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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
Committee Reports

The Carnival Committee report
ed a financial success. notwith-
standing the unsettled weather.
The Councils share of the net pro
ceeds was &I4S.94. which was
turned into the New Labor Temple
fund.
Miss Gladys Maloney. the young
lady presented by the Clerks
Union as a candidate for Queen of
the Carnival, and who was elected,
was present, and was highly COM
plimented by the President for her
splendid work for the success of
the entertainment.
Miss Maloney was presented with
a diamond ring, and her opponent,
Miss Violette Hall, was the recip-
lent of check for S25. Miss Ma
lonev thanked the Council. not so
much for herself. as for her Union,
the Retail Clerks, which is only
two months old.
Delegate Ningen announced the
organization of the Snohomish
County Stage and Auto Drivers
Union. A. f. of l.. Organizer Chas.
Perry Taylor and Council Organizer
II. c. Snyder assisted in ushering
this new Union into the labor field.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
MEXICAN PRINTERS STRIKE

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May IT.
The printers employed on one of
the Mexican papers struck for high
er wages. A hurried conference
was held with the manager of the
company and a satisfactory settle
ment was reached. The men, real
izing that it would be necessary to
get in line, have conferred with the
Printing Trades Council and will
apply to the International for a
charter.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
WN. STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR

is addressed TO the Officers and
Mem bers of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers; Order of Rail
way Conductors; Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen; Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men; Order of Railway Telegraph
ers; Brotherhood of Railway Car
men; Switchmens Union; Brother
hood of Railway Clerks and Sta
tion Employees; Railway Machin-
lists Union; Railway Boilermak-
ers' Union; Railway Blacksmiths'
Union, and the Street Railway En-
ployees' Union, Of the State of
Washington.
The following is the Reconstruc-
ton Common Welfare Program to
be discussed:
WHEREAS, At the close of the
great world war the people Of this
state and nation have found them
selves confronted with the neces-
sity of reconstructing their social
and industrial institutions upon a
more just, equal and democratic
basis than obtained in pre-war
times; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Railwaymen's
Welfare League of Washington, in
regular session assembled, this 18th
day Of April, 1918, at Seattle, de-
clares itself as favoring the follow
ing reconstruction program:
THAT more intensified
unionization Of all railway crafts
be encouraged and a closer associa-
ton of such crafts be had by af-
filiation with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
2-Public ownership of public
utilities.
3-Government ownership and
development of all natural re-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
HEALTH INSURANCE
is SURELY COMING

The next remedial legislation to
come in this country will be health
insurance for workmen while un-
able to work because of illness,
says an editorial in the New Or
leans Times Picayune. All the mes
sages and speeches present strong
arguments in favor of the protec-
tion of the working men against
sickness. The drift throughout the
world has been in that direction,
Nearly all the states have accepted
Workmen's compensation laws. al
though there was considerable op-
position to them at first, and these
statutes have brought about some
improvement. There should be
some extension Of the idea to meet
the heavy losses the working men
sometimes suffer from sickness. The
protection of a health insurance
law viii lbe equally beneficial to
employer and employee.
Health insurance legislation.
including medical and cash beue-
fits, will protect every member Of
the wage-earner's family-father.
mother, and children against suf-
fering and destitution in time Of
sickness, says the Association for
Labor Legislation in a recent spe-
cial bulletin on Labor Laws in Re-
construction. 1T will remove the
great fear of sickness just as work
mems compensation has gone far to
Danish the fear of industrial acct
dents.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
TREATY SUSTA|NS
FOURTEEN POINTS

