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The labor standard., 1919-06-01
COMMUNICATIONS
Editor THE LABOR STANDARD ::

Editor THE LABOR STANDARD:
 As member of the American Labor Party and subscriber of THE LABOR STANDARD, may 1 take the lib- erty of expressing my satisfaction with the A. L. P. edition of your paper? In my opinion it is a happy example of what an A. L. P. organ ought to be, namely: fearless of thought and yet guarded of expres- sion.
 Particularly praiseworthy seems to me your very able editorial entitled Entirely Up to the Voter". To use a in the eye. What we are aiming at is the creation of a powerful political party by and for the workers after the pattern of the influential British Labor Party. At least such is my un- derstanding of the movement that is spreading so rapidly in responsible labor circles of this country. Now, if we should at all succeed in the under taking (and there can be no doubt that we will), what would be our most valuable weapon as a party? The ballot, no doubt. Consequently, any body who is trying to discredit the vote is working against, the very foundations of the A. L. F., and it is we'll that this should have been point ed out so squarely and definitely as you do in the above-mentioned editor lal. What we want in our midst is, enlightened and enthusiastic believers in the compelling power of political action and not Respondent doubters of same. >s'. -se:
 No less noteworthy are your fur ther remarks in the editorial about the so-called Left Villagers and their doctrine of "mass-action". As you we'll point out, this appeal to mass action can only mean the resort to force or the threat of force, and there certainly ought to be no room for the preaching of either in the ranks of the A. L.. P. I should think every thoughtful observer of Euro ought to have learned the lesson of ing of so-called mass action. As the prophet we'll puts it, He who soweth wind shall reap the storm. For years the leaders of labor in some of the Flu ropeancountries have been preaching this very doctrine of mass action, and what do we see as result, Brother is murdering brother, intolerance is running so high that workmen who have previously been working side by side in the same factory and who even belonged to the same party are now doing their very best to exterminate each other. And alongside with that there is, of course, general disorgani- zation of industry, hopeless starva- tion, etc, etc., etc.
 As you state, we have in this coun- try the framework of free institu- tions. It is not the fault of these in- stitutions that American labor did not take the opportunity of utilizing them heretofore. But the awakening has come. Let us now permit any body to obscure the real issues before us by the discrediting of the vote and the preaching of mass action.
 Sincerely yours,
 J. L. GREIFER.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01

ized and in the field. If America is still in the hands of the capitalists, it is the fault of nobody but the laborites themselves. Any time that we want to take over the government, we can do so by political action, as witness the example of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota. What we need, and must have, is Labor Party wide open to everybody who seeks drastic social change, bound not to a hard and fast theory of reform but to sweeping program of reconstruc- tion, committed umreservedly and ex- clusively to the emancipation of the common people. The British Labor Party is, for, America at least, the model!
 'I believe that we can best gain CO., operation between the Labor Party Cor parties) and the Socialist Party, Nonpartisan League and other radical groups, through the principle of fed eration. It is important that the or ganization of a new and inclusive group should not involve the sacrifice of the experience, prestige and mo- mentum of the existing groups. Fed eration, to my mind, is the best way of securing gain and avoiding loss."
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
DECREASE IN WAGES SHOWN
Reduction of Hours Responsible for New York Factory Workers Mak-
 ing Less Than Formerly.

The bureau of statistics of the New York state industrial commission re- ports that factory wages in the state from January to February declined 5 per cent, due, so it is believed, to re- duction in working time rather than in rates of payment. During that same time in which earnings in general have decreased per cent, the cost of food, retail, has declined per cent. Tn December and January together, it is said, earnings decreased per cent and the cost of food 8 per cent.
 The most noticeable decrease in wages. the report says. were in the textile and metal industries, being g and 10 per cent respectively. The firearms group, however, shows an in- creased wage of 26 per cent in Febru- ary over January. The entire wage output for the month of February is said to have been IA per cent greater than that of February, 1918, and B per cent greater than that of Febru- ary, 1917.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
AGE 1os, HAS NEVER DIETED
St. Louis Patriarch Hale and Hearty, Eats, Drinks and Smokes as
 He Desires.

