN
moned by the war industries board Z,
attend a meeting of the underwear
machinery manufacturers OF ttccDun
try. 1t was evident, Mr. Kehoe Said
from the trend Of instructionsgr tlts
were issued to the manufacturers tiia
the government plans for the elimina
ton OF wool waste and the Standard
cation OF knit goods will make radica
changes in production during the CON
ing year
officer Richard Hurley late Wednes
day afternoon made another arres
for the burglary committed at tn
II Charles Hinsdil cottage at Hinsdil
D. vile. The young man taken into cul
k tody is Charles Nichols and he wa
y arrested on the Harwood hill roat
officer Hurley has also secured IN
!; rifle which was taken from the hous
l. and which was not found when he r,
n covered the rest OF the plumber wher
I, It had been hidden In a deserte
house at Hinsdillyille, The rife wa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26

found at the pool room on South
street, having been sold to the pro.
prietor, Wallace j. Buritt
Arthur Currier, who has been fore
man of the latch needle department
at the shops of the Charles Cooper Els
tate for nearly six years, has given
in his resignation to take effect Sat.
urday. Mr.. Currier goes from Ben
nington to Providence, R. l., where he
will be engaged in similar capacity
with a corporation that has just COM
pleted the construction of a large
latch needle factory. The Providence
company will handle nothing but gov.
ment work. During his connection
with the Charles Cooper Estate Mr.
Currier has proved an efficient fore
man and he will leave Bennington
with the respect ad esteem OF both
the estate management and the EN-
ployes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
couohed Fifteen Years.

Coughs that hang on and grow
worse in the night and weaken the
suffered are relieved by Foley's
Honey and Tar oftener than by any
other remedy. II. f. Hall, Mabe, Va,
writes For Is years | was afflicted
with a troublesome bronchial cough
and irritation Of the throat. Foley's
Honey and Tar relieved me- after
taking one bottle the cough ceased
and has not returned" No medicine
stands higher as a family remedy for
colds for children and grown.ups
Sold Everywhere. un
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
LOOK OUT!

ed special charter authorizing its
preparation and sale.
The good housewife of Holland
would almost as soon be without food
as without her Real Dutch Drops"
as she quantity calls GOLD MEDAL
.--a-is.l Oil Capsules. Their use re-
stores strength and is responsible in
great measure for the sturdy, robust
health of the Holanders.
Do not delay Go to your druggist
and insist on his supplying yol with
box of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules. Take them as directed, and
if you are not satisfied with results
your druggists will gladly refund your
money. Look for the name GOLD
MEDAL on the box and accept no
other in sealed boxes. three sizes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
KIDNEYS WEAKENING?

8 Kidney and bladder troubles don't
disappear of themselves. They grow
upon yor. a'cSly but steadily, under
mining yoa. health with deadly Ger
tainty, until yon fals victim to in
durable t4sdr 81 - = . Az
Stop your troubles while there is
time Boa wal undl little pains
heedme 4lss gches. Don't trife with
diSehse 'lo avoid future suffering
begin troSlhianS with GGEDp aIE1aI.
HARLEM ON GCapsnles 5IAoBg Take
three or iasa esery day until you feel
that you are entirely free from pain.
This wsll'kho1n preparation has
been one o. DC national remedies OF
Holland t9g ceuries. In 1896 the
government. G. the Netherlands grant
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
NORTH BENNINGTON

c. A. Hinsdill of Troy was in town
Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Kenyon, who
have been living at Albion, Michigan
for a year, have returned
b. Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Center have re-
turned from visiting their daughter
in Bridgeton, ~ j.
h. X. Currie. who had just entered
upon his third year as prin ipal Of
the High and graded schools has re-
signed his position.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
NOTICE:

TO the Taxpayers OF the Village OF
Bennington:
A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
80 cents on the dollar for the VII.
lage Tax, 20 cents on the dollar for
the Highway Tax on the Grand List
OF 1918.
| hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that l will at.
tend a. the Bennington County SAY.
lngs Bank from o'clock q. IN. until
3 o'clock p. m.
There will be discount Of per
cent. on Village tax II paid within 80
days
c. H. Dewey, Treasurer.
BenninP' VT, July Is. 1913
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
DR. INK
EIAI. BIT I

