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The herald., 1919-01-23
Legislators Have Hard Work
Framing Law That Will
Hold Good
ENGLISH IDEA OF INTEREST
Measure in That Country Practically
Destroys lIIiteraey at the Root-Oe.
veIopment Of Public Schools 10 Of
Much Importance.
BY JULIA LATHROP,

(chief Of the Children's Bureau, Depart
ment of Labor.)
No aristOcracy can be recognized in
formulating a measure to protect chill
dren from premature and excessive
labor. The only just measure is one
which affords this immunity to every
child. The separate varying statutes
of As states create favored classes Of
children. Therefore, in view Of the
decision of the Supreme court II re-
mains only to find a method of ma
tional limitation not repugnant to the
Constitution.
Through the action of the president
and departmental agencies the stand
ards of the federal law are observed
where children are employed on gov
eminent reservations, and they are
written into all government contracts.
1t is generally agreed that a good
child-labor law should establish an ed
ucational minimum, a physical mimi
mum, and an age minimum which q
child must reach before he is gradual.
ed from the training period OF his life
into the wageearning period. The
United States child-labor law fixed no
educational or physical standards. The
age and hour standards laid down were
not so high as the standards required
by certain states, were Identical with
those of a large number, and higher
than the standards In some states.
Child-labor laws do not protect chill
dren in agriculture, and while no one
would be disposed to dispute the
wholesomeness Of suitable farm life
for children because Of the varied oc-
equations and interests II permits, on
the other hand the rural areas where
child labor was greatest, according to
the last census, were also those show
ing the greatest illiteracy. The dis
covery Of a number of young soldiers
born In this country who are illiterate
is humiliating and must lead to active
measures to protect the boys and girls
now growing up from work which In
terferes with proper schooling.
The law by which England has just
determined a method Of cutting the
knot of rural child labor Is Of timely
Interest. The measure provides that
all children shall attend school without
exemptions or exceptions until the age
of fourteen years. Illiteracy will be
destroyed at the root by the operation
of such a statute.
While child labor Is q poverty prob
lem In part, 1t Is also school prob
lem. The immediate and universal de-
velopment Of the public schools is OF
national rather than local Importance.
The herald., 1919-01-23
Women's War Employment.

The woman in industry service OF
the United States department Of la
Dor is collecting and distributing in
formation on such topics as the extent
of employment Of women during the
war, the wide variety of their employ
ment, the methods by which they have
been successfully introduced into new
occupations and the safeguards with
which it has been necessary to sur
round them In the interests Of their
health and efficiency.
Plans are being made to establish
pictorial record of the work women
are doing, and the woman In industry
service is asking for the cooperation
of the employers Of the country in as
sembling these pictures.
The herald., 1919-01-23
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Santa Barbara (Cal.) plumbers are
earning 81 day.
Fifty cents an hour Is being paid for
common labor In Pomeroy, o.
Railroads In South Dakota are en-
ploying women section hands.
Over 5000 men are temporarily idle
in Buffalo, N. Y, due to the cancella-
ton Of airplane contracts.
The London county council has Of
fered $50 trade scholarships for boys
between the ages of twelve and six
teen.
On account OF the inability to i'm
port tanning materials overseas, sew
eral Dutch tanneries have built small
extracting plants at an expense of
about $4,000 each.
In Bridgeport, Conn.,. every female
employee eighteen years Of age or over
receives 80 cents an hour, and in all
cases where women do the same work
rs men their pay is the same.
The London Society Of Compositors
has granted the sum of $500 to the
Labor War Memorial Of Freedom and
Peace, in support of the scheme pro-
NOTED by the Trade Union congress.
Wages to be paid wireless operators
Atlantic and Gulf ports were fixed by
the shipping board at $40 a month
for chief operators and SS5 for assist
ant operators, without bonuses or
sliding scales.
The Northwestern National of Nil
wsskee not only will welcome the re-
turn Of its employees who Joined the
eolors, but also will retain the new en-
ployees who have striven to fill their
places, according to Joseph Huebl, Sec
ond vice president.
Thousands of machinists from the
Hazleton (Pa.) shell plant of the
Worthington corporation, who made
many of the projectiles which hurried
the Boche out Of France, will 60
abroad in February to aid the French
to rebuild their ruined cities.
Frsncis ]. Heney, counsel for the
stock yards workers in the wage hear
ing before Federal Judge Alschuler,
announced at Chicago that Il of the
differences between the employees
and employers had been settled. The
demands acceded to by the packers
are principally in regard to working
conditions.
The Boston Central Labor union vot.
ed to instruct its secretary to write
to the officers of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor and of affiliated inter-
national unions asking for their sup
port in an effort to have laboring men
and women over the country prepare
for q one-day strike, If necessary, as
q protest against the writing Of
prohibition amendment into the fed
eral constitution. The proposition
was made by John ]. Kearney, bust
ness agent Of the walters union, and
state senator-elect.
The strike Of the employees Of the
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
company lasted only one day. The
men were granted their demand for
an increase Of from AZ to cents an
hour during January pending an eff
fort to be made by a committee Of
business men to have the state rail-
way commission settle the controver-
~ over the matter of an increase in
street car fares. The company has
maintained that 1t could not raise the
pay Of its employees out Of its pres
ent earnings. The railroad commits
sion, however, declared that the COM
pany can do this.
The herald., 1919-01-23
EyerYhodY,s Doin, Il.