St. Louis, Mo.-Simon Sobelman, who lives at the Jewish Old Folks home in St. Louis,. chuckled after hav- ing read with interest an account of how Leonard Matthews celebrated his ninetieth birthday by walking six miles.
 "What do you think of that young ster?" he said to Mrs. Lena Gellman, the matron. Here am, one hundred and eight years old already, and I never walked that far in my life. He must be a-scared of the street cars"
 '"The trouble now," said Sobelman, lis that people pay too much attention to what they should eat and drink. Everybody, it seems, is on diet. I eat and drink what like and take a little liquor or smoke if I feel like it."
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
VEERING TO. NORMAL
Business shown I to oltBi3, Be Slowly Re-
 adjusting Itself.
Federal Reserve Board Gives Result of Inquiry Made by It's
 Agents.

Washington, D. C.-The federal re serve board made public summaries of reports from federal reserve agents throughout the country in answer to a questionnaire recently sent out to ascertain the extent of business and industrial readjustment. The reports showed in general large stocks on hand by. manufacturers and dealers and lessened demand, with prices de creasing in many cases.
 A typical example of the reports from industrial districts was afforded by the tabulation of replies to ques- tfOns from business concerns in the Philadelphia federal reserve district. These questions and classified replies were as follows:
 Are the quantities of materials, sup plies, and goods as shown by your last inventory larger than usual? Yes, 114; no, 129.
 Are they principally for war or civilian business? War work, 20; civ ilian busiress, 221.
 Have the prices of your product been lower recently from the high prices prevailing during the war? Yes, 148; no, 93.
 Is labor more abundant? Yes, 225; no, 21.
 Is labor less restless? Yes, 147; no, 91.
 Is there less unemployment? Yes, 186; no, 62.
 Is labor more efficient? Yes, 60; no, 142.
 n4 wages? Yes, IT; no, 22S.
 Are you paying less for raw mate rial? Yes, 131; no, S93
 Have you a satisfactory amount of orders on hand? Yes, s1 no, 15O.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Protect Children Nation

that they contribute to the family
  that employs children under of
 sympathy with the theory that the coming factory that father should would child labor  nhictng children education
 
 they contribute to the family fnged employment
  that they will have the protection of law which will guarantee them reasonable hours and proper working condions" health New of the children the than declares undweight susceptible Many children of mdernoush 
 normal"
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Illusion Used as a Test
 of Correctness Of Vision

In parlor physics an Illusion is some times demonstrated as follows: A sheet of newspaper Is rolled up to. make a tube three feet long which fs held in the right hand in front of the right eye which is focused through the tube upon some distant object. The, left eye Is directed upon the palm Of the left hand. which is held Agafnst the tube and near it's peripheral end. The two eye pictures are fused in the brain so that the right eye appears to see its objective through a hole in the left hand. This trick is of value, In testing the eyes. If the hole is. seen in the middle of the hand binocu- lar vision is perfect. If seen on the right side there is exaggerated con vergence; if on the left side there is a. divergence.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
CRAWLED WITH LEG BROKEN
Crippled Youth Went Two Miles for Fear of Being Frozen
 to Death.

Pueblo, Colo.-With death from freezing staring him in the face and suffering from a broken leg, Roland Devore, sixteen years old, crawled two miles to a neighbours home to obtain assistance.
 The youth had been on an errand and was on horseback. The horse fell and crushed the boys leg. A foot of snow was on the ground and the wind was bitter cold. 4..
 Knowing that he would freeze to death if he remained, the boy dragged himself along with his hands and arms and pushed himself with the leg that was not broken. Several times the pain overcame him and he sank exhausted into the snow. The skin on his hand was worn off and the flesh bleeding when at last he reached aid.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
THE UNION LABEL AND THE MORAL
 PRINCIPLE INVOLVED