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Costs only Sl25 a box Ask us for
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-26
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Fresh Narragansett Bay oysters at
Estes market. Adv.
Louis Hurley has employment as
chauffeur for Mrs. John S. Holden.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-13
A KENTUCKY MINER
AND THE RED CROSS

In Great Hearted Coal Miners" in
the September Red Cross Magazine
Holtense Flexner tells the story Of
the Second War Fund campaign
among the miners in the mountains
of Kentucky. Harlan county raised
six times as much money as it was
asked to, and Miss Flexner tells the
following amusing story Of Henry
Beaute, zone of the big Red Cross
workers for Harlan" to illustrate the
spirit with which the miners worked
IN the campaign;
"At first Henry Beaute worked I'M
der difficulties. This was because
one night he made statement that
somebody interpreted wrongly. Beaute
was arrested rs 4 pro-German, tried
and released. But his feelings were
outraged and he asked to be used in
some special way on Red Cross day
to prove his loyalty. He was giver
pledge cards which the miners were
to sign, and Beaute proved that h'
was in earnest by getting every mar
AZ Tway to sign. 4 =
- wanted a chanst to show 'em,
said Beaute. and did. One thing
that made me work so hard, though
was because they claimed The
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-13
KEEP ZINC AI,y
FROM iOUE PRESERVES

Washington, Aug. T. do not use
galvanized atelshs in making pre-
serves, jellie, q frui, juices, the 2b-
reau Of Chem s;ry Of the United
States Department Or A&clcp .ute ao-
yises. Some cf the in: with which
the vessels are galvanized may be
changed 10 all's Of zinc, which VIII
give the produc- IN acrIi and as'r.n
gent taste and render it unstable for
human use. Moreover, the dissolvine
of this zinc coating tends to ruin the
container The use Of galvanized
utensils for boiling down fruit juices
is especially risky.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-13
MBL BERRY BEND
POLICE COURT
SCENES REVIEWED

O. Y. Wilson. the we'll known at
torney Of this city, was oncgh report
en- ON the World staff Of Sew York,
He has interviewed some big fellows,
some others who thought they were
bic. and some nasty oncse, too.
Mr.. Wilson, during his detail il
Mulberry Bend police court. when tha
section OF the city was the real ten,
derloin Of the big metropolis, had many
thrilling experiences among the mur-
dcrers. cutthroats, burglars and sui
cides who thronged the great Eas,
Side. He was sent out to get an IN
telvieH with Charles W. Morse, oni
day, on the ice question. Morse wa
the owner of the ice trust, and a
such was held responsible for the NOR
tality Of infants throughout the slum
section.
These poor little babies We're dying
by the hundreds every day" said Nj
Wilson, in recalling the events o
those days. My city editor told mc
to find Morse, get an interview ana
not show up again until had done
50
after waiting an intcrminable
length Of time for Morse, was fin
ally informed that | could not see him.
He finally left for his home, and
followed him there. Again | met with
refusal, and was up in the air, when
happened to walk around to the al
leyway, and there in the big stable
Of thoroughbreds vas a footman, at
tending the horses l interviewed him
Morse being impossible. What that
fellow told me was contrary to what
would have got from Morse himself
and it fully satisfied me, so l hurried
down to the office and wrote It up
The city man featured the story anC
it went off with bang.
"The next day, however, there wa:
another bang. Morse was furiou:
about the fake interview as ht
termed it, and the city editor was ray
ing at me. 1t was a pretty seriou.
dilemma for me. Morse sent for th'
man who wrote the story. ! final!
met the wrathty gentleman and HI
stormed some more. But had th'
best Of the argument and finally h
told me the story we wanted.
"Afterward," continued Mr. Wilson
Il was in court wncn Morse was sen
fenced to the Atlanta penitentiary fo
, hiph-financing and he carried it Of
with the utmost irsouciance. Nors'
was a great head for handling biz
. affairs, but he seemed unable to car
r ry on straight lie got what he de
! served finally"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-08-13
tRy Associated Press)

Washington, Aug 1.-THE bitter
ness among the peasants of Ukraine
against the Germans is steadily grow
ing, according to advices reaching the
the State Department An eyewitness
in a Russian province said that Ger
man soldiers travel about the country
only in lare squads. Otherwise they
are attacked by the peasants, who
erdeavor to capture them for torture
or burial alive.