swell, things look pretty favorable
for the allies, don't you think SOP ask
ed the well-met Teller.
PERSONALLY, I do" responded the
cautious citizen, "but I do not like to
express myself positively till get a
chance to discuss the situation with
the janitor, the office boy and the ste
nographer."
The herald., 1919-01-23
Labor Contracts Not Welded.

Labor contracts agreed upon for the
duration Of the war are not void be-
cause of the signing Of the armistice.
the national war labor board decided
at the hearing Of the marine workers
case.
W. H. Taft, presiding with b. NJ.
Manley as joint chairman Of the
board, said that the Supreme court
has ruled that peace comes and war
ends only when congress ratifies
peace treaty.
The board ordered that the boat
owners, who refused a demand for an
eight-hour day, are still bound by the
terms Of tho arbitration agreement.
The herald., 1919-01-23
LEADING Up TO Sentiment.

s. "What is your favorite poem?" ask.
ed the young man.
"'Gray's Elegy.'" replied the young
woman.
''Is it-er-that is to say-do you
recite it?"
'No. I just said that to fool you,
You thought l was going to mention
Omar Khayyam' so that you could
lead up to that book Of verse, jug and
loaf stanza."
The herald., 1919-01-23
Iiterature's BEGINNING in America.

The North American Review was es-
tsblished in 1915; Bryant's "Thana-
topsis" was published in 1917; and
when the good-natured Monroe, after
a presidency that was called 'the era
of good feeling" went out of office, al
though Whittier was still a boy on
his fathers farm, and Longfellow and
Hawthorne were still undergraduates
at Bowdoin college, and Emerson was
still a country schoolteacher, Ameri-
can literature was born. The thing
was settled.-Thomas Wentworth
Higginson.
The herald., 1919-01-23
A StrandlA Hold.

you know AL Strong. the wrest.
lerr
Eyes; what about himi"
"Well, he's lost the championship
you don't sayT
Eyes, his girl threw him down ~
Cartoons Magazine.
The herald., 1919-01-23

Mrs. Gahbalot-What caused the
trouble between the Meekleys?
Mrs. GaGabout-IIis wife called him
a beast.
Mrs. Gahhaiot-What! Called that
poor, mild-mannered little man a
beast?
Mrs. Gadabout-Sure; she meant he
was a beast of burden.
The herald., 1919-01-23
A Reformed Stacker.

(which have you been doing?" ask.
ed Meandering Mike; working OF
fghting?"
II dunno" replied Flooding Pete;
"when fight I'm so busy it's de same
as work an when work Tn so mad
dat 1t seems jes' de same as fghtin'."
The herald., 1919-01-23
Standing BY,

'Do you think your constituents win
stand by your
"That isn't what DESIRE" replied
Senator Sorghum. ~Too many Of them
are showing symptoms Of becoming
disinterested bystanders."
The herald., 1919-01-23
Applicable.