"In my judgment there is back of this (union label agitation) great moral reason. We should buy union made article, not only out of loyalty to union labor, but out of loyalty to the moral principle it decrees, which IS that men should work under pleasant conditions and have living wages. The union label is a guarantee that the article was made under conditions that are somewhat fair, We should make this appeal to the public on this moral ground. When man buys union made article he says to the world, do not want to buy goods which repre- sent the misery and the tears or un- derpaid workmen.'
 When Mayor Hodgson of St. Paul gave expression to the above words, he went right to the heart of the un- deriving principle upon which the the union label is founded, as 1t was in protest against inhuman and unfair conditions of labor and living that the union label came into being, and be- cause it's mission is to make life the more worth living is the reason for extension of its application over such a broad field as we find 1t covering today.
 F Even the, so-called "direct action ist" is forced to admit that there is no more direct manner of securing relief from unfair conditions of labor than by using his purchasing power in dis eliminating against articles in every day use upon which the emblem of fair labor does not appear.
 The LABOR MOVEMENT and it's auxiliary the UNION LABEL stand exclusively for the human element, as represented by the men and women who are doing the worlds work in in- dustry, and by securing fair treatment for them, which assures their fullest development physically, morally and industrially, safeguard is placed around the-chi1dren, which assures the perpetuation of stronger and better race. ~s- -r
 When purchasing goods bearing the union label let us not think so much of the label attached thereto as we do what the label stands for. Let us viz ualize the men and women who made the commodity, working in clean, san itary factories for wages which per init them to keep their children in school, fitting themselves to take their place in the world on an equality with all other children.
 By keeping the human element in- volved ever in mind, we are bound to become more consistent in our demand for goods bearing the union label, and thus keep from buying goods (which represent the misery and the tears of workmen."
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
THE UNION LABEL A FACTOR IN
 LABOR BARGAINING

One of the big things developed by the war as stabilizer of industrial conditions was the need for more ex- tended adoption of the principle of collective bargaining.
 The War Labor Board which was created by proclamation of the Presi- dent, for the purpose of adjusting dis putes in war industries, declared as it's first principle "the right of work bargain collectively through chosen representatives is recognized and af- frmed. This right shall not be de- nied, abridged, or interfered with by the employers in any manner whatso- ever"
 The use of union label, shop card or working button to designate the product of trade unionists or their employment in an establishment is predictated upon a trade agreement, carrying with it the collective bar gaining principle, with all that this implies.
 When an appeal is made to give preference to the purchase of com shop where card is displayed or button worn to distinguish member ship in a trade union, it is request to recognize fundamental principle of the trade union movement, the trade agreement.
 Under the trade agreement the workers have full and equal oppor- tunity to regulate their hours of labor and wage scale, as except this meas ure of justice is accorded them, there can be no union label, shop card or button agreement with any employer.
 Justice and equity are therefore A. Il IL trade agreement, as exemplified by the Union Label, shop card or working button, as we'll as high class work and humane treatment, and in to this is the satisfaction of knowing that a consistent demand for labeled goods strengthens the trade agreement principle as well as the Union Label.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Unions Speak For the UnOrganized

 
  cent. organized. them 29OO,  approval Organizing  called strikes
  that aspirations of al a situation is simply scolding facts.
  The half
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Tablet to Horace Greeley.

The Vermont Press association placed memorial tablet on the old building at East Poultney where a rag ged fourteen-year-old boy, in 1925, be- gan painful apprenticeship as print CT, in which he obtained a working knowledge of the most dynamic of all the arts. The ragged boy was Horace Greeley, and the building was the of flee of the Northern Spectator-a coun- try weekly newspaper.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Red Cross Booms Gardens.

Washington.-The American Red Cross, Lake division, with headquar> ters in Cleveland, is preparing to cam paign through Ohio, Indiana and Ken lucky for victory gardens by motion pictures showing what the home food producers can do, according to report to the National War Garden commits &inn which is cooperating in the work.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
SpectacleS.

The word is derived from the Latin 'spectaculum," which means show, exhibition, display for the gratiflca> tion of the eye, etc. The word easily accommodated itself to describe. the glasses invented in the thirteenth cen tury, some say by a Florentine monk named Alessandro di Spina, and oth- CTS by Roger Bacon. They surely ere ated spectacle for persons long in ficted with defective sight.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
These Days of Hvsteria.

1t Is claimed that chess playing is dying out. In the old days, when hys- teria did not have possession of the ,and and the inhabitants thereof, chess playing was quite popular. Now we. are steam-heated civilization. with no. time for study for the mere delight of learning. Remember when Paul Mur-- phy of New Orleans was the chess. wizard of the world 1Los Angeles. Times.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Daily Thought.

A mans own observation, what he finds good Of and what he finds hurt of. is the best physic to preserve health.--Bacon.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01

The interest returned, on your pur- chase of union label products is all your own. Do you see the point?
The labor standard., 1919-06-01

Conditions United
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
Mentally Defective Children

That society penalty the it's children
  United States Public Health included feebndd children a  white children children
 
    
  further schooling O. children n 
 
  beginning  deceive them and keep them darkness ignorance.  joining inviting the do ikewise to opposite side" All striving
  Conditions the United States abnormal thing
The labor standard., 1919-06-01

Think! Don't quarrel with fellow unonist opposite sde All striving for the goaan existence and contentment Think together-work together.
The labor standard., 1919-06-01
1t Doesn't FolIer.

Jest because q man has a fertile raise a lot of hair."
The labor standard., 1919-06-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE (.
MEDAL FOR PRESIDENT:
Similar Awards Made to Samuel,
Gompers and Others for
Prison Reform Work.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 25.-For "dis-1
tinguished service" in the prison re-
form movement. the award of gold
medals to President Wilson, Samuelx
Gompers. William L. Rappard andS
Thomas Mott Osborne was announced
today at a meeting of the national
commission on prisons and prisonz
labor by the president. Adolph Levi
sohn. The meeting was attended b. -
members of the American Prison As,
sociation in convention here.
The award, which is to he mad n
each year hereafter. was deserved
by President Wilson" for establish q
ing the wage principle in federal pris-
ons. II was stated. Mr.. Rappard. whoS
is president Of the International Red .
Cross in Switzerland, is to receive the
medal for his effor ,s'in obtaining hos
pital treatment for prisoners of war;
and Mr.. Gompers for introducing:
prison la Dor as an international prob
lem" Thomas Mott Osborne. formers
warden of Sing Sing. and at present
in command of the naval prison at
Portsmouth. n. H., is honored for his
introduction of the self-governmenty
system in prisons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
COUNCIL GETS DATA FOR
REPLY TO BULGARIANS
Commission to Probe Polish Com
plants That Germans Are Hold
ing Elections in Silesia.

PARIS. October "a (Havas).-In
the supreme council today the sub
divisions of the Bulgarian reply to
the draft peace treaty were assigned
to various commissions. which will
prepare the reports upon which the
supreme council will base it's an
swer to the Bulgarians. These re-
ports are to be ready within a week.
The council further adopted in
structions to the commi ssion which
is to conduct the plebiscite in the
district of Teschen, which will deter
mine whether this region Is to go
to Poland or CZechoslovakia.
The council considering complaints
against German activities in the
plebiscite regions in Schleswig and
upper Silesia, instructing a commits
sion to investigate the Polish COM
plant that the Germans are holding
municipal elections in upper Silesia
although these elections were to
take place only after the arrival OF
the mission to organize the plebis-
cite.
1t was reported that German troops
had been dispatched to a place in
Schleswig within the zone to be oc-
cupied by the allied troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
MISS MARGARET WILSON
BRIDESMAID At WEDDING
Serves at the Marriage of Hel
Classmate, Miss White, and
Mai. Bates.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 25.-Miss Mar
garet Woodrow Wilson, daughter of
President Wilson, WAS the bridesmaid
this afternoon at the wedding of Miss
Mary George White, who was her
classmate at Goucher College, and
Maj. Charles Francis Bates, U. S. A.
The wedding took place at the First
Presbyterian Church. in the presence
Of relatives and few intimate
friends. Rev. DR.. Alfred H. Barr,
the pastor, officiated.
Maj Bates was attended by his best
man, Maj. Arthur L. Conger of Wash
ington. and the ushers were Col. Marcus
D. Cronin Of New York. Lieut.. Col
Oliver L. Spaulding, jr.. of Washington.
and Maj. Wilson B. Burt Of Washing
ton.
A box filed with exquisite flowers.
largely chrysanthemums and American
beauty roses. was sent to Miss White
from the White House conservatories.
Miss White has been close and in
innate friend Of the Wilson girls, both
Jessie (now Mrs. Francis B. Sayre) and
Margaret, ever since they were school,
mates at Goucher, and was one Of the
bridesmaids at Miss Jessie Wilson's mar
riage to Mr. Sayre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
WITNEss-H0RsE MARINES.
School of Equitation at Quantico
Develops Good Riders.