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE So
cial Democratic League of America,
the Socialist. organization that sup
ported the war, has issued a strong
appeal for the Peace Treaty. Among
the leaders of the League, which
takes loyalty to democracy as its
foundation principle, are Allen L..
Benson, Socialist presidential cam
didate in 1915; John Spargo, A. M.
Simons, Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gill
man, Charles Edward Russell, J. G..
Phelps Stokes, Frank Bohn, Henry
l.. Slobodin and William English
Waling.
The Leagues manifesto, which is
adressed both to Democrats and So
cialists, is in part as follows:
"The Social Democratic League
of America calls upon all Ameri-
can Socialists and Democrats to
support the Peace Treaty and the
League of Nations-which mark
the greatest world revolution in
history. In a few months the
Peace Conference has carried us
farther along the road to interna-
tional democracy than we had trav-
eled in a thousand years.
THE League of Nations Is not,
and does not profess to be, more
than a beginning, but what a be-
ginning! For it opens the door to
every form of international CO.
operation, which is the sole prac-
tical path to international democ-
racy.
THE Peace Treaty, every article
of which accords with Mr.. Wilson's
fourteen points, solves intelligently
and humanely many world prob
lens unsolved. For example, the
safety of national minorities. such
as the Jews of Eastern Europe,
must be guaranteed, China must be
;lotected and radical steps must be
ts ken toward general disarmament.
But the League of Nations exists
precisely for such purposes, and
wrongs that would have taken
years of suffering to correct may
now be righted within few
months.
Socialists were the first to ad-
vocate league of democratic gov
ernments. We must not allow our
habit of opposition to governments,
however justified in the past, to
lead us to oppose the carrying into
effect of our own principles. We
haze always taught that neither
world peace nor industrial democ-
racy can be secured except in pro-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
USURPATION OF POWER
INCITES RESENTMENT 7

MADISON, Wis, May 1.-THE
Capital Times dissents from the de-
cision of the Federal Court on the
child labor law as follows:
"Once more word comes from
North Carolina that child labor
legislation has been declared un-
constitutional.
"A Federal judge there has held
that the section of the war reve-
nue. bill placing a prohibitive tax
on the products of child labor en-
tering into interstate commerce is
unconstitutional He is the same
Federal judge who held the former
law on the same subject unconsti-
tutional and whose decision was
sustained by the United States Su
preme Court by a vote of 8 to 4.
"lf there is one subject on which
sentiment in this country has be-
come settled and set it is on the
proposition of child labor. This
country has in no uncertain way
time and again expressed its dis
approval of the exploitation of chill
dren in the cotton mills of the
South.
And yet in the face of the sem
timent of the country Fedreal
judge sets up barriers of unconsti-
tutionality and a Supreme Court
sustains him.
Considerable preaching is being
done in this country about law and
order. What, however, is to be
expected when the instruments OF
law and order are used to subvert
the interests and demands of the
people through the usurpation of a
power that has never been granted
by the American people-the power
to declare a law unconstitutional.
"The American people, in our
opinion, are becoming more and
more impatient Of this practice of
permitting a few individuals, bear
ing no direct responsibility to the
people, to riddle and smash laws
that have been passed by command
of the people
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
THE RAILWAY UNIONS ..
TO HOLD STATEWIDE
MEET NEXT SUNDAY

Call for a statewide union meet
ing of all organized railway men,
to be held in Seattle next Sunday,
has been issued by the recently
formed Railwaymens Welfare
League of Washington. The meet
ing will be held in the Masonic
Club rooms in the Arcade Building
and several hundred delegates rep
resenting unions of all crafts both
in the operating and maintenance
departments are expected to at
tend. The call states that the pur-
pose of the meeting will be to dis
cuss the increasing scope of the
organization to include all railway
workers ur ions, and to adopt a
reconstruction common welfare
program.
The constitution and bylaws of
the League will also come up for
amendment to meet any changes in
the purposes of the organization
that may be decided upon at the
me, ting. The primary object of
the League, it has been announced,
is to bring the railwaymen' unions
together to wC-k fer the adv nee
ment of their mutual interests in
the field of politics.
Speakers at the Sunday meeting
will include William NJ. Short,
President of the Washington State
Federation of Labor; James A.
Duncan, Secretary of the Seattle
Central Labor Council; E. B. Ault,
editor of the Seattle Union Record,
and James McCabe, of Seattle, at
torney and former railroad engi-
neer.
The call for the Seattle meeting
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
THE CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL
GETS S74894 FROM CARNIVAL
Makers Meried Presents to Miss Maoney and Miss Hall:
Still After the City Dock