"Jlmson made funny mistake by
getting out dog permit for a mar
Rage license"
mot so much Of a mistake. II he
marries that woman, she'll lead him
q dogs life."
The herald., 1919-01-23
A EondnesA

"Are you fond Of musicT
"Yes," replied Mr.. Cumrox. But
some of the alleged high art demon
STATIONS my wife drags me to hear
make me feel as II my affections were
being trified with"
The herald., 1919-01-23
In the CannjbaI IsIands.

81 hear our friend had an attack Of
acute indigestion when he bolted the
missionary"
"Yes, the missionary stuck In his
throat, he said; another case Of good
man gone wrong"
The herald., 1919-01-23
8ure Proof.

He-You are crazy about bargains.
Did you ever really get cheap thingf
She-Sure I did, when mar
ried you.
The herald., 1919-01-23
1hA Safest Nay.

Clerk-Can't / sell you a burglar
alarmi
JonestNo, thanks! II a burglar
calls I prefer to remain asleep.
The herald., 1919-01-23
Her French.

81 enjoyed your husbands humSs
so much. He Is always chatting, isn't
he1"
"Yes: tell him he Is quite q chauf-
feur."
The herald., 1919-01-23
The Test

Jsn thought her face was very fair;
Her ma thought Jknnie's beauty rafA
She took q crowded car one day
And had to stand up all the way.
The Keota news., 1919-10-31
"KILl:J0YS"
Constipation. Headache.
Colds, Biliousness nded
with "caseasses"

Nothing takes the 3oy cut Of life
onIcke, than Q disordered liver O.
was,e.closged bowels. Don't say saek.
bilious. headachy. eonstipatod Remove
the liver and bowel poison which q
keeping your head Dizzy. your tongue
coated. your breath bad and stomach
sour. Why not spend few cents for .
box OF Cascarets and eo3oy the
incest. eentlest laxativs-cathartic you
ever experienced1 Cascarets never
crime. slcken OF Inconvenience one like
salts. Oh. Calomel or harsh pills. They
WORK while you sleep.-Adv.
We for Fat onoe.
.And that stout 500 Of yours. What
is he do!ng:"
.Oh. he's a hammock tester"
Leap year II the year . woman goes
abou, 1, TO make q mans salary dlvis.
!bl. by two.
The Keota news., 1919-10-31
COLORADO NEWS NoTHI

Employee OF the Great Western o..
gar Company In all plants have .
chance to share 10 prise money this
seasOn and the factories are competing
for the money. A bonus II to be given
At the end Of the campaign to every
man in the employ Ut the company.
This bonus will be based on 4 mini
mum output and large prizes will b
given where the men exceed this mini.
mum. During the first week every
factory In the Colorado district Was b..
low the minimum. hut the daily shiits
are now said to bs exceeding this min.
imum and are rolling up bonus every
day.
Declaring that fraudulent stock sales.
men are bleeding the people Of Mont.
rose with their promises Of huge ~
turns on stock In companies that were
organized mainly for the exploitation
Of the investors money. members Of
the local Chamber Of Commerce *.
pressed the urgent need Of city Ortlin.
ance which would make Il necessary
for the stock In every concern that was
offered for sale be first investigated
and approved by . responsible local or.
GanisatiOu. probably . committee ap-
pointed especially for this purpose BY
the mayor Of the city.
Payment Of $i05.aSl.3 81 ION account
If the Inheritance tax" due on the e.
tate Of Werner z. Reed aud prospect
that Sl:kOOO on other large estates
will be paid within two months will
alone bring the total collections Of the
state inheritance tax department TO
$4,000 In the first year Of the biennial
period which hogan Dec. I last. This
total will exceed by $4,000 the esti.
mate made for the biennial period, or
$4,000. The sum Of &5l0. l2a.@0 had
been collected by the department
Oct. Is.
G. A. Van Dorm. president Of the
First National Rank ut Craig. Aoffat
county: G. II. Wise and X. 4. Hamilton
Of the same town filed application with
the State Public Utilities Commission
for certificate Of public necessity and
convenience for the establishment OF .
power and light plant At Craig. They
are about to organize the CRAIG Scrv.
lcc Corporation. they said In their ap'
plica,lon. and have already obtained
franchise.
The body At Frank Maxwell Camp
hell, q years old. q former member OF
the students army training corps aud
former student at the Colorado A0Fs'
cultural College and at Washington
State College. Pullman. WASH. was dis
covered with bullet wounds In II at
Fort Collins by Clarence Drcxell. stu
dent at the college. who recognized
Campbell ~ his classmate last year.
No cause for the murder has get been
solved.
y. Lehman. well.known merchant.
Was seriously injured At Brighton when
his daughter, Sarah. accidentally drove
4 machine over him In front Of hts gar
age. The 'clutch" slipped ~ she was
putting the car into the garage. after
returning home from Denver. and the
car gave q sudden squirt and ran over
the merchant.
In raid on . farm two and onehaIs
miles north of Brighton In Weld coun'
T.. Sheriff r. A. GOrnlry Of Brighton
arrested Mike kaxlowsky and two bro
theirs. who were taken to Greeley to
he charged with making liquor. e'x
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
TO TRY FOR RULE SOON
TO ACT ON FOOD APPEAL
Denied Speed on Presidents Call
for Fund for Needy in Europe
Explained by congressman