No longer can any one joke about the
marines. Tell 1t to the marines" is
no longer funny. They are the best
ones to tell it to, IL you want results.
Now the horse marines have gone into
the discard. along with the memory of
Capt. Jinks. There are horse marines
and good ones at that.
This argument is brought out by the
fact that nearly every marine is able
to perform the duties OF a cavalryman
when the occasion demands, and
mounted detachments of marines are
now on duty in Haiti, China and else
where. The sea soldiers do some plain
and fancy riding at their school of
equitation at Quantico, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
go 900 TONS OF STEEL
IN ORDER FROM JAPAN

SEATTLE. Wash, October 25.-
Contract for 10000 tons Of steel. VAL
ued at $2,7o0,o00. has been placed with
the United States Steel Corporation
by the Kawasaki Dock Yard Com
pany Of Kobe. Japan, according to
Ichiro Yamada, representative of the
company here.
This company, which has delivered
seven 9,000-ton steel vessels to the
United States Shipping Board, will de-
liver five more by the end Of this year.
Yamada said. Next year, he added.
the company plans to turn out two
9.000-ton steamers monthly for pri-
vate account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
FARGO, N. D., BANK RE0PENEDs
Court Holds State Board Has No
Right to Close Institution.

FARGO. n. D.. October 25.-The~
Scandinayian-Americ Bank of Far 3
go was reopened today, in charge OF
the officers of the bank, on the order
of o. E. Lofthus. bank examiner. q
The re-opening of the bank. whicl,6
was closed on October by order OF
the state banking board. was ordered~
by the supreme court of the state 4
which held that the banking board.
had exceeded its authority in closing
the bank. and also that the bank wasz
solvent.
BY this decision criminal chargesH
made by the attorney general against
two officers of the bank are not az
fected however
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
STUART OF VIRGINIA
NOT SENATE ASPIRANT

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, October 25.-
Former Gov. Henry c. Stuart reacheds
here from Washington today. Askeds
regarding the report that he would
enter the race for the United States
Senate, he replid that when he retiredo
from the governorship it was perma-
nent and that he was out of public2
life. When the war demanded his
services he set aside his personal de .
sires and did what he could to win
the war
Since that time. he said. honors andy
important posts had been rendered
him, and he had declined them. and
that now that he is free, he proposes
to indulge a wish of many years and
to travel in foreign lands. He will
leave for South America in a few
weeks and will then make an ex7s
tended tour through Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26
Examinations Announced.

Examinations to be held within the
next two months for positions in the
classified civil service were announced
last night by the Civil Service COM
mission. Examinations will be held for
the following positions: Transit man.
fire chief Ordinance Department.,
histo -pathologic technician, assist
ant instructor. motor transport train
ing school. and assistant observer
weather bureau. Tho last-named ex-
animation iB for unmarried men
Further information concerning the
tests may be had from the Civil Sery-
ice Commission.