a charter from the international
Ieamstcrs' Union was applied for.
Delegate Myers reported the pro-
posed organization in Seattle Of the
Seattle Federated Unions, to have
jurisdiction Of purely industrial
matters, such as wage scales, wage
agreements, statistics, etc. This
Federation. it is understood, is not
to take over the functions of the
Central Labor Council, but to re-
lieye it of its over-burden Of bust
rcss.
The Trustees were ordered to
audit the Carnival Committees ac-
counts at the same time they audit
the accounts of the Secretary
and the Treasurer.
The Cooperative Committee re-
ported slow progress on account Of
Carnival work. The report was
accepted and the Committee con-
t.nued.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Mr.. John Grant, Route 1, Sunny
side, Wash. had nasal polypos sc
badly that he hardly could breathe
and had lost his sense of smell. He
hardly expected to use his nose ever
again. But after taking DR.. Mel
lenthin & Cos treatment without
operation he feels fine and enjoys
life again. DR.. Mellenthin & Co.
will be in Everett, Mitchell Hotel,
Wednesday and Thursday, June IL
-. Hours: 10 a NJ. to p. NJ. adv
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
THE CITY DOCK
MASS MEETING

A mass meeting was held in the
High School Auditorium Monday
, evening, to discuss the Dock ques-
| tion.
Jacob Antilles was chosen chair
man of the meeting.
Mr.. J. J. Clark spoke of the ben
efits to accrue from City operation
of the Dock and public market.
1t developed through the remarks
of several speakers that there is a
sentiment favoring the immediate
taking over of the Dock and noti-
lying ...e tenant to move. The lease
has expired and the time is up.
Capt. Ramwell should be notified
to move his belongings from the
Dock, as the City intends to occupy
and operate the property itself.
Chairman Antilles, complying with
motion adopted, appointed r. j.,
Faussett, J. J. Clark and r. X.
Beecham a Committee from the
mass meeting to confer with like
Committees from the Central Labor
Council and the Freeholders' Club
to make a demand upon the City
! Commission to take over the Dock
and recommended the appointment
of Taggart Aston, Engineer of the
Port Commission, to appraise the
property.
Mr.. Snyder. Manager of the Mu-
nicipal Market, said that about a
1year ago, when he was making ar
rangements to sell fish at the mar
ket, he found there was no dock
lupon which he could land his fish,
| Capt, Ramwell and other dock man
ayers refusing to receive his fish at
any price.
This compelled Snyder to buy his
fish in Seattle at one of the Port
Commissions docks and haul it to
.verett. This made the price to
Everett consumers at least 2 cents
pound higher.
Now, what do you Everett people
think of that? You have a city of
more than 10000 people, located
cn a magnificent harbor, and you
are compelled to haul the fish for
local consumption from another
city, 80 miles away!
If you people of Everett permit
such a condition to continue you
ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
And you can bet your last cent
that you will be ashamed to ac-
knowledge you live in a town which
permits such a condition to exist.
Local fishermen would be glad
to sell their product to Everett
consumers at as low a price as is
now paid in Seattle, but they will
not be able to do so until the City
makes it possible to land on our
water front
The mass meeting adjourned,
subject to a call from Chairman R.
]. Faussett, of the Investigating
Committee.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
TO LOCAL UNIONS :

If you will have the Secre-
tary, or some other officer,
write short notes of such of your
proceedings as you desire pub
lished for the information of
other Unions and the public. and
drop them in the Journal mail
box in the Labor Temple, they
will appear in the next number
of the Journal.
If received later than We'd
nesday afternoon, or II too long,
publication can not be guaran-
teed in the issue of that week.
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CONTINUED on Page Two)

portion as INTERNATIONAL
DEMOCRACY is realized. This
Treaty is not merely a step; it is
a leap forward in that direction.
The fate of the world henceforward
lies in the hands of the peoples of
the democratic nations"
The appeal is signed on behalf of
the Executive Committee by Charles
Edward Russell, j. G. Phelps Stokes,
Frank bohn and William English
Walling.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
BOARD OF CONTROL OF
LABOR JOURNAL TO
CLOSE STOCK BOOKS