With President Wilson's cabled ap-
peal for Sl0e, 900, 900 to feed the needy of
Europe denied early consideration by
the House because four of the six mem-
bers of the House rules committee were
absent yesterday. when a special rule
appropriations committee, another at
tempt will be made soon to get "a special
rule ordering immediate action.
Should the second attempt fail, the
bill drafted by the appropriations COM
mittee to meet the Presidents wishes
and reported to the House after tie
vote in the committee will be offered as
an amendment or Il rider on one of the
supply bills.
There are six democrats, four repub-
EcanS, one progressive and one indie
pendent on the rules committee. The
republicans and the one progressive out
voted the three democrats present yes
terfay.
Representatives Garrett of Tennessee
and Cantrill of kentucky-voted for the
rule. 1t was opposed by Representatives
Campbell of Kansas. Fess of Ohio, Ro-
denberg of Illinois, Smell of New York
republicans, and Schal of Minnesota,
progressive. Four members of the com
mttee, all democrats, were absent.
Republicans on the committee opposed
the rule on the ground that Congress
was without sufficient information for
action. and d similar view was express
ed by other members of the House and
by democratic senators, who continued
their conferences on the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
NEW CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
Treasury Anticipates Next Liberty
Loan and June Tax Collections.

Two new issues of certificates OF
Indebtedness, one for 100000, 600 in
anticipation OF fifth liberty loan re-
ceipts and the other for an indefinite
amount in anticipation of tax collec-
tions in June. announced by the
Treasury, raised the aggregate of
certificates, outstanding or offered to
approximately $4,000, 000.0 900.
This represents roughly the current
debt of the government, most of
which will be refunded in liberts J
bonds.
About $4,000, 900, 600 of certificates
have been offered since the fourth
liberty loan, including 1874, 900 Of
tax certificates, but not making al
loWanceS for the issue of the in
definite amount announced today In
addition, Lee, 000.0 900 of certificates
issued in anticipation of fourth
liberty loan receipts. are outstanding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
Rain Makes City Quiet,

At / o'clock this morning d thun-
, derStoTm and a heavy rainfall cleared
the cityS streets of idlefS, and within
half an hour the business center was
quiet. Those in close touch with the
situat on. however, believed that the
respite was only temporary
The regional federation issued Il
statement at midnight calling Il gem
eIal meeting Of all the unions for
o'clock to decide upon the dura ton of
the strike and as TO what demands
should be made.
Early this morning there already
were indications Of disturbance in the
flow of food supplies and other COM
nodities. especially ice. The tenn
perature of the last three days has
been nearly 100 degrees in the shade,
adding to the suffering of the public,
" hich has been forced to walk be-
Refuse to Do Strike Duty.
1t is learned from unimpea enable
sources that shortly before midnight
two regiments at Camp Mayo. the head
quarters OF the BueRos Aires district,
refused 10 come to the city to do strike
duty. At all early hour last night, how
ever, the government had assembled
several thousand troops comprising
army and navy contingents heavy
quad was placed around the govern
ment palace and a threatening mob in
the vicinity was dispersed in the early
eveninc.
Serious disorders followed the funeral
vest erday afternoon Of the five persons
killed in Tuesdays disturbances. After
the burial of the victims the crowd of a
thousand or more strikers which had
formed the procession burned passen
ger train on the Pacific railway. which
runs near the cemetery. and then tore
up the track, paraiyzins traffic on the
TIansahdine lire.
They later burned a Catholic church
and the girls school adjoining, throwing
images and pianos into the street and
leaving the 400 girl pupils of the institu-
ton without dormitories. The mob then
halted and burned fire department au-
tcmobile carrying firemen 10 the scene
of the disturbances.
Statement of Socialist Organ.
The official socialist party organ
La Nanguardia, will say this morning:
The funeral of Tuesdays victims
was attended by $4,000 persons. The
cortege was fired upon twice. 1t is
impossible to state the number of
killed and wounded in Thursdays
clashes. but the casualties will reach
great numbers. All the unions have
decided to continue the strike indefi-
niteiy as protest against Thurs
days events. The government has
disembarked marines and sailors be-
cause it has no faith in the army"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
i Z /. s
MANY DIE IN RIOTS
IN BUENOS AIRES
Strike, Protest Against "Use
of State Force" Follows
Killing of Workers.
BECOMES NATION WIDE

Ry the Associated Press.
BEENUS AIRES, January ia
general labor strike was declared
throughout the Argentine Republic at
midnight last night.
1.-THE strike was first called in Bue-
nos Aires in protest against the use
of force by the state" in a fight Tues
day in which five metal workers were
killed and thirty wounded. The strike
was declared by the Regional Labor
Federation. which was formed few
years ago by trades unions expelled
from the fifth labor congress because
of alleged anarchistic tendencies.
Many persons have been killed in sub
Seuuent riots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
Statement of Socialist Organ.
Report Over 200 Killed.

BUENOS AIRES, Thursday. January
9-Reports early tonight show that
there have been more than 200 casu-
altfss as result of the disorders in
cident to the general labor strike
which has been declared here. Nearly
all the industries of the city. includ-
ing the transportation lines, have
been paraiyZed.
Disorders were reported today from
virtually every part of the city. but
the most serious fighting was at the
Vasena iron works, where troops and
strikers clashed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
Naval Insignia Bill Passed.

The House bill providing for dis
tinguished service naval insignia, sim
liar to those authorized for the Army,
has been passed by the Senate and
now goes to President Wilson for his
approval
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10
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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-04

ernment to take over the flour sup
ply Of the country at a normal profit
to the millers and sell it to the pub
lie at loss. Officials stated that
with wheat remaining at $2.26 per
bushel, flour can be bought by the
government at So per barrel after
making allowance for all by-products
and fair profit to the millers. The
government would in turn sell it to
the public for S6, absorbing a loss
of So per barrel.
Total of the domestic needs for q
year as about ESQ, 100000 barrels,
which would require an expenditure
of just half Of the guarantee fund
of the billion which congress Pro-
yided. Thus, the farmer would get
the guaranteed price for his wheat,
the people would be assured cheaper
food and the half billion dollars
spent would be used in reducing
prices instead of merely keeping UP
the price of wheat to the farmer.
Nearly all food prices are affected
by wheat and officials believe that
lower bread prices will bring down
many other articles.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-08-04
ORGANIZED
LAB0R'S
PLAN
1ElHV
For Complete Government
Ownership Would Lower
Rates and Reduce Cost of
Living in General.
Especial United Press Wire. J

Washington, Aug. 4.---Organized
labor's plan for peace time operation
of the ailroads-complete govern
ment ownership---Was introduced in
congress with the promise that its
adoption will bring lower rates and
reduce the cost of living in general.
The plan was submitted in a bill!
which Representative Sims intro
dnced. and has the approval of the
railroad brotherhoods and the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
Return OF the railroads with guar
antees OF interest to the stockhold-
ers, is recommended i'll a letter be-
fore the Interstate commerce COM
mittee, from President Smith OF the
New York Central. formerly region
al director of the railroad adminis~
tration. Fixed responsibility
seemed to be impossible under gov
ernment management, Smith wrote,