The Board of Control of the La
Dor Journal, at its regular meeting
on Sunday, May II, decided to
withdraw all unsubscribed stock on
Saturday, June Z. All stock sub
scribed and unpaid for will also be
withdrawn. adv
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
Wednesday, May q, 1919.

Council to order at s p. m, Dele
gate Goldthorpe was appointed
Temporary Secretary, and Delegate
Francois Sergeant-at-Arms.
The question of endorsing the
Covenant Of the League of Nations
was referred to the Legislative
Committee
The Electrical Workers annOunC-
ed they were admitting returned
Service men to membership for the
low initiation fee of s..
A communication in relation to
the Mooney strike vote was received
and filed.
4 communication was received
from the Business Womens Civic
club asking the cooperation Of the
Council in ciculating an initiative
petition repeating an act of the
Legislature increasing judges sal
aries. The reason for SO doing is
set forth in the following resolution
which was adopted and the request
granted
WHEREAS. at the last conference
called by the Welfare Commission
of the state of Washington a mini
mum wage Of thirteen dollars and
twenty cents a week was recon-
mended for employed women in the
States. although it was conceded
that the advance from ten dollars
week. the previous allowance, to
thirteen dollars and twenty cents a
week was not in Just proportion TO
the increase in the cost of lvingi
and
WHEREAS. the District Of Co
lumbia has esta blished a precedent.
granting a minimum wage of sixteen
dollars week to women employed
i'm that District; and
WHEREAS. the Legislature Of
the State of Washington in 1919 Sos
sion has passed bill increasing the
salaries of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court Of the State;
BE IT RESOLVED that We are
unalterably opposed to the granting
Of any increase in the salaries of
state officials until such time as the
employed women of the state receive
a living compensation for their
services.
BE 1T RESOLVED; BY the wom-
on Of Seattle here assembled that
we institute steps at an early date
to invoke referendum on the bill
establishing an increase in salary
for the Judges Of the Supreme Court
of the state of Washington in order
that the people of the state OF
Washington may have an opportun-
ity to express themselves on this
matter, which is Of great import
ance. involving as it does matter
Of Justice to the employed women
OF our State. unanimously adopted.
JEAN STONEL.
President. Seattle Business Wom-
ems civic club.
The following important tabu-
lated facts were given by the Club;
Present salary of Supreme Court
judges.
Week. $3.50; month. $4,000;
year. $6.000.0OO.
Present minimum wage for wom-
en- i'm state of Washington;
Week, $500; month. $5720t
YEAR S6SG.40.
An increase Of 100000 a year
over and above the present salary
of supreme Court Judges has been
granted by Legislature.
The same club asked the CO.
operation of the Council in bring
ing before the people an initiative
measure to Invoke the referendum
on the bill establishing capital
punishment in order that the peo-
pie may have an opportunity to
express themselves on this matter.
This request was also granted.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Councilman Robert Hesketh, of
Seattle, First Vice-President of the
International Cooks and Walters
Union; Miss Alice Lord, Business
Agent of the Seattle Mattresses,
and Ed Lewis, Business Agent OF
the Walters, were guests of the Ev-
erett Local last Monday night.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Working women are bigger
factor in national life than ever
before. This fact caused the de-
cision to appoint a woman Assistant
Director-G of Employment.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Jas. G. Webster, old-time Everett
printer, was a visitor in the city
last Wednesday. He is now of the
firm of Leonard & Webster, pub
fishers of the Concrete Herald.
Jim's fine appearance suggests
there is a fountain of youth in the
vicinity of Concrete. Come oftener,
jim.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Jack Mcdonald, old-time Everett
plumber, now residing in Tacoma.
was an Everett visitor last We'd
nesday.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23
Reports By Unions

l-UueQs
Reports By Unions
The Butchers reported a good
meeting. Two returned soldiers of
their Union are working.
The Cooks and Walters had a
fine meeting. They initiated two
applicants and listened to an ad-
dress by Robert Hesketh, Interna-
tional Vice-President.
The Electrical Workers endorsed
the Mooney strike proposal and
voted unanimously to strike on the
Fourth of July if justice is not ac-
corded to Mooney and Billings by
that time.
The Label League reported its
revival" meeting last Monday
night. The League was given good
words Of encouragement by several
delegates. See report of the Lea
gue's meeting in this issue.
The Machinists reported five in
itiations, two Of them service men.
They took no vote on the Mooney
strike, for the reason that their
constitution forbids.
The Painters initiated two appG-
cants and deferred the Mooney
strike vote,
The Plumbers turned down the
Mooney strike by one majority.
The Piledrivers voted AZ to 1 for
the Mooney strike. They announce
a picnic for June p and %.
The Stage Employees had a good
meeting.
The Teamsters reported a good
meeting and that their new wage
scale was signed tonight.
The Timberworkers received
thirty-nine new members in the
last two weeks. and reported that
the Ais are waning.
The Longshoremen voted $40 for
the relief of Nate Eagleton; they
voted for the One Big Union prop
ositiou. They are considering CO.
operation Of the marine transport
unions.
The Engineers had a fair meet
ing. They report three Jobs under
the control Of the County Engineer
who says he does not want the
union scale.
There are two unions which have
clause in their wage agreements
permitting sympathetic strikes.
These are the Inside Wiremen and
the Butchers.
The new theatre trust was dis
cussed and some things said about.
lit which were not altogether COM
plimentary. 1t developed that they,
through their incorporation papers.
refuse to further flash advertise
ments on the screen, either free or
for pay This rule is applied. IL is
said, only by the combine.
The City Dock was discussed and
Delegates Gulley. Watson and
Overman appointed a committee to
cooperate with like committees
from the High School mass meet
ing and the Freeholders' Club to
confer with the City Commission
ers on the appointment Of a capable
engineer to appraise the value Of
the Improvements on the dock
After the discussion of subjects
touching the welfare of organized
labor, the Council adjourned.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Mr.. X. /. Simmons, OF Portland.
to whom the Carnival Oldsmobue
was presented, very gracefully took
the Queen of the Carnival for
drive and invited her royal high
ness to lunch with him at the
Mitchell.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-05-23

Try BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, SC.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-10
WITH
NERVOUSNESS
A Lady Was Flat On Her Back
With Terrible Spells, But Her
Husband Got Csrdui,-
And Now She Is
Grateful.

Mckinney. Te1as-Mrs. Mary Steph-
enson, Of this place, states: About
a year and a half ago was down in
bed for six weeks, not able to sit up,
I was nat on my back and had ter
rible spells. Why, 1t looked
like 1 would die. At times didnt
know anything. would get nervous
I couldn't bear anyone to talk to me
Il would just jerk and shook with
nervousness across my back
was 80 sore and ached me all the
time. | would have dizzy feeling
Ny limbs ached me and I would get
numb and feel so weak
) said to my husband | knew Cardui
was good and l believed l had best
try It.
HE got me a bottle Of Cardut, and
when I had only taken one-half bot
tie OF Cardui | felt stronger. took
a half dozen bottles altogether. then
in Two weeks after I began taking
was up. in three was doing my work
! praise Cardui for believe It saved
nv life and I am grateful
For over 20 years Cardui has been
helping weak. sick women back tc
health and strength. Try It.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-10
DON'T SPOIL A GOOD MEAL
e WITH 4 BAD STOMACH
How to Turn Had stomach INTO = aood
One In Ptve Mnutea-

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Mi-o-na stomach tablets arc Offered 